Cancelled: July 9 Planning Commission Meeting has been cancelled. Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is open on the square on Saturdays from 9 to 1. For more info call Carolyn at 803-507-00278. Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market : Thursdays from 4 – 6 p.m. on Calhoun Street, with fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, artwork, […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – This week’s news throughout the state will doubtless be dominated by discussions regarding the Confederate Battle Flag on the grounds of the State House, as well it should. By the time you read this issue of The Edgefield Advertiser, the issue may very well have been settled, and change […]
An overflow crowd met with the former Arkansas Governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the first such candidate to visit Edgefield County since Newt Gingrich in 2012. The local Republican Party hosted the event at The Edgefield General Store on Main Street. Guests were standing in line before the appointed hour of 9:00 […]
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – July 2, 2015 – Dollar General will celebrate the opening of its new location at 2494 Edgefield Road in Trenton next Saturday, July 11 at 8 a.m. with free prizes and special deals. Dollar General will offer Trenton residents a convenient new place to shop for everyday essentials at low prices. Additionally, […]
Edgefield County Council is sponsoring a Job Fair to be held Wednesday, July 29, from 10AM until 2PM. in the Strom Thurmond High School Cafeteria at 1131 Columbia Road. There is no cost for employers who are currently hiring or who plan to hire workers by October 2015. For more information call 864-941-8050 or email work@uppersavannah.com. […]
A resident of Reynolds Drive in Trenton returned home Tuesday, June 30, 2015 to find several men allegedly trying to burglarize his home. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the matter, the man returned home at about nine in the morning to see a red Ford Mustang with a tan top in […]
An Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office patrol car caught fire Saturday night, July 4, 2015 after it was involved in a single car accident on Stephens Road. According to a spokesperson with the ECSO, the deputy driving the vehicle was responding to another deputy’s call for assistance when he ran off the road and into a […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Graveside services for Mr. Denny Lindell Tuten, age 69, will be held Monday, July 6, 2015 in Rome Cemetery, Dixie Union, GA at 11 o’clock. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home in Johnston, SC Sunday afternoon, July 5, 2015, from 5-7 pm. Mr. Tuten, a resident of Aiken, SC, died […]
EDGEFIeLD, S.C. – Mrs. Mildred Oliver Timmerman, 85, of Edgefield, wife of the late Marion l. Timmerman, passed away Wednesday July 1, 2015 at Trinity Mission Health and rehab. Graveside services will be held Friday July 3, 2015 at 11 A.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. The family will receive friends after the service […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Ms. Lillian Alice Johnson Hardy, of Academy Street, entered into rest June 29, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Friday, July 3, 2015 at Science Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Lorenzo Williams officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Hardy, a native […]