Members from the community who assisted in the Bags of Love project, sponsored by the Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce. The Edgefield County Senior Center celebrated Valentines Day on Tuesday, February 13th. Forty-eight seniors showed up for the party. They enjoyed a game of Bingo led by volunteer Darleen Abraham. The new valentine […]
Unloaded Pellet Gun Brandished A fight between two juveniles on a school bus Feb. 20 spilled over to a bus stop according to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office who spoke to the Advertiser. According to the ECSO, two male Merriwether Middle School children got into a […]
Davis Wash was crowned Miss Greenville County this past weekend. She also won Talent and Evening Gown. She is the daughter of Melanie and Matt Wash and the granddaughter of Jackee and Doug Wash. She is a junior at Wardlaw Academy. She will compete for the Miss South Carolina Teen Scholarship Organization in June.
Essie Nicholson, founder and director of Women in Unity, has called it quits. After fifteen years serving as the Director of Operations and much prayer, “Mrs. Essie” (as people call her) felt that it was time to move on and allow some one else to come in and take WIU to another level. Essie started […]
Edgefield County Council voted at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Feb. 6, to assist the Town of Johnston with their cleanup efforts of debris that resulted from the tornado that hit parts of the town on April 6 of last year. Initially, after the storm, it was determined that the County did not have the […]
The Edgefield County School District announced, through James Courtney, to this publication at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday that schools would be opening two hours late, for students and staff, on Thursday, January 18.
Edgefield Police Chief Ronnie Carter confirmed to the Advertiser that an arrest has been made in the recent multiple break-ins that have occurred in Edgefield, seven of which happened Friday morning Jan. 5 and another around 4 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6. Jarvis Reynolds, 25, of Gary Hill Road, has been arrested and is being charges […]
Thirty year old Eric Chapman, a Police Officer with the Town of Johnston, died late Friday night, Dec. 8, after an automobile accident. According to Johnston Police Chief Lamaz Robinson in an interview with the Advertiser, Chapman was coming from Edgefield to Johnston around 10:30 p.m. in response to an officer calling for backup in […]
These are baskets made by ECH employees for the Ridge Health Care Foundation Fun Shoot. These baskets will be in silent auction and raffle. Even if you are not a shooter, there is something for everyone. For more details on the event, see Here and There, page 2 of the print edition.
The Edgefield County Farm Bureau will be holding their annual meeting on Tuesday, September 26, at 6 p.m. The meeting place is at the Farm Bureau building at 920 Columbia Rd., Edgefield. Dinner will be provided for those in attendance. The Bureau is asking for a RSVP by Friday, September 22. That can be done […]