On July 13th, during the Living History Saturday, a mock wedding was held on the Edgefield Courthouse steps. Set in 1862, Justin Guy was one of the many young men heading off to fight in the War Between the States, but before he left, he wanted to marry his sweetheart, Tonya Browder. As the ceremony […]
Sonny Seawright, Chairman of the Edgefield Heritage Jubilee Festival, set for Saturday, September 28, 2013, is announcing the plans for the coming festival. The Saturday festival will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. And, unlike the festivals of the past decade, the 2013 festival is being held on the Square in Downtown Edgefield. Seawright made […]
This early morning photo shows Steven’s Creek running high after the recent rains that are forecast to continue for several days. The creek is usually a great place for fishing mud cats. Billy Herron writes about fishing Stevens Creek. His articles explain how to fish for the big catfish (he catches them that weigh 35 or […]
Gene and Ann Sawyer of the Merriwether section saw the announcement of the Republican Baptist Sunday evening music event to benefit Wesley and Ashley in The Advertiser. They attended and Anne wrote to the editor: “Gene and I went to Republican Baptist . . . and saw a walking miracle when Wesley Spires walked in […]
The suspect wanted in connection with the June 13th burglary on Virgil Wall Road was captured Monday, July 1, at a residence in McCormick, SC. According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Julius Lavern Rogers, 42, of McCormick, was arrested and charged with Burglary 1st. Rogers was arrested without incident and transported […]
Yes, there are birds in nests in the sign, but only in the a’s. The “a” allows for a two-story home. Is that the reason? Barn swallows, we guess, have inhabited these letters, from the looks of the nests. And they are in both signs, front and side, of the business establishment out on Hwy. […]
– by Tiffani Ireland – Edgefield County’s new Emergency Operations Center, located in the old Agricultural Building on Gray Street in Edgefield, is a far cry from the tiny, one room office space that used to house the county’s Emergency Management Agency. During The Advertiser’s recent tour of the new facility, guided by EMA Director […]
The Edgefield County School District announced today that the school board has given final approval for the purchase of a new district activity bus to be used primarily by the elementary and middle schools located in the Merriwether area of the county. Of particular importance for the Merriwether students, this bus will provide express transportation […]
The Foundation for Public Schools in Edgefield County invites everyone to become a permanent part of the new stadium project at Strom Thurmond High School. Joel Jolly, Chairman of the Foundation, suggests that the citizenry “fill the big T.” The big T is placed on the ground, in its special spot, at the STHS athletic […]
According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield City Police Department, officers with the EPD responded to the apartment complex on Gary Street late Wednesday night, June 19, in response to a call reporting a fight in progress with one person injured and on the ground. Gun shots were also reported to have been heard in […]