Held in Johnston at Legion Building A Johnston Teen Town Reunion was held on Saturday, October 23, at the American Legion Building in Johnston. (The first reunion was held in 2019, and the 2020 reunion was cancelled because of COVID). These reunions have been organized by Wayne Christie and Freddie Sherbert in an effort to get people together […]
From left to right: Instructor Bill Cheatham, Johnathan Ralphs, Delbert Egan, Alan Trejo, Brock Pearson, Leison Polanco, Addison Loflin, LakenCockrell, Director of STCTC, Dr. Alan Gray, Brandon Feagin, Brandon Ayers, and William Hecker. Ladies Left to Right: Audrey Murrell, Lena DeWolfe, and Carole Banks. The Town of Edgefield received a $25,000 Hometown Economic Development Grant from the Municipal Association of SC to build […]
November 5,6,7 2021 in SALUDA COUNTY The 25th ANNIVERSARY of the Richland Creek Antique Fall Festival/ Tractor/Engine Show and Pull will be at 542 Richland Creek Rd. Ward, SC 29166 in Saluda County. This location is off of Hwy 178 between Saluda and Batesburg and off of Hwy 39 between Ridge Spring and Saluda. Large signs will […]
Descendants of Paris and Andrew Simkins gathered at Macedonia Baptist Church in Edgefield for the Fall Meeting of the Edgefield County Historical Society, October 16, 2021: Front Row, left to right: Leonard Simkins; Tayari Thompson; Christa Thompson; Mary Simkins Wright; Traci Sowell; Henry Fountain (not a descendent – husband of Lisa Fountain); 2nd row: Sharon Simkins Woods; Lisa Fountain; Virgil Murray; […]
The Advertiser was notified Tuesday morning, Oct. 19, 2021, by Sheriff Jody Rowland that the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office had uncovered a “significant” amount of drugs during the overnight hours. Rowland explained that the findings came after a routine traffic stop was conducted on a Mercedes SUV that was described as “weaving all over the road” […]
Wardlaw Academy held their First Dessert Theatre on October 12 led by their drama director, Mrs. Rebekah Robeson. They had 12 talented acts ranging from singing, clogging, electric guitar, violin, cheering, and acting. Pictured row 1 – Jayde Cullinan, Olyvia Wall, Mira McClendon, Nathalie Dorn, Charlotte Grace Culver, Sarah Kate Covar; row 2 – Kate Griffith, Jeniya Long, Haleigh Smart, Kya McCormick, Dylan Buck, Kellie Winn, Lainey Jainniney, Isaac Whatley, […]
Murrah Rd.& Five NotchThe SC Department of Transportation, Adam (Ric) Ward, P.E. has notified the Edgefield Advertiser that the intersection of Murrah and Five Notch will be converted from a two-way stop to a four-way stop effective November 1, 2021.
Two firearms were recently discovered and turned over to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office by Edgefield County citizens. According to an ECSO report, the first firearm, anAmerican Tactical AR-15 style pistol, was found Sept. 30 where Augusta Road turns onto Edgefield Road near the pecan grove. That report details that a man pulled over on […]
Christine Smith, pictured after the ribbon cutting, cuts a cake-logo which features a tractor with the owner driving it. Edgefield was been gifted with a new restaurant at 206 main Street. Owner Christine Smith, wife of Edgefield County native J.M. Smith, is joined by her two sons in the production of a Farm to Fork style restaurant. The family burst […]
Macedonia Baptist Church, the first church founded by African American slaves in the Town of Edgefield after the Civil War, and the Edgefield Academy, which was the seat of learning in the Town of Edgefield for African Americans from 1866 until 1954, will both be featured at the Fall Meeting of the Edgefield County Historical […]