Karen Miller is announcing for District 2 seat in the Edgefield County Council. She is new to the political scene but not new to this county. She married David Miller of the Harry Miller family on the Westside in 2001 and spent many years helping him with his cattle business. And they have a son. Karen was born […]
Both Mayors return as winners: Johnston’s Mayor Culbreath received 370 votes, Richard Deese 229. Edgefield’s Mayor Durham was unopposed and got 79 votes. Ward 2 has a new Councilman—Emmanuel Gilchrist — unopposed, with 100 votes. Tommy Burton, imcumbent, returns as Councilman from Ward 4 with 92 votes; Tracy Hamilton, his opposition, received 46. In Edgefield: Sherry Holmes is […]
The following information was given in response to The Edgefield Advertiser’s question to Edgefield County School officials today, Wednesday, March 14: How did Strom Thurmond High School students respond to the national movement to demonstrate in a 17-minute protest against recent gun violence in a Florida school? In response it was noted that “approximately […]
Is it possible that you threw away up to $1,026,144.00? That is right, Veterans. If you never filed a service connected claim and are feeling the pains from having served your country; you are throwing away money you earned! Case and point: Let’s say you have ringing in the ears or hearing loss. Shortly after […]
![Huddle House in Edgefield Closes – Again [Updated Again]](https://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/huddlehouse-copy-701x526.jpg "Huddle House in Edgefield Closes – Again [Updated Again]")
The Advertiser has learned that the Huddle House in Edgefield has once again closed for business. A sign was placed on the front door to the restaurant, Thursday, May 18, that read, “We’ve Closed this location! Thanks”. The Advertiser did contact the corporate office of Huddle House for information regarding this closing, but they were […]
Brad Covar recently ended twenty-four years of service to Edgefield County as a school board member. He also spent eight of those years presiding as the board’s chairman. The entirety of the experiences of serving as a school board member impacted Covar in numerous ways. “I developed a huge appreciation for teachers and I realized […]
Treasurer Curtis Loftis Congratulates Legislators for Addressing Pension Fund Problems Columbia, SC – S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis congratulated state legislators on Wednesday for taking a closer look at the problems with the state’s pension fund — something Loftis has been critical of for years. The group of legislators met Tuesday to discuss the state’s unfunded liabilities, […]
In a Republican run-off Rick Hubbard defeated Candice Lively in Edgefield County 601 to 284. In the four counties in this circuit, Lexington, Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda, he received 60% of the vote. With 137 precincts tallied it was Hubbard: 9,870 and Lively: 6,459. Hubbard, a Gilbert resident, was an assistant for 22 years to […]
I recently thought of a clever speech concept that could be used by any of the three remaining candidates in the ’16 Presidential race. As I developed the idea, I visited one of the candidate’s “Official” websites and realized it was very difficult to communicate my idea to the campaign as compared to contributing my […]
Edgefield County Republican Primary Senate Races Massey 1411 Pettigrew 1122 Solicitor Hubbard 1408 Lively 735 Wedekind 238