Congratulations to the Edgefield Xtreme fast-pitch softball team. They are the Champions of the USSSA Mid-Summer Blast that was held in Aiken this past weekend. This was a 1-day event and the girls had to play 7 games that started at 9:30 Saturday morning and didn’t end until 10:30 that night. Xtreme won the championship […]
Police officers go to work every day not knowing the different dangers they may face, but on Thursday, July 12, officers with the Edgefield City Police Department were met with two unlikely foes; a donkey and a goat. The show down did turn ugly as measures were taken to ensure the unlikely duo would not […]
The murder trial of Tammy Renee Boatwright is slated to begin this week at the Edgefield County Court House. Jurors are set to be chosen on Tuesday with the trial beginning thereafter. The trial is expected to be concluded by the end of the week. Boatwright was charged in Jan. of 2011 with the murder […]
Four Seats on Edgefield Co. School Board Are Up for Re-election: File by August 15 Notice is given in the print edition of The Advertiser, page 5, that the filing is open for the Edgefield School Board elections in the general election of early November. There are four seats up for re-election: Districts 3, 4, 6, […]
McKie’s Pavillion is a Family Affair The Grand Opening of Santi’s Dollar Store (short for Santiago) was held Saturday, July 14, at 9 a.m. Summer hours will be Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1-6 p.m. If the community shows a need, the fall/winter hours will be from 8 […]
EDGEFIELD – Ms. Dorothy Lee Perry, 71, of Brooks Street, entered into rest July 11, 2012. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Monday, July 16, 2012 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Oscar Brown officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Ms. Perry, a native of Edgefield County was a member […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Isaac T. “Tom” Robinson, 85, of Madison Road, entered into rest July 8, 2012. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Old Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten officiating. Interment will be in Poplar Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Robinson a native of […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Mr. John (Sullivan) Newsome, 90, of North View Avenue, entered into rest July 7, 2012. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Saturday, July 14, 2012 at G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary Chapel. Interment will be in Walker Memorial Park. Mr. Newsome, a native of Edgefield County was a member of […]
TRENTON – Mrs. Rosalee Boyd Meriwether, 83, of Courtney Road, entered into rest July 15, 2012. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Meriwether, a native of McCormick County was a member of Poplar Spring Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Dianna Negron, Doris Meriwether, Trenton, SC and Connie Meriwether, Brooklyn, NY; six sons, William […]
GRANITEVILLE – Mrs. Donaleen M. Price Gardner, 86, of Graniteville, wife of the late Ralph Gardner, went to be with her lord Saturday July 14, 2012 at University Hospital. Funeral Service will be held Wednesday July 18, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Bath, S.C. with burial in the church cemetery. […]