A New Writer Among our Correspondents

A New Writer Among our Correspondents

The Advertiser is celebrating a new writer coming on board. She is Kortlyn McPeek, who is fairly new to the area, her parents having moved to this county a year ago. Kortlyn is an articulate, vivacious young woman, two years out of college, and eager to use her writing skills for this newspaper. Our meeting […]

Johnston Resident Retires from Military

Johnston Resident Retires from Military

Family and friends gathered at the Greene County Historical Society’s Vaughn-Morrow House in Eutaw, Ala., on July 19 for the retirement of COL Cheryl Ann Elliott-Dawe from the United States Army Nurse Corps following more than 30 years of service. COL Elliott-Dawe and her husband Dr. Lloyd A. Dawe who is an employee of the […]

Little Miss South Carolina State Royalty Crowned

Little Miss South Carolina State Royalty Crowned

The Little Miss & Teen Miss South Carolina Pageant was held recently in Hartsville, SC, with 126 contestants from across South Carolina competing during the week. Over $30,000 in scholarships were awarded along with other prizes. The pageant also presented a check for over $30,000 to Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. For more information, please visit […]

Schools Lock Down While Sheriff Locks Up

Schools Lock Down While Sheriff Locks Up

Tuesday morning found Highway 23 near Strom Thurmond High School lit up with flashing blue lights as law enforcement agencies converged on two burglary suspects that had been pursued by sheriff’s deputies before daylight. The suspects had abandoned their vehicle near Highway 23 precipitating the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Department to deploy bloodhounds and SLED helicopters […]

Sylvia McElmurray Norris

TRENTON, S.C. – Memorial Services for Mrs. Sylvia McElmurray Norris, 78, of Trenton, SC, who entered into rest July 29, 2014, will be conducted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the Harmony United Methodist Church, Johnston, SC. Rev. Steven Keck officiating. Mrs. Norris was a native Beech Island, reared in Aiken, having made Trenton her […]

Here and There – 7-31-14

Here and There – 7-31-14

Cupcake/Lemonade Sale: Pink cupcakes and pink lemonade will be sold in front of Park Row on Friday, Aug. 1 from 10 to 2 by the Taste of Pink Club to support cancer research. Car Wash & Fish Fry: Moores AME Women’s Missionary Society will have a car wash and fish fry, Saturday, Aug. 2, from […]

The Crisis at the Border

Opinion  – By G. Miller Thompson – News broke recently that 350 illegal immigrant children have been received in South Carolina.  These children have come to live with relatives and other sponsors while they wait for their day in immigration court (this is a process that can take many months).  The fact that these children […]

Notes from ECH July Board Meeting

Notes from ECH July Board Meeting

– By Tiffani Ireland – The Edgefield County Hospital board met Monday night, July 28, for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting.  After Chairman Tim Williams called the meeting to order, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Cox informed the board, “June was a very good month for us.”  Ms. Cox went on to say that “operationally, we are […]

Crime Blotter

Crime Blotter

Thousands of Dollars Worth of Tools Stolen from Business The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call to a business on Sweetwater Road, Friday, July 25, after the owner arrived to find the lock to an enclosed trailer had been cut off. According to the ECSO report, further investigation revealed that a hole large […]

Franklyn Simpkins

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Miss Franklyn V. Simpkins of Prospector Drive entered into rest July 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Clark officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a sister, Wallatte S. (Willie) Phillips; two nieces Delsha P. […]

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