Thirty-nine years old Travis Young of Trenton died Nov. 29 as a result of a Nov. 28 shooting in Warrenville. According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, Young was shot around 5:00 a.m. at Keith Drive in Aiken County on the 28th. He was transported to Augusta University Medical Center where he died from his […]
Holton Manly is now an Edgefieldian, although his publicity says he grew up in North Augusta. His father works at a family business in Belvedere – Manly Auto Collision – and he was born while the family lived there. When he was about 8 they moved out to the Westside, recorded for history through the writings […]
An early morning fire, Sunday, Nov. 25, destroyed a former gas station in Modoc, SC, just beyond the Edgefield County line. The gas station, located at the junction of Hwy 23 and Hwy 28, had not been operated as such in some time but, instead, had served as a type of flea market store of […]
A Franciscan Benediction by Robert Scott Thanksgiving, 2018, is over, and the season of Advent is upon us. In liturgical churches including the Episcopal Church, Advent is more than just looking forward to Christmas; it is an opportunity for reflection, for considering what life is all about, about what is the wheat in our daily […]
Special Agent Thom Berry with the SC Law Enforcement Division confirmed to the Advertiser, Thursday morning, Nov. 29 that the body of 6 month old Anthony Frost was discovered in a landfill in Greenville County earlier in the morning around 10:30 a.m. Agents had been searching for Baby Anthony’s body since Nov. 28 when they […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to an alarm of breaking glass at Edgefield Beverage Center in Apple Square Plaza in Edgefield around 1:45 in the morning Nov. 24. According to an ECSO report, responding law enforcement found the far right window to the business broken upon arrival. They also heard what was described as […]
Two vehicles were reported stolen to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Nov. 18, from a property on Knights Lane in Trenton. According to the ECSO report, a 1955 primer grey Chevy and a 1979 blue Nova were stolen. The owner of the property lives in Georgia and was last at the property about a month […]
Thefts on Capers Drive in the North Augusta area of Edgefield County and on Martintown Road in Edgefield were reported to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. The first report was made on Nov. 18 and that ECSO report details how a white truck was observed pulling alongside a truck at a home on the 100 […]
Over $7,000 worth of firearms were reported stolen to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Nov. 25. According to the ECSO report, the incident occurred at the 1800 block of West Martintown Road in the North Augusta area of Edgefield County while the victim was in church. The man stated that he arrived at church around […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com November 27, 2018 Susan K. Misner Martinez, GA Susan Kannapel Misner, 69, of Martinez, GA […]