Bomb Drill at Prison

Bomb Drill at Prison

There was no bomb threat at the State Prison in Trenton, Nov. 16. Instead a bomb drill was conducted. However, sources told the Advertiser that personnel at the prison and first responders were notified in advance of the drill.  As such, many assumed the drill was an actual event.

Missing Teen Found

Missing Teen Found

Missing Edgefield County teenager Kristen Ann McBride, 16, has been found. McBride was reported missing by her family, Nov. 15.  The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, including the ECSO Canine Unit, searched for McBride throughout the night.  She was found, safe, the following day.  It is believed McBride ran away from home.  Details are still emerging, and […]

Honoring All Who Served

Honoring All Who Served

  On November 9, 2018, the W.E. Parker Elementary School Chorus, under the direction of Ashley LaCross, along with the student body honored our veterans with song, poetry and prose. The musical tribute saluted all branches of the Armed Forces and our National Guard.  Our Child Development and Kindergarten classes honored our veterans, singing You’re […]

Wells Fargo Leaves Edgefield County Due to Low Foot Traffic

Wells Fargo Leaves Edgefield County Due to Low Foot Traffic

Many in the Edgefield County community were stunned to learn last week of the planned closing of the Edgefield branch of Wells Fargo.  As the letters sent to customers informing of this coming closing did not allude to the reasons behind it, the Advertiser went in search of answers. While waiting on a return call […]

Tennis Winners at age 75-Plus

Tennis Winners at age 75-Plus

Paula Ford of Mount Vintage, Edgefield County, dropped by The Advertiser to bring us the picture of her tennis team from Woodside (Aiken) who came in first place in Hilton Head at the  75 & Over Invitational Tennis Tournament. The ladies compete in doubles. As shown in the picture they are all beaming with pride. […]

Politics, Evangelicals, and Gun Violence

Politics, Evangelicals, and Gun Violence

 By Robert Scott This week’s election news regarding the shift in control of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party was overshadowed by still more gun violence, first with a mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and second with a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. Following a campus shooting here […]

SOCCER TOURNAMENT CHAMPS

SOCCER TOURNAMENT CHAMPS

Kevin (KT) Taylor, 6-8 Division Dragon Riders’ coach, proved he is a man of his word.  Telling his team beforehand that is they won the tournament, he would belly flop in a mud puddle on the field, Coach KT ran and slid into the mud puddle after his team did, indeed, clench the win.  The […]

Strom Thurmond’s McCoy chosen for North South All Star Game

Strom Thurmond’s McCoy chosen for North South All Star Game

Pictured above, Aiken Electric Cooperative’s Haley Bucao presents Charles McCoy with a trophy for his selection to be on the South squad of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl.  Also pictured from left, Strom Thurmond High School Offensive Line Coach Thomas Coleman, Assistant Coach Louis Scott and Head Coach Antwaun Hillary.     Aiken Electric Cooperative recently presented a trophy to […]

Obie Smith – Edgefield, SC

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 8, 2018         Obie Smith Edgefield, SC   Obie Smith, 70, husband of the late […]

James Gail “Jim” Stertz, Jr. – EDGEFIELD

James Gail “Jim” Stertz, Jr. – EDGEFIELD

                James Gail “Jim” Stertz, Jr. died peacefully at his home in Edgefield, South Carolina on Sunday, October 28, 2018. He was born on November 13, 1951 in Newnan, Georgia to Dr. James Gail Stertz, Sr., a much-beloved Baptist pastor, and to Mrs. Eda Klarer Stertz, an accomplished […]