Members from the community who assisted in the Bags of Love project, sponsored by the Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce. The Edgefield County Senior Center celebrated Valentines Day on Tuesday, February 13th. Forty-eight seniors showed up for the party. They enjoyed a game of Bingo led by volunteer Darleen Abraham. The new valentine […]
Unloaded Pellet Gun Brandished A fight between two juveniles on a school bus Feb. 20 spilled over to a bus stop according to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office who spoke to the Advertiser. According to the ECSO, two male Merriwether Middle School children got into a […]
Pictured: Strom Thurmond’s Cyntheria Sulliovan. The North Carolina Coaches Association and the South Carolina Coaches Association have announced the team rosters for 2018. On March 24th the top 20 players, men and women, from each state will face off during the Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Games in Wilmington, North Carolina. Strom Thurmond High’s Cyntheria Sullivan has […]
Strom Thurmond High School Head Basketball Coach Bo Rouse has been selected along with Mark Snelgrove of Chapin High and Blake Hall of Goose Creek High to coach the Men’s South Team in the North/South All Star Basketball Game 2018.
Davis Wash was crowned Miss Greenville County this past weekend. She also won Talent and Evening Gown. She is the daughter of Melanie and Matt Wash and the granddaughter of Jackee and Doug Wash. She is a junior at Wardlaw Academy. She will compete for the Miss South Carolina Teen Scholarship Organization in June.
W. 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 February 17, 2018 Grace Wilson Pearson, 84, wife of the late James O. Pearson, entered into rest Friday February 16, 2018. Funeral […]
By Ed Baine, Senior Vice President- Distribution, Dominion Energy The proposed partnership between South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) and its parent company, SCANA, with Dominion Energy would benefit all South Carolinians. Once approved, the combination of the two companies would provide rate relief for customers, help community organizations, and protect thousands of jobs in […]
Essie Nicholson, founder and director of Women in Unity, has called it quits. After fifteen years serving as the Director of Operations and much prayer, “Mrs. Essie” (as people call her) felt that it was time to move on and allow some one else to come in and take WIU to another level. Essie started […]
Suppose that you found out that the state government received an unexpected windfall of 200 million dollars a year starting next year, without needing any changes to the tax law and without any new taxes. What should the South Carolina government do, if it happened? Well, it is about to happen. It turns out that […]
On Sunday, Jan. 28, it was evident the Presbyterian Church on Penn St. which has been empty and unused for so many years was quite active on a Sunday afternoon, January 28. The lights, in the form of hanging chandeliers inside, were brightly lit, cars filled the paved parking area, and the overgrown shrubbery had […]