SRH & ECH: “Change will significantly improve the healthcare available to citizens.” According to press release of September 19, 2017, from the office of Edgefield County Hospital CEO, Edgefield County is poised to enter a new, improved era of medical services. The Boards of Self Regional Healthcare (SRH) and Edgefield County Hospital (ECH) announced today […]
ECSO Employee Injured by Inmate An employee with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was injured by an inmate, Sept. 3. According to the ECSO report on the incident, the employee was injured when she went to assist in preparing a female prisoner for transport to the hospital due to a possible seizure. The report states […]
“Overall, Edgefield County fared pretty well.” Those were the words of Emergency Management Director Suzy Spurgeon who spoke to the Advertiser, Tuesday, Sept. 12, following the aftermath of Hurricane Irma which hit the area Monday. According to Spurgeon, “dozens” of trees were downed from Johnston to Merriwether but only minimal damage to a couple of […]
This was written on Monday August 28, 2017. On this day 7 years ago, I woke up in Washington, DC after spending the previous day attending a conference with many other UNdivided Americans from all around our republic. As a group, we either took buses or walked down to the Lincoln Memorial, where we joined […]
In its Eighteenth Century wording, the U.S. Constitution in Article II Section 2 grants Presidents “Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Our founding fathers left that power to speak for itself and many Presidents have used it, usually for cases of miscarriage of justice […]
The Edgefield County Farm Bureau will be holding their annual meeting on Tuesday, September 26, at 6 p.m. The meeting place is at the Farm Bureau building at 920 Columbia Rd., Edgefield. Dinner will be provided for those in attendance. The Bureau is asking for a RSVP by Friday, September 22. That can be done […]
The Edgefield County Hospital and Self Regional Healthcare are announcing the upcoming Fun Shoot to benefit Ridge Healthcare Foundation. The event is to be held on September 30, 2017, at the Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. The invitation to join in has been given by these organizations with the understanding that all funds raised will […]
Citizens are invited to a community wide yard sale in Trenton, S.C., on Saturday, September 16, from 7 a.m. to noon (12 p.m.). The areas where the sale will be held are Wise Street, Church Street and the Town Park. Everyone is invited to come and set up at no charge in the Town Park […]
Mrs. Ida Mae Mims Heath, 73, of Edgefield, died Monday September 11, 2017 at Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Thursday September 14, 2017 at 2 P.M. at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Mrs. Heath was a native of Edgefield, S.C. and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church […]
Jesse L. “Jack” Bailey, 88 of Hwy 23 West, Modoc passed away Monday, September 11, 2017. He was the husband of the late Mary Frances Bailey. Funeral Services will be held Friday, September 15, 2017 at 11 AM at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow in church cemetery. Jack was a native […]