Family Court Judge Retires

Family Court Judge Retires

Pictured L-R: Edgefield County Clerk of Court Charles Reel, Judge Deborah Neese, Court Reporter Wendy Derrick, and Family Court Deputy Clerk Lynne Purcell. The Honorable Deborah Neese, of the 11th Judicial Circuit, will be retiring at the end of June after 10 years of serving the Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda, and Lexington Family Courts. She was […]

Wayne E. Langley — Trenton, SC

  Trenton, SC – Wayne Earl Langley, 69, husband of Lois Fields Langley, of Woodyard Rd., died Thursday May 25, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Sunday May 28, 2017 at 3 PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Trenton, SC with burial to follow in Berea Baptist Church Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. Mr. Langley was […]

Thomas Strother, LCDR (ret.) USN — Remembering WW I

Thomas Strother, LCDR (ret.) USN — Remembering WW I

Thomas Strother, LCDR (ret.) USN, former teacher of history at U.S. Naval Academy and whose roots are in Edgefield County, is the researcher/redactor/writer for the series called Remembering World War I. The series is running in the print edition of The Edgefield Advertiser and certain portions, explaining the background of the War at strategic times […]

REMEMBERING WW I — DECLARATION OF WAR

REMEMBERING WW I — DECLARATION OF WAR

Overview: From circa late 1914, early 1915– Germany embarked upon “unrestricted submarine warfare” in the North Atlantic against “Allied Naval and Maritime Shipping engaged in trade with the allies.”  The “Allies” included (but were not limited to) Great Britain, France, Russia and the Ottoman Empire (later called Turkey.)  While this announcement included other seas in […]

Dear Editor

Dear Editor

An Election in May 23, for the 4th district is very important to the County of Edgefield. I know off term elections have a poor turnout.  So I’m asking all citizens of the 4th District to come out and VOTE FOR WILLIE BRIGHT, re-elect a man who has made a great progressive improvement in Edgefield […]

Megan Gordon Places in Top Five

Megan Gordon Places in Top Five

Miss South Carolina USA Megan Gordon made it to the top five in the Miss USA Pageant on Sunday, May 14. She was crowned Miss South Carolina USA on November 19, 2016. Miss Gordon is a native of North Augusta, but her parents and grandparents are natives of Edgefield. She is the daughter of Rev. James […]

Shooting on Moragne Street / Fire at Nonna’s

Shooting on Moragne Street / Fire at Nonna’s

Shooting on Moragne Street Attempted Murder Charges Filed The Edgefield Police Department responded to a shooting at Moragne Street, Sunday night, May 14, around 8:00.  According to Police Chief Ronnie Carter, who spoke to the Advertiser about the incident, 37 year old Shaneka Watkins of Ellis Street in Edgefield, was returning home from a party […]

National Military Spouse Appreciation Day

National Military Spouse Appreciation Day

Photo: Penny Hunt speaking to military wives Each year, by Presidential Proclamation, National Military Spouse Appreciation Day is observed on the Friday preceding Mother’s Day. This year’s Military Spouse Appreciation Day was observed at nearby Fort Gordon Army Base, Augusta, Ga., with a luncheon for spouses that included a moving candle lighting ceremony during which local author, […]

Memorial Day Ceremony May 29, 2017

Memorial Day Ceremony May 29, 2017

Please join the Edgefield County Veterans Affairs Office, all of our County Veteran Service Organizations, veterans, retirees, widows, families and friends on the Edgefield Town Square May 29, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. for a Memorial Day Ceremony.  VFW Post 6932 Auxiliary is hosting this year’s remembrance and the program will include a […]

Gray, Holsonback Sentenced in Drive-by Shooting

Gray, Holsonback Sentenced in Drive-by Shooting

Christopher Dale Gray, 23, of Trenton, and Bryson Holsonback, 22, of Aiken, were sentenced Thursday, May 18, for their actions in a 2015 drive-by shooting in Johnston.  Initially charged with, among other charges, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, the charges were upgraded several months after the incident to include attempted murder.  According to the […]