Calling All Photographers: A Chance to “Show and Sell”

Calling All Photographers: A Chance to “Show and Sell”

The Friends of the Edgefield County Public Library have issued an invitation to all to participate in a group photography exhibit September 18-August 17, 2014.  This will take place at the Edgefield County Library on Courthouse Sq., Edgefield. Original photos of historical interest from any period (buildings, person, landscape or object) are solicited in this […]

State Antler Records Down Slightly This Year

State Antler Records Down Slightly This Year

The most recent round of white-tailed deer antler measuring conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources revealed 222 new records, including one Boone and Crockett qualifier. Each spring S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Section personnel make a concerted effort to measure deer racks throughout the state, with a major session during the […]

Jane Pick Gaillard

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Jane Pick Gaillard, 87, of Hwy 378 East, wife of the late George A. Gaillard, died Sunday July 13, 2014 at Edgefield County Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday July 17, 2014 at 12 Noon at Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 11 A.M. […]

Delilah Jennings Adams Batten

SALUDA, S.C. – Graveside services for Mrs. Delilah Jennings Adams Batten, age 88, were held Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Travis Park Cemetery at 4 pm. The family received friends at the gravesite following the service. Mrs. Batten was peacefully called home by her Lord and Savior on the same day he brought her into the […]

Self Regional Healthcare Announces $143,000 In Community Health Improvement Grants

Self Regional Healthcare Announces $143,000 In Community Health Improvement Grants

GREENWOOD, S.C. – Improving the community’s health is a core component of Self Regional Healthcare’s mission, and this quarter the Community Outreach Committee has selected five local nonprofits to receive a total of $143,000 to: Establish and maintain Wi-fi for ambulances in Greenwood and Abbeville counties to communicate heart attack test results between the paramedics and […]

The Long Road Back

The Long Road Back

Purple Hearts Recipient Retires with K9 Companion In the spring of 2012 The Advertiser published a story about one of the county’s finest, Staff Sergeant John Barbare.  The story was titled Our Finest Citizens and it told of the young lad from Trenton, South Carolina, who was recovering, at Walter Reed Hospital, from second set […]

Multiple Shots Fired on Eastview Road

Multiple Shots Fired on Eastview Road

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of multiple discharging weapons on Eastview Road, Wednesday, June 9.  An ECSO report gives details two eyewitnesses were able to provide to law enforcement regarding the shoot out.  According to those two witnesses, several vehicles pulled up at a mobile home located on one of the […]