This early morning photo shows Steven’s Creek running high after the recent rains that are forecast to continue for several days. The creek is usually a great place for fishing mud cats. Billy Herron writes about fishing Stevens Creek. His articles explain how to fish for the big catfish (he catches them that weigh 35 or […]
Gene and Ann Sawyer of the Merriwether section saw the announcement of the Republican Baptist Sunday evening music event to benefit Wesley and Ashley in The Advertiser. They attended and Anne wrote to the editor: “Gene and I went to Republican Baptist . . . and saw a walking miracle when Wesley Spires walked in […]
The suspect wanted in connection with the June 13th burglary on Virgil Wall Road was captured Monday, July 1, at a residence in McCormick, SC. According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Julius Lavern Rogers, 42, of McCormick, was arrested and charged with Burglary 1st. Rogers was arrested without incident and transported […]
Curtis Wright and father-in-law Rob Keck participated in the 150th Anniversary of the battle for Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. They attended the 3 reenactment days this past weekend. Rob was in the 100th Anniversary when he was 12 with his father so now he has done the 150th, as well. “We had a great time and […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to burglary call at a migrant camp on Mt. Calvary Road in Johnston, Wednesday, June 26. There, deputies discovered at least 8 different transient workers had had varying items stolen from their unlocked quarters while they had been at work. Among the items stolen were laptops, flat screen televisions, […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit as well as the ECSO SWAT Team executed a search warrant at a home on Blair Road in Modoc, SC (within Edgefield County), June 14. As a result of the search, a total of $7035 was seized from the location as well as multiple containers in which was […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In observance of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week through June 29, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control suggests ways to help reduce the risk from the serious diseases mosquitoes can carry. “Mosquitoes can become infected with viruses like West Nile when they feed on infected birds,” said Linda J. Bell, […]
Yes, there are birds in nests in the sign, but only in the a’s. The “a” allows for a two-story home. Is that the reason? Barn swallows, we guess, have inhabited these letters, from the looks of the nests. And they are in both signs, front and side, of the business establishment out on Hwy. […]
– by Tiffani Ireland – Edgefield County’s new Emergency Operations Center, located in the old Agricultural Building on Gray Street in Edgefield, is a far cry from the tiny, one room office space that used to house the county’s Emergency Management Agency. During The Advertiser’s recent tour of the new facility, guided by EMA Director […]
The Edgefield County School District announced today that the school board has given final approval for the purchase of a new district activity bus to be used primarily by the elementary and middle schools located in the Merriwether area of the county. Of particular importance for the Merriwether students, this bus will provide express transportation […]