On Saturday, July 19, Edgefield will host the first annual Cruise-In on the Square from 4 to 7 p.m. A Cruise-In is a group of car enthusiasts gathering at a designated location to park and show off their cars, talk car talk, and visit with other car buffs; the common interest being classic vehicles, cars, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Former school board member, Chris Hoffmann, has announced his candidacy to again run for a seat on the Edgefield County School Board. Hoffmann will be running for a seat to represent what has been designated as District 6. No person presently represents this area as it has just been created under the re-districting of the […]
Town of Johnston officials have appointed Lieutenant Lamaz Robinson as the Interim Police Chiel for the Johnston Police Department, effective July 9, 2014. Robinson served as the Lieutenant of the Johnston Police Department and was sworn in as Interim Chief on July 9, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. On Monday, June 9, 2014 Police Chief Chris Aston announced […]
Break-In on Rainbow Falls Road The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a break-in at a residence on Rainbow Falls Road, North Augusta (Edgefield County), Sunday, July 6. According to the ECSO report, the homeowner returned to her residence on Sunday to find that the front door, which had not been opened in nearly 20 […]
As we celebrate the July 4th weekend and the excitement of patriotism, our country’s Constitution, and the meaning of freedom that one has in these United States, this story falls in line as one of a man who helped to protect our freedom in WWII. It is also interesting to note that there were four brothers (Robert, […]
The culmination of a criminal investigation resulted in the execution of a search warrant by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office and the Edgefield Police Department at a home on Silverbell Street, Thursday, June 26. According to the ECSO report, the subject of the investigation, a 27 year old black male who was a resident of […]
The Edgefield County School Board will hold the school board elections for Districts 1,2 and 6 on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Any candidate for a nonpartisan office, multi-county district, countywide, or less than countywide office to be voted on at the time of the general election, who qualifies by statement of candidacy, shall file the statement […]
Edgefield County’s Clemson Extension office offers many services and programs. Most people associate the Office with soil samples for gardens and pastures. But did you know that the Office also has information in the form of pamphlets, brochures and books on a variety of subjects? Most of the information is free, but we also have […]