A fire on Old Plank Road in Johnston Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 2, damaged the former location of the animal shelter All God’s Creatures and current home of Grant and Denise Holcombe. According to Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Casey, the fire appears to have started in the kitchen and was possibly electrical in nature. Although […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Now is the time to get vaccinated to protect yourself and your family for the coming influenza season, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Flu vaccine is in plentiful supply across the state through private providers,” said Linda Bell, M.D. and interim state epidemiologist. “In the coming weeks, […]
The Mayor of Edgefield, Ken Durham, has spoken, echoed by Tonya Browder, Director of Tompkins Library. He has announced the plan to continue, annually, with the Southern Studies Showcase that began last weekend and that brought many out-of-towners to Edgefield. Conferees enjoyed both “feasting” on a variety of Southern studies and feasting at local restaurants […]
The Edgefield Advertiser is celebrating the 11th Heritage Jubilee Festival with an 18-page special edition that includes 6 pages dedicated to Edgefield, its people, and the spirit of the festival that brings so many former residents and present ones together. Readers will find a ramble that takes one down Wigfall Street, a cozy neighborhood of bungalows and […]
The Continuing Adventures of a Very Lucky Black and White Dog By Penny L. Hunt Chapter 4 – Flash Flood Warning! Last week: One of the puppies living in a drainage pipe near Whitman Academy was rescued by the headmaster’s wife and the sixth grade class has devised a way to save the others. The […]
Ms. Penny Hunt, the author of The Piper Tales, which have been running in The Advertiser since early September, will be at The Advertiser booth on Saturday at the Heritage Jubilee. Young people, who know Piper, or who want to know Piper, can drop by to shake his paw! See our ad in the Festival […]
It is with a great deal of sadness that the Edgefield County School District reports today the passing of one of its students. Tyler Morgan, a 10th grader at Strom Thurmond High School, passed away over the weekend. Tyler has been a student with the school district since his preschool days. Counselors were available at […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Mr. Tyler Wayne Morgan, 15, of Windy Drive, died September 30, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday October 4, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield, S. C. Tyler was born in Augusta, Ga. […]
Dear Editor: I’d like to extend my sincere “thank you” to the citizens and businesses of Edgefield, for their help and support of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society’s seminar on September 28th and 29th.. The dinner, music and re-enactment in the square, Friday evening, were the “icing on the cake” of the seminar! Thank […]
Strom Thurmond 56, Brookland-Cayce 10 Wardlaw Academy 36, Greenwood Christian 22 Williston-Elko 48, Fox Creek 7 — Newberry 23, Saluda 7 Blythewood 49, Aiken 7 Abbeville 35, Batesburg-Leesville 7