Be sure to pick up your copy of the Peach Blossom Festival Edition: 18 pages of News in the County and on the Ridge – Available Wednesday morning in boxes and stands at local convenience stores. The First Section • Up-to-date news of political and community happenings: Relay for Life Raised over $50,000 in spite […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Ronald Howard Clark, 67, of Sunhigh Road, passed away Monday April 29, 2013 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Thursday May 2, 2013 at 2 P.M. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Batesburg with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Clark was born in Edgefield S.C. […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – Two bills which The Advertiser has been following in the SC Legislature have both been slowly moving forward in the legislative process, but their ends may soon be in sight. Senate bill S115, commonly referred to as the Open Carry Bill, is set to come before the full Judiciary Committee […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary call Friday, Apr. 26, at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church on Red Oak Grove Road. According to a report filed by the ECSO, sometime between Wed., Apr. 24, and Fri., Apr. 26, unknown suspects entered the church and stole 4 flat screen televisions. In addition to […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin accepting online applications for the 2013 Public Alligator Hunting season and the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Alligator Hunting Season at www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/alligator/index.html. More than 100,000 alligators live from the Midlands to the coast of South Carolina and the population is not threatened by the regulated removal of a […]
While Karla is to be congratulated for her artistic talent, I was horrified to read the theme of the Project Sentry Logo contest in which she along with 467 children across the state competed. The theme, according to the article, was “Keeping guns out of the Schools.” Standing with Karla are her parents, grandparents, and […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Juanita Dorn Gilstrap, wife of William (Bill) Gilstrap, died Monday April 29, 2013 at her residence on Jeter Street. She was a native of McCormick, S.C. and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, sons- Tommy (Debbie) Langley, Michael (Sonya) Langley, John (Amy) Langley, a daughter Janice (Charles) Kennett, sisters- Ruth, […]
The Strom Thurmond High School NJROTC Awards Ceremony was held on Monday, 29 April in the school gymnasium. Cadet Williams Awarded DAR Medal Ms. Sarah Sears, representative of the Old 96 District Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) attended and presented the DAR Award for the 2012-2103 school year to second year […]
An early morning accident, Saturday, Apr. 27, in Aiken County, has taken the life of a Ridge Spring teenager. According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, the accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Piper Road in Aiken County. The incident was a single car accident involving two teenagers who were riding in a 2003 GMC […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – If you live on the Westside of Edgefield County and felt the floor beneath you tremble in the wee hours of Friday morning, you are not alone. When I heard the loud rumble followed by the quick shaking of the floor in my house, I immediately thought, “Earthquake.” Knowing our […]