Red Sox Win Coach Pitch Tournament Championship

Red Sox Win Coach Pitch Tournament Championship

The Red Sox won the Coach Pitch Tournament Championship in exciting fashion. Coming into the final day of the tournament the Red Sox, who were undefeated in the tournament, had to play the Phillies, who had beat the Red Sox every time during the regular season but had already lost a game in the tournament. […]

Saluda Golf Cup Tournament

Saluda Golf Cup Tournament

Todd and Jerry Scoggins, Tim Padgett and Randy Yonce put on a show at the Saluda golf Cup Tournament finishing at 18 under and  topping that performance by donating their first place check back to the Lion’s Club.

Palmetto Girls State Representatives Chosen from Edgefield County

Palmetto Girls State Representatives Chosen from Edgefield County

The Edgefield Legion Auxiliary is pleased to again send seven young women from high schools in the county to Palmetto Girls State. Girls State is a week long leadership event that helps young women, going into their senior year in high school, learn about South Carolina government from the governor’s office to city council. Girls State […]

Certified Nursing Assistant Recipients Recognized

Certified Nursing Assistant Recipients Recognized

Eighteen Health Science students at Strom Thurmond Career Center have received their CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) completer certificates following a year long intense training program. With their certificate in hand, these students are eligible to sit for the certification exam. For students who are planning on immediate entrance into the workforce, their CNA certificate allows […]

Coming This Week in The Advertiser

• Wardlaw Graduation, photos and interviews • Announcement of a new book by our favorite reviewer, Edmonds • A Recipe for Poke Salit! • A Fox is Trapped in the Town of Edgefield – Is he Red? • An engagement and a wedding in our community • MOX at SRS sends scraps for building to […]

Gartrell Hamby

SALUDA, S.C. – Graveside Services for Mr. Gartrell (Pee Wee) Hamby, age 87, will be held Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery at 2 pm. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home in Johnston from 12:30 to 1:30 prior to the service. Mr. Hamby died Sunday, May 26, 2013. […]

Summer Reading Program at Edgefield County Libraries

Summer Reading Program at Edgefield County Libraries

Dig Into Reading! is a vacation reading program for children in Edgefield County running from June to August 12th. Children may register for the reading program at any of the libraries in the county or at the Bookmobile. Children completing the reading requirements will receive a hand puppet and a certificate. Don’t forget tweens and […]

Wardlaw Graduates Sixteen Students

Wardlaw Graduates Sixteen Students

Friday evening, May 24, sixteen seniors at F.H. Wardlaw Academy received their diplomas from their headmaster as they marched toward their futures in the school gymnasium/auditorium. Steven Daniel Wooten (Valedictorian) and Laura Christine James (Salutatorian) led their class in academic scoring.  It was a special evening with Junior Marshals – Ashley Bryan, Madison Porterfield, Erin […]