W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Ruth Dorn Henderson, 76, […]
Rebels Will Not Play This Week September 25 Game Against Swansea High Postponed (EDGEFIELD, SC)- On September 16, the Edgefield County School District was informed that two Strom Thurmond High School (STHS) football players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Based on guidance from the Department of Health Environmental Control (DHEC), these students and anyone […]
DHEC Media Advisory FREE DHEC TESTING EVENT DHEC-sponsored testing is always no-costand open to anyone regardless of symptoms. Pre-registering is recommended. Get your results within 72 hours. Visit scdhec.gov/gettested September 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sponsored by DHEC/EMT, BEC Complex, 5955 Jefferson Davis Hwy., N. Augusta PARTNER MOBILE TESTING EVENTS Community partners play an essential role in our state’s […]
Shortcut Road Over $6,000 worth of equipment was stolen from a work site on the 200 block of Shortcut Road in the North Augusta section of Edgefield County according to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report. The report, filed Sept. 8, 2020, states that a workman at the site found the driveway to be too […]
By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Sometimes you just don’t want to think about serious stuff. Fall is one of those times for me. […]
By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. I was looking through the columns I’ve written for The Edgefield Advertiser over the past year and ran across one […]
By Sigrid Hanson All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. If silence is a topic of biblical concern, so is sound. First to last, the Bible is […]
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Carl James Brown, 69, […]
Localized Flooding Due to Rains While Hurricane Sally may have made land fall in the Gulf region, her presence is still being felt in Edgefield County in the form of heavy rains and localized flooding. The rains began in the county Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 16 and continued through mid-morning, Sept. 17, when the area experienced “a lull” before the […]
The Advertiser learned Thursday, Sept. 17, that the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death off Rachel Lane in the Ridge Spring section of Edgefield County. Details are few, but the Advertiser can confirm that the SC Department of Law Enforcement has been called in to assist with the investigation. The Edgefield County […]