Michael Hook, Small Game Program Leader with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, will be the guest speaker when the Upper Savannah Land Trust holds its annual meeting on March 16 at the Arts Center at the Federal Building in Greenwood. Hook will talk about activities with the S.C. Bobwhite Initiative, which was established in […]
Burger King on Its Way? Is Burger King coming to Edgefield? No, it is not official -yet. However, the Advertiser can report that Burger King has submitted site plans to the County’s Building and Planning Department and is submitting other documents to “all parties” in order to move forward the possibility of its locating a […]
Dr. R.Rashad Brightharp A native of Edgefield County, Dr. Robert Rashad Brightharp attended Edgefield County Public Schools and graduated form Strom Thurmond High School in 2001. Today most of his immediate and extended family still reside within Edgefield and Aiken Counties. Dr. Brightharp specializes in family medicine. He is certified by the American Board of […]
The second annual celebration of Poetry Meets Pottery will take place at The Clay Studio on Saturday, March 4, at 2:30. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. The main event of the day will be the awarding of honors to the winners of the second annual couplets contest. Conceived to honor the legacy of […]
Paul Ronnie Baughcome — Ridge Spring, SC Funeral Services for Paul Ronnie Baughcome will be held Tuesday, February, 28, 2017 at 2 o’clock at Bland Funeral Home Chapel, Johnston, with burial to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5-7 pm at Bland Funeral Home. Ronnie passed away Saturday, February, […]
John Bates Nicholson, 83, of 2024 Old Laurens Road, husband of Ruth Bailey Nicholson, died Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Hospice House. Born in Edgefield, he was a son of the late Charles Augustus Nicholson and Myrtle Booth Nicholson. John was an U. S. Airforce and U. S. Navy Veteran. He retired from Monsanto and […]
Clearly our country is divided. Recently, my editorials have been about the clash of worldviews at play and the anger many in our republic are feeling and expressing. My editorial on “Anger being a Non-Respecter of Person Issue” http://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/2017/02/anger-is-a-non-respecter-of-person-issue/ highlighted how anger, when combined with other emotions and sound doctrine can be utilized to bring […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was assisting the SC Highway Patrol with a safety check point, Feb. 9, at West Five Notch and Murrah Roads in North Augusta (Edgefield County) when a subject came through the check point without his driver’s license. The subject told law enforcement that he had left his license at home. […]
Trailers Stolen Two incidents of trailers being stolen were recently reported to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. On Feb. 10, the ECSO was notified that a trailer had been stolen from a property on Brighthop Road in Trenton. According to the ECSO report on this incident, sometime between 1:30 and 4:00 in the afternoon on […]
It’s official, George Thornton is retiring this summer. The good news is that George and Beth are staying in Edgefield. “Beth and I have made Edgefield our home,” declared the dynamic native of Columbus, Georgia. It was also apparent that the man who had successfully served as CEO for three corporate entities in his career […]