Photo: Penny Hunt speaking to military wives Each year, by Presidential Proclamation, National Military Spouse Appreciation Day is observed on the Friday preceding Mother’s Day. This year’s Military Spouse Appreciation Day was observed at nearby Fort Gordon Army Base, Augusta, Ga., with a luncheon for spouses that included a moving candle lighting ceremony during which local author, […]
Please join the Edgefield County Veterans Affairs Office, all of our County Veteran Service Organizations, veterans, retirees, widows, families and friends on the Edgefield Town Square May 29, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. for a Memorial Day Ceremony. VFW Post 6932 Auxiliary is hosting this year’s remembrance and the program will include a […]
Christopher Dale Gray, 23, of Trenton, and Bryson Holsonback, 22, of Aiken, were sentenced Thursday, May 18, for their actions in a 2015 drive-by shooting in Johnston. Initially charged with, among other charges, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, the charges were upgraded several months after the incident to include attempted murder. According to the […]
In meeting Wendell Culbreath one wonders where this name THE Dubber comes from. This man is real; in this interview, there is no veneer of glamour or self promotion as one expects in most performers who have succeeded on stage and in recordings as well as he has. His story gives us reason to know, […]
![Huddle House in Edgefield Closes – Again [Updated Again]](https://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/huddlehouse-copy-701x526.jpg "Huddle House in Edgefield Closes – Again [Updated Again]")
The Advertiser has learned that the Huddle House in Edgefield has once again closed for business. A sign was placed on the front door to the restaurant, Thursday, May 18, that read, “We’ve Closed this location! Thanks”. The Advertiser did contact the corporate office of Huddle House for information regarding this closing, but they were […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed to the Advertiser that they have arrested two people, a 17–year-old male and a juvenile male, in connection with the multiple incidents of vehicles being shot at and hit that have occurred around the Sportsman Corner area of Martintown Road in recent weeks (see our coverage of these […]
Adam Wesley Crow, 36, son of Bubba and Lila Crow, died Tuesday May 16, 2017. A Private Service will be held later. Mr. Crow was a native of Edgefield County and was a Heavy Equipment Operator. Survivors include his parents; 2 sons, Adam Wesley Crow, Jr., and Nathaniel Payton Crow; 2 sisters, Alisha Crow, […]
Adam Crow, 36, of Trenton, was found dead in a cell at the Aiken County Detention Center, Tuesday evening, May 16. According to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office, Crow was found hanged and was alone in his cell at the time of his death. Crow had been booked into the center earlier in the day […]
Sophomore Madeline Wise had a record season for 2017 as a member of the Strom Thurmond High School softball team. Madeline was named Region V-AAA Player of the Year, All-Region and All-State. Madeline, #16, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wise of Edgefield and is a shining example of the student athlete with […]
Regular readers of this column will remember this topic as one that was addressed several times before the extraordinary 2016 election season and the nascent Trump Presidency garnered all of our attention. Here are some words from January, 2016. “All of us in Edgefield County,” I wrote then, “regardless of politics and where we stand […]