Cranky Memories

Cranky Memories

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. By Blaney Pridgen Sometimes the simplest of things can bring a flood of memories.  We took our ten-year-old granddaughter to visit […]

75 Years

Personal 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. In a couple of weeks I will be 73 years old (don’t forget).  Last Sunday Edgefield celebrated 75 years of  association with The Army National […]

Crime Report

Crime Report

2 Detention Center Employees Injured  ​Two employees of the Edgefield County Detention Center were injured last week in an incident involving an inmate according to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report.  The report details that body camera footage as well as surveillance video shows how, on July 13, after being escorted back to his cell […]

Media Law Then and Now: In Recognition of Bill Rogers’ Retirement

Media Law Then and Now: In Recognition of Bill Rogers’ Retirement

By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications Each month in this column, I attempt to highlight a recent development in media law, either in South Carolina or nationally, that may have an impact on the news organizations that are members of the Press Association. But for this column, in honor of […]

You Have Eyes Like Your Mother

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. We are a product of our environment, especially the environment our parents afforded us, and our genetic makeup […]

Betrayed Again!

Linda Nidiffer 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. A long lost cousin reached out on Facebook hoping that the “girls” could get together one more time.  Then […]

Back to the Lord’s Prayer

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. By Sigrid Fowler ​The prayer Jesus Christ gave his disciples when they said, “Teach us to pray” begins with an acknowledgment of the God being petitioned, […]

IRS announces ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2021

IRS announces ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2021

Americans urged to watch out for tax scams during the pandemic  IR-2021-135, June 28, 2021  WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today began its “Dirty Dozen” list for 2021 with a warning for taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions to be on the lookout for these 12 nefarious schemes and scams.  This year’s “Dirty Dozen” will […]

Why Vacations Matter

Why Vacations Matter

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. Like many Americans this summer, I am finally planning on taking an out-of-area vacation. As a new retiree, […]

Freedom

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. By Sigrid Fowler ​Freedom is worth celebrating–even beyond the 4th of July. It is central to Passover feasts. It’s what kids think about on the […]

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