The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified Dec. 6 of the suspected theft of 19 car batteries from a location on Mosely Drive in Trenton. According to the ECSO report on the incident, the property owner stated that unknown subjects had entered the property and taken the Delco batteries which were, in total, estimated to […]
Johnston Edgefield Trenton Middle School’s Library Media Specialist, Betsy Painter, took on the mission to acquire American Flags for each of the JET Middle School classrooms. Mrs. Painter did not have to go far. American Legion Post 30 of Edgefield took on the project to provide the needed flags and last Monday presented 35 classroom […]
This year the Edgefield County Historical Society is once again sponsoring the Christmas Tour of Churches in Edgefield. This annual event will be held on Sunday, December 11th at 3:00 pm, beginning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. A walking tour will then proceed to the Edgefield First Baptist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church and the Edgefield […]
The Edgefield Community Development Association (ECDA) is excited to invite everyone to the square Saturday, December 10, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., to celebrate “Christmas for Kids”! Excitement will fill the square with live, continuous entertainment on the stage. The schedule includes the W.E. Parker Chorus, the Timmerman Dance Group directed by Liz Jordan, […]
The Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Saturday, December 3 at Jackie’s Sports Apparel & More located at 608 Railroad Avenue in Johnston, SC. Jacqueline Cummings and her family welcome this new business to Edgefield County, just in time for the Christmas season. Her store carries sports apparel for the whole […]
Nearly forty years after its creation, a life-size sculpture of Senator Strom Thurmond is being installed at Strom Thurmond High School. The artwork is referred to as a “bas-relief” which is a sculptural technique that uses chiseling so that the sculpted material is raised above the background plane. It was originally made for the Strom […]
The new Youth Poet Laureate, Jenny Boylston of Trenton, was featured on the Poet Laureate float in Sunday’s Edgefield Christmas Parade. Director of the parade, Calvin Henderson, reported in the media that there were 80 entries that showed up out of 100, even in the rain and chill, to make a great hour-long parade. “The Night […]
Theft at Local Nursing Home The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a stolen golf cart at Forest View Manor in McCormick (Edgefield County), Nov. 28. According to an ECSO report on the incident, the golf cart was last known to have been on the property on Nov. 25. The golf cart […]
Economic Development Partnership President and CEO, Will Williams, confirmed for the Advertiser, Thursday, Dec. 1, that Parkdale Mills #20, located on Rabbit Trail Road in Edgefield, has ended its operations in Edgefield County. In a statement to the Advertiser, Williams said that the company announced to employees their intended closure Nov. 15 and that the […]