Channel 12, WRDW recently featured a story reporting that Strom Thurmond High School and J-E-T Middle School are on probation with the South Carolina Department of Education. South Carolina has two systems of Accreditation – South Carolina Department of Education and AdvancED. In February, Edgefield County School District received System Accreditation through AdvancED with a […]
We want to invite all members of the Edgefield County Republican Party to the precinct reorganization Wednesday March 22nd. This is the meeting where every precinct will elect their own representatives to attend and vote at the County Convention on Thursday April 13th. Those who are selected by their precinct will be casting a vote […]
Making it Grow TV Host and Film Crew Come to Town Friday was an exciting day for Camellia Club members as they hosted Amanda McNulty, the star of Making it Grow, a well known garden show on South Carolina ETV. She and her crew came to Edgefield to film the camellias and its history and […]
Suspects Arrested: One from Edgefield Saluda, SC. Saluda Sheriff’s Office-On Wednesday March 8, 2017 at approximately 12:30 a.m, armed suspects entered a residence in the Persimmon Hill Golf Course Community. During the incident the armed suspects grabbed the two home owners, separated them and placed them in different rooms with their hands bonded behind their […]
TRACK RESULTS Lower Richland High School hosted the Diamond Hornets Invitational Track and Field Meet last Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. More than 1,000 athletes from 35 high schools in South Carolina and North Carolina competed in the meet. Wardlaw Academy’s Hammond Manley blistered the 800 and 1600 meter runs taking 3rd […]
The Women’s Club of Johnston is planning their Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon for April 22, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church on Lee Street, Johnston. Acclaimed as one of the most professional events in the County, a large audience fills the JUMC Fellowship Hall to see fresh spring fashions models of […]
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 […]