Edisto News

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald Edisto Baptist Drive Thru... Joyce M. Searson, Publisher For the past five years, Edisto Baptist Church, located near Branchville, has attracted many visitors to its 'Drive Thru Bethlehem,' a living story about the life of Jesus Christ.

Every time Henry Ohlandt sets foot on Raccoon Island, he gets that tingle. The canopy of live oak and hickory folds over him, the palmettos sway, the smell of the ocean wraps around him in the wind.

Consider a day trip in South Carolina to enjoy these holiday traditions: Edisto Island: The 19th annual Christmas parade, "Christmas in Paradise," is set for 2 p.m. Dec.

The tribal elders who stood on the stage knew who they were and where they had been.

YONGE'S ISLAND -- More than 300 people gathered Sunday under the great oaks of Willtown Bluff Plantation to celebrate the start of a movement to save a swath of the Lowcountry from encroaching development.

SouthernCarolina Alliance held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 to celebrate the completion of the CrossRhodes Industrial Building, located at 61 Innovation Drive in the CrossRhodes Industrial Park on Highway 301 South of Bamberg.

The Coast Guard announced Friday that it had completed cleaning up the tar balls and oil spots that were deposited on 60 miles of area shoreline after oil slicks were spotted in the harbor on Oct.

Since last Tuesday's oil spill, tar balls have been washing up in the Lowcountry.

An Orangeburg school district is stepping up security after officials say several children were approached by strangers while waiting to be picked up after school.

The Coast Guard continued its oil spill assessment and cleanup at Charleston-area beaches and surrounding areas Saturday.

The highway leading onto Edisto Island has been designated a national scenic road.

An Edisto mother is looking for help in identifying a man she says tried to abduct her son and two others from Edisto Primary.

Genesis Studios in Cayce announced an initiative today that it hopes will boost the state's film industry.

From beef cattle and row crops to peanuts and pumpkins, the Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center will open its fields Thursday, Sept.

Me and the beau are taking a trip from Knoxville to Edisto Beach at the end of August.

Me and the beau are taking a trip from Knoxville to Edisto Beach at the end of August.

Me and the beau are taking a trip from Knoxville to Edisto Beach at the end of August.

Hunting Island is hosting night beach walks to allow the public to see nests and hatchlings.

WHILE THE new park in Edisto Court is sure to bring lots of smiles to many kids' faces for years to come, those getting the most satisfaction from it today are the older residents who endured years of neglect and even had to fight off a nuclear laundry that had mysteriously been allowed to spring up into their midst.

Bessie Watson was sworn in last week as the 21st president of the Columbia Council of Neighborhoods with the goal of expanding the organization's reach.