Columbia, S.C. – Electric cooperatives in South Carolina are warning consumers to be aware of scam artists who are calling members posing as electric co-op employees. The callers tell a consumer that immediate payment is needed to avoid disconnection of utility services. The callers then provide instructions to send money via a third-party pay system. Palmetto […]
Deputies with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office were responding to a disturbance call on Powell Place, Tuesday, Jan. 1, when they spotted extremely black smoke issuing forth from a residence on Sandy Hill Court. According to a report filed with the ECSO, deputies responded to the fire’s location and found two black males burning tires. […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a break-in call at a vacant mobile home on Casalina Drive, Sunday, Dec. 30. According to the incident report filed by the ECSO, the homeowner found the trailer ransacked and two window air condition units missing. Additionally, the numbers ‘25’ had been spray painted about the homes walls […]
Many species and ecosystems require fire periodically to ensure their survival, and that’s why prescribed burns are conducted on many of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ heritage preserves. “The objective of prescribed burns is to maintain the ecological integrity of these lands,” said Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife biologist and heritage […]
Letter to the Editor: I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the firemen, the policemen, my neighbors, the ambulance staff, and the Edgefield Hospital for helping me contain the fire in my home. You are true servants of the community. May God bless you, and continue to use you in His service. Patsy Walton
The Jan. 4-5, 2013 free hunt days do not extend deer or any other season. Deer season in South Carolina ends on Jan. 1. Free hunting days are a chance for those unlicensed hunters to get into the field. All existing seasons, bag limits and methods of take still apply so check the 2012-2013 Rules and […]
By Tiffani Ireland – Preliminary findings regarding the 2012 deer harvest in South Carolina show that this has been a “solid” year for deer according to Charles Ruth, Wildlife Biologist and Deer and Wild Turkey Coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources. In a recent interview with The Advertiser, Mr. Ruth said he expects numbers […]
In the words of one teacher at Douglas Elementary, the school’s last day before the Christmas holiday break, Friday, Dec. 21, was “just phenomenal.” A themed celebration based on the popular children’s book and movie The Polar Express, the day included classroom viewings of movie as well as a ride on The Polar Express Train! […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mrs. Hazel Jackson, 80, of Celeste Avenue, entered into rest December 29, 2012. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Jackson, a native of Edgefield County was a member of Science Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Linollia Twiggs Holloway, North Augusta, SC and Wilma Twiggs James, Graniteville, SC; three […]
WARRENVILLE, S.C. – Mr. Benjamin “Peanut” Riley, Jr., 60, of Warrenville, husband of 28 years to Mrs. Jo-Ann Anderson Riley, entered into rest on Thursday, December 20, 2012, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Edgefield County, a son of the late Benjamin Lee, Sr. and Sarah Louise Riseanger Riley, he had been […]