Shortcut Road Over $6,000 worth of equipment was stolen from a work site on the 200 block of Shortcut Road in the North Augusta section of Edgefield County according to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report. The report, filed Sept. 8, 2020, states that a workman at the site found the driveway to be too […]
Localized Flooding Due to Rains While Hurricane Sally may have made land fall in the Gulf region, her presence is still being felt in Edgefield County in the form of heavy rains and localized flooding. The rains began in the county Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 16 and continued through mid-morning, Sept. 17, when the area experienced “a lull” before the […]
The Advertiser learned Thursday, Sept. 17, that the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death off Rachel Lane in the Ridge Spring section of Edgefield County. Details are few, but the Advertiser can confirm that the SC Department of Law Enforcement has been called in to assist with the investigation. The Edgefield County […]
Since the beginning of August, Edgefield County has bad regular COVID-19 testing occurring throughout the county. Emergency Management Director Suzy Spurgeon provided a breakdown of the numbers from those testing sites for the Advertiser. On Aug. 15, 2020, COVID testing was held at the Edgefield campus of Piedmont Technical College. During that testing, 147 […]
EC Covid-19 Cases September Dear Everyone, The numbers here in Edgefield County Continue to look really good when it comes to the number of active cases which is holding in the low 20s. Unfortunately we have had three additional deaths (2 elderly and 1 middle age). Overall state-wide we have 10,624 active cases. Edgefield County has the […]
Ms. Michelle Beauchaine-Bussey sent the photo of a Fairy Ring that she found in the school yard of McCormick County School park. She discovered it when she went to register her grandson for school. “I had never even seen a fairy ring and had only recently read of them on-line, so I am pleased as […]
Brooker Strom playing crowd favorites at Park Row. By Arthur Northrop You are telling your age if you know what Green Stamps are and you most likely are a member of AARP. Brooker Strom, master burger chef, got his first guitar from his mother saving Green Stamps and her ordering it from a catalog. For those who are […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Sept. 10, 2020) — The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has confirmed eight additional sightings of the non-native black and white tegus since the initial report from Lexington County in August.Five of the sightings were from Lexington and Richland counties, two from Berkeley County, and one from Greenville County. Of these, five […]
One Pet Exposure COLUMBIA, S.C. —The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a bat found near Valley Drive (Hwy 387) and McCloud Street in Aiken, SC has tested positive for rabies. One pet was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act.The bat was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing […]
Mushrooms in a Circle Abundant rain, high humidity, overcast skies and a fairy ring. A fairy ring is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. They are found mainly in forestedareas, but also appear in grasslandsor rangelands. Fairy rings are detectable by sporocarps(fungal spore pods) in rings or arcs, as well as by a necrotic zone (dead grass), […]