County Council Postpones Public Hearings – Denies Requested Compensation by County Attorney By Tiffani Ireland – The regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Edgefield County Council Monday night, Sept. 10, did not last as long as it could have due to the postponements of public hearings on three proposed ordinances and the postponements of the second readings […]
Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office and HSUS Make the Rescue – The call to the media was to follow Edgefield County’s Sheriff Adell Dobey, his officers and members of the Humane Society of the U.S. to a place – hidden to the press at the time – and more would be revealed when we got there. […]
On September, 11th, 2012, The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office and the Humane Society of the United States conducted a large scale animal rescue in Johnston, S.C. One person was taken into custody by the ECSO on charges of animal cruelty. There were hundreds of animals, in various stages of well-being, on the premises.
The Advertiser is currently in Johnston with the Edgefield Sheriff’s Office at the scene of an animal rescue. We will post a story and pictures once we return to the office. Please view our photo gallery of the event.
September 5, 2012 Piper Tales The Continuing Adventures of a Very Lucky Black and White Dog By Penny L. Hunt Chapter 1 – Puppies In A Pipe No one saw the paint-worn, rusty pickup or the old man driving but sometime during the night, with its headlights out and motor idling low, it had crept […]
Back in April, I penned a letter to Mr. Dorn welcoming him officially to the election and campaign season, as he had just officially filed to run to seek another term. I shared with him that I felt it would be an amazing experience to seek office and an honor to be part of the […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mrs. Doris Cromley Odom, 92, wife of the late Mr. Offie Odom, entered into rest on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Edgefield County Hospital. Her funeral service will be held today, September 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm in the Chapel of Rowland Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Kiser officiating. Interment will […]
By Tiffani Ireland – A resident of Edgefield has been diagnosed with this year’s first confirmed case of West Nile Disease in the county. The resident, a Caucasian woman in early thirties, began suffering from flu like symptoms around the Labor Day weekend. After initially undergoing tests for strep throat and the flu, each of which […]
Late fall and winter bring “hard times” for small game species like bobwhite quail and rabbits, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Natural food becomes scarce and resting and escape cover is thin in the fall and winter, according to Billy Dukes, Small Game Project supervisor with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources […]
The Advertiser was alerted Thursday, Sept. 6, to a suspected poker raid at the newly opened Greg’s Gas Plus gas station off Martintown Road in Edgefield County. Our sources have confirmed that, indeed, a raid was made on this establishment and that while the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was involved in this incident, they only […]