Edgefield County Library News

Edgefield County Library News

Temporary Hours of Operation Monday 10-5 Tuesday 10-5 Wednesday 10-5 Thursday 10-8  Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-2 Sunday CLOSED Wi-Fi and our website are available 24 hours a day The library is hiring for part-time and full-time please stop by to fill out an application and for more detailed information. 105 Courthouse Square Edgefield, SC 29824 […]

TESTING for COVID in Edgefield County Area

TESTING for COVID in Edgefield County Area

DHEC Media Advisory FREE DHEC TESTING EVENT DHEC-sponsored testing is always no-costand open to anyone regardless of symptoms. Pre-registering is recommended. Get your results within 72 hours. Visit scdhec.gov/gettested September 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sponsored by DHEC/EMT, BEC Complex, 5955 Jefferson Davis Hwy., N. Augusta PARTNER MOBILE TESTING EVENTS Community partners play an essential role in our state’s […]

Over $6,000 in Equipment Stolen

Over $6,000 in Equipment Stolen

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 […]

Access Road to Mill Creek Subdivision Impassible

Access Road to Mill Creek Subdivision Impassible

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 […]

Update: ECSO Investigating Suspicious Death

​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 […]

COVID Testing Site Numbers

COVID Testing Site Numbers

​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 […]

A Letter to Citizenry from EMA Director

A Letter to Citizenry from EMA Director

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 […]

A Fairy Ring in McCormick

A Fairy Ring in McCormick

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 […]

A Lifelong Musical Journey Blesses Edgefield County

A Lifelong Musical Journey Blesses Edgefield County

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 […]

Eight additional non-native black and white tegus sightings confirmed in South Carolina

Eight additional non-native black and white tegus sightings confirmed in South Carolina

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 […]

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