Small Ruminant’s Nutritional Needs

Small Ruminant’s Nutritional Needs

– By Gary Coleman of the Clemson Extension Office – Feed is the single largest cost related to raising small ruminants, more often accounting for 63 percent or more of the total production costs. It goes without saying that nutrition utilizes a very large influence on flock reproduction, milk production, and lamb and kid growth. […]

Candidates Make Stop in Johnston

Candidates Make Stop in Johnston

Two Democratic candidates running in the General Election made their way to Edgefield County and Johnston on Friday, October 31, a few days before the November 4 election. They are Bakari Sellers, running for Lieutenant Governor of S.C. and Barbara Jo Mullis running for Congress, District III. They came to expound on issues and to […]

Crime Blotter

Crime Blotter

Arrest Made in Johnny Hydrick Murder Case The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office arrested Billy Sellars, 31, of Aiken, SC, for the murder of Johnny Hydrick of Edgefield, Thursday, October 30, 2014, at his home. Sellars is charged with Burglary 1st and murder. He has been denied bond and is being held in the Edgefield County […]

“Attention!” All Veterans

“Attention!” All Veterans

This is the final announcement of the upcoming Veteran’s Day Ceremony on Tuesday November 11. The celebration will be held at the Strom Thurmond High School Football Stadium. Veterans are to park behind the stadium and rendezvous in the field house located behind the goalpost from 0900 to 0920 hrs. At 0920, fall in and […]

Kalei Bowser on Clogging Team

Kalei Bowser on Clogging Team

Kalei Mariah Bowser was named to the 2014 All-American Clogging Team.  The announcements were made at the American Clogging Hall of Fame Championships held in Spartanburg, South Carolina this weekend.  An All-American Clogging Team is selected each year through a nominating and selection process in which 24 of our best dancers are chosen.  These dancers are showcased […]

Crime Blotter

Crime Blotter

Suspicious Activity Leads to Arrest at Wiley Place A report of a suspicious vehicle at Wiley Place in Clarks Hill (Edgefield County) led to an arrest Sunday, Oct. 26. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the matter, a neighbor of an abandoned residence at the aforementioned address notified law enforcement that a […]

Crime Blotter

Crime Blotter

Dog Stolen in Edgefield An Edgefield County man reported his dog stolen to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Thursday, Oct. 23. According to the ECSO report, the man went out to feed his dog Thursday morning and found the dog was gone. The dog was reportedly kept on a chain from which it was incapable […]

Women Learn Leadership and Aquaculture at State Conference

Women Learn Leadership and Aquaculture at State Conference

Beaufort, S.C. – More than 90 women from 24 counties across the state gathered in beautiful Beaufort, The Pearl of the Coast, Sept. 22 and 23 for South Carolina Farm Bureau’s (SCFB) annual Women’s Leadership Conference. Edgefield County residents Betty Jackson and Jan Burch were among the group of women who spent the week participating […]