Ehrhardt News

There's some question whether a newly elected mayor can accept his position. The controversy stems from the fact the man is already a police chief.

A South Carolina mayor-elect says he'll serve in his new role and keep his job as police chief in another town despite an opinion by the state attorney general's office advising against it.

The Ehrhardt Town Council unanimously passed a resolution in a special call meeting on October 26 to award contracts in three Divisions of work for the new water system.

The Town of Ehrhardt and Police Chief James 'Jim' A. Preacher has filed for a motion for dismissal of a civil lawsuit against them by a computer systems installer named Scott Mocan who was stunned by a Taser gun by Preacher during an altercation at Ehrhardt Town Hall on August 18.

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald Dog attacks Ehrhardt boy Joyce M. Searson, Publisher A young boy was attacked by a dog in Ehrhardt Thursday afternoon.

A South Carolina man has sued a town and its police chief, saying he shot the man with a Taser in a dispute over equipment he had installed.

The Hardee's Restaurant on Heritage Highway in Denmark was the scene of an armed robbery on Sunday afternoon.

House District 90 Representative Bakari T. Sellers held a town hall meeting in the commons area at Bamberg- Ehrhardt High School Monday night with a crowd of approximately 60 people attending.

Mr. Henry Belk Cook, Jr., 78, of 703 Ireland Hills Drive in Walterboro, entered into his eternal rest Friday afternoon, September 11, 2009, in the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro.

The Ehrhardt Town Council and Police Department moved to their new location, the old Ehrhardt Elementary School building, on August 17 and held their first meeting on Tuesday, August 18.

As Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the South Carolina Lowcountry toward Columbia in 1865, about 1,200 Confederates stood to challenge him at Rivers Bridge on the Salkehatchie River.

District One Superintendent Phyllis Schwarting said at Monday night's board meeting the district had 'received some more bad news' and would be receiving between a four and five percent budget cut.

Mr. Ralph Newton Mixon, 92, of Hampton, SC, died Tuesday morning, August 25, 2009, at his home.

Mrs. Julia Kathleen Harmon Copeland died August 22, 2009, at the Bamberg County Nursing Center.

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald 34th Annual Schuetzenfest August 16th-22nd Joyce M. Searson, Publisher Since 1976, the Town of Ehrhardt has celebrated the founding of Ehrhardt with the Schuetzenfest 'Hunter's Festival' in August.

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald Like a puzzle Joyce M. Searson, Publisher The new 30,000 sq.

More manpower and nearly one million in stimulus dollars are heading to local South Carolina police departments.

Bamberg-Ehrhardt center A.J. Cann committed to South Carolina during a press conference Wednesday morning.

Offensive lineman A.J. Cann of Bamberg-Ehrhardt committed Wednesday to South Carolina.

Olar's new dog license law will go in effect on July 1, Mayor Walter O'Rear said during the June Olar Town Council meeting.