Olar News

Volunteer firefighter Dwight Williams is a hero in the Town of Olar after rescuing a family's much-loved dog, Mollie.

After years of working out of a building built in 1908, the Olar Fire Department will soon have a new home.

The Town of Windsor has been included in a list of South Carolina towns that are delinquent in providing their annual 2008 financial audits to the state.

After three years as Bamberg County Fire Coordinator Brenna Hancock says that earning the trust of the Firefighters has been crucial.

The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is honoring an Olar volunteer firefighter who saved a 4-year-old's dog from an abandoned well last week.

The Olar, South Carolina Fire Department only gets about 60 calls a year. "It's a small, quiet town," said firefighter Jonathan Neece.

Oct. 20: Four-year-old Olivia Hartzog and her dog Mollie are back together after firefighters rescued the dog from a well.

The Bamberg County Council approved a request from the Bamberg County Hospital Board for use and expenditure of $154,000 from the August 2, 2009 sale of the Nursing Center at a meeting held October 9. The request was approved by County Council in order to assist with the facilities' equipment needs and any other revenue initiatives that could bring ...

We had planned Thursday to bring you a story about how the small town of Olar just got a grant to build a new fire station.

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

According to Sheriff J. Edward Darnell, his office has been investigating an armed robbery which occurred Sept.

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.

A former coach at Denmark Olar High School in Bamberg county was arrested for violating a minor female student that was in his custody.

Officials with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division say the former head football coach at Denmark-Olar High School attempted to engage a female student in a sex act during school hours on November 25, 2008.

Mr. Henry Gregory "Greg" Hiers of Savannah Highway near Hampton, SC, died Monday, September 14, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness.

Govan's Mayor John Ganus can hardly contain himself when he talks about Govan's and Olar's new regional water system.

In what has become a familiar occurrence over the last few years, Bamberg School District One like most of the other school districts in South Carolina is facing another year of budget cuts as another school year begins this week.

Govan's Mayor John Ganus can hardly contain himself when he talks about Govan's and Olar's new regional water system.

Mr. Edward Franklin Woodward III of Rock Hill died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Lakewood Baptist Church with Reverend Andy Simpson officiating.

For at least the past two years, Govan volunteer fire fighters and the Firemen's Auxiliary had been raising funds to construct the new addition through cake sales, donations, community activities.