Bamberg County News

Bamberg County Council members received a structural analysis of the Bamberg County Courthouse at their November 2 meeting.

The 43rd annual Bamberg County Chamber of Commerce banquet was on Thursday, Oct.

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.

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

Two South Carolina Republican officials have apologized for likening Sen. Jim DeMint to Jews who "take care of the pennies." Bamberg County GOP Chairman Edwin Merwin and Orangeburg County GOP Chairman James Ulmer wrote the Orangeburg Times and Democrat to defend DeMint, also a Republican, after a Democratic politician said he didn't help direct ...

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'The words of these key Republican leaders are disgusting, unconscionable and represent prejudice in its purest form,' wrote State Sen.

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 ...

The Middle Place one-room schoolhouse in the Middle Place Community near Govan in southwestern Bamberg County is now only an historic remembrance, but the memories live on.

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.

South Carolina polticians, candidates and lobbyists -- including the state's own treasurer -- owe a combined total of more than $2.5 million to the state ethics commission, the agency said Tuesday.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are likely aware of our current economic woes.

Bamberg County Council members unanimously approved a proposed proclamation sponsored by Councilwoman Dot Tatum to recognize and honor Emma Ruth Dowling of Bamberg for her service and commitment to Bamberg County at Monday night's meeting.

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

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald One man's experience with the H1N1 virus A local man who wanted to remain anonymous recently described his experience with the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus that has affected a number of residents of Bamberg County.

There are not many opportunities that offer so much return on investment as volunteering to help those in need.

Compared to the last 10 months of the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008, the Bamberg County Hospital has seen an approximately $2.9 million positive turn around in its finances, Interim CFO Carl Menist informed board members at their August meeting.

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.

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.

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