Branchville News

Without the creation of the railroad, there would likely be no Aiken, which got its name from William Aiken, founder and president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Co.

The results of a town council election in South Carolina have been thrown out. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports Saturday that voters in Branchville must return to the polls in February.

The results of a town council election in South Carolina have been thrown out. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports Saturday that voters in Branchville must return to the polls in February.

Andrae Odell Rice, a former Denmark-Olar High School head football coach, has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, stemming from allegations he sought sex from a 17 year-old female student at Bamberg District Two School.

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.

Mrs. Wyatte Kizer Wimberly, 81 years of age, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at TRMC in Orangeburg.

Orangeburg County officials say stopping crime starts with influencing the most impressionable.

Some across the world are mourning the lost of movie actor David Carradine. Officials in Thailand found his body hanging from a rope in his hotel room.

The world premiere of "Perfect Disguise" takes place Saturday, May 23, at the Imperial Theatre in downtown Augusta for one screening only at 7 p.m. Perfect Disguise is a feature-length motion picture about a young woman who joins the Confederate cavalry disguised as a boy.

'The food drive was very successful this year,' said Enid Bishop, the Director of Bamberg's Cheez & Cracker Box.

As the temperatures go up, so do the number of rabies cases. Officials say last year there were 166 confirmed cases of rabies in South Carolina.

Two people were exposed to rabid bobcats. The first confirmed cases of a rabid animal in Orangeburg County for 2009 occurred last week.

It's been a year and two months since a tornado swept through downtown Branchville.