Bamberg County News

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:11 a.m. The case involving the estate of the late James Brown will be back in court again today as a judge examines a motion to reconsider his earlier ruling on a settlement.

SouthernCarolina Alliance, the regional economic development organization representing Bamberg County, has announced that a new industrial building will be constructed at CrossRhodes Industrial Park, located on US Highway 301 in Bamberg.

An early morning fire of unknown origin left a Bamberg County home totally destroyed.

Bamberg County EMS on duty observed a fire coming from the Holiday Motel at 2308 Main Highway in Bamberg, on Sunday afternoon and notified central dispatch.

A Denmark man died after being hit by a car in Bamberg County Saturday night. Officials say the accident happened off US 78 near Denmark shortly before 11pm.

Commencement exercise for 109 graduating seniors of Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School was held Friday, May 29, 2009 in the Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School Gymnasium.

Three Bamberg County agencies receive funds from the United Way on Thursday at the Bamberg County Library.

With the Memorial Day holiday underway, a Bamberg County group took advantage and held an outdoor family fest to honor some of our wounded veterans.

Pick-up your copy of The Advertizer-Herald American Legion Auxiliary On May 22 and 23 American Legion Auxiliary Post 39 volunteers will distribute the familiar hand-crafted poppies.

A Denmark man will spend the next 40 years of his life in a South Carolina prison.

On Saturday, Victorita Paun, a 22-year-old accounting major, will become the first white valedictorian in the 112-year history of Voorhees College, a historically black college located in this small, rural town.

The City of Bamberg Smoke Free City Committee voted unanimously to recommend to Bamberg City Council that the city proceed with an ordinance to ban all smoking in public buildings based on the results of petitions signed.

A Bamberg County woman lost her life in the city of Bamberg in a single car accident Saturday night May 2, transporting her sick child to the Bamberg County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Virgie Rosier Keenan Clark, 89, died May 3, 2009, in the Bamberg County Hospital.

Mikey, a young paraplegic Dachshund, won Best in Show at the Bark in the Ball Park dog show Saturday.

Funeral service for Mickey Ezell Williams, 38, of Wagener, SC, will be held four p.m. Friday, April 24, 2009, in the Folk Funeral Home chapel, Williston, SC, with burial in Springfield Cemetery.

Representatives from law enforcement agencies throughout the area attended the first annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon at the Bamberg Job Corps Center last week.

Chester County's unemployment rate dipped slightly from February to March. But the county is still third worst in the state.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services of Bamberg County recognizes the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

'There is plenty of money out there,' Bamberg County Administrator Rose Dobson-Elliott informed Bamberg County Council members at their April 6 meeting .