This SC county has gone 5 years without a functioning courthouse. Chief justice seeks state aid.

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 1,187

Last Updated: 3 days, 3 hours ago

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BAMBERG — On a wet March morning, some 30 people awaiting their day in court filed, along with their families, into a former National Guard armory-turned-civic hall on Bamberg’s main highway.

They passed one by one through a metal detector and took a seat in a plastic folding chair on their assigned side of a black curtain — the accused on one side, victims on the other — a piece of fabric the only thing …

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