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Cassatt woman killed when hit by train

A Cassatt woman died after she was hit by a train four miles north of Camden near Sanders Creek Road. Theresa Hough, 38, was walking with a male friend near the tracks around 1 a.m. Monday. Kersh...

May 17, 2013 | Miciah Bennett | Crime-Police-Fire

Former CHS standout to speak at Bulldog banquet

Crystal Johnson, a 2003 graduate of Camden High, who was a volleyball and basketball standout for the Lady Bulldogs during her high school career, will be the guest speaker at the Camden High Schoo...

May 17, 2013 | | Camden High/Middle

Dogs, Demons host Friday scrimmages

Both the Camden and Lugoff-Elgin varsity football teams will conclude their spring practice sessions with scrimmages on Friday night and the public is invited to attend both contests.North Central ...

May 17, 2013 | Tom Didato | Sports

Thomas Heyde

Funeral service for Thomas George Heyde, 63, will be held Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. The family will receive friends 1:30-3:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral ...

May 15, 2013 | | Obituaries

Sunday golf tourney will benefit animal shelter

The inaugural Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter Golf Tournament, a fundraiser for the facility, will be held on Sunday, May 19 at the White Pines Golf Club in Camden.The four-player, captain's choice ...

May 15, 2013 | | Golf

Yesteryear - May 15, 2013

Camden High Graduates Busch Twins Parting After Earning Degrees After growing up together, majoring in mechanical engineering together and graduating from Clemson University together, twins Jim ...

May 15, 2013 | | Yesteryear

Are we willing to pay for increased public safety?

Kershaw County public safety is at a crossroads. The sheriff's office is greatly understaffed and deputies are compensated for their mandatory overtime work by an antiquated and grossly unfair pa...

May 15, 2013 | By Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews C-I guest columnist | Columns

Woman arrested in fatal March hit and run

For more than two months, the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) sought the driver of an unknown vehicle that fatally struck and killed a pedestrian on Blaney Road during the early morning hours of March 1...

May 15, 2013 | Martin L. Cahn | Crime-Police-Fire

Cassatt man dies in crash Saturday

The body of a man killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday was discovered Monday. Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers said the body of Timothy Scott Collins, 32, of Cassatt, was so badly bur...

May 15, 2013 | Miciah Bennett | Crime-Police-Fire

Crime Report - May 15, 2013

An Elgin woman's daughter-in-law allegedly approached her with a knife because she was angry that the Elgin woman's son was on the brink of losing his job. According to a Kershaw County Sheriff'...

May 15, 2013 | Miciah Bennett | Crime-Police-Fire

Two arrested after meth lab discovered

Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) narcotics agents arrested two men Monday after discovering a fully assembled methamphetamine lab in an outbuilding on Cricket Hill Drive in Lugoff. In a pres...

May 15, 2013 | | Crime-Police-Fire

From lost in the Bahamas to blue ribbon winner: meet Barney

By FRASER SPEAKS C-I (Camden, S.C.) Localife editor fspeaks@chronicle-independent.com This year's winner of Grace Episcopal Church's Annual Spring Dog Show has an unusual story. Barney ...

May 15, 2013 | Fraser Speaks | Localife

Mother unsure how to handle ex’s girlfriend

Dear Annie: I am finally divorced. My ex and I have a minor child together. He has met my new partner, and they get along great while at our son's sporting events. I thought it would be healthy ...

May 15, 2013 | | Dear Annie

Rep. Howard to be special guest at NAACP banquet

By MICIAH BENNETT C-I (Camden, S.C.) staff reporter mbennett@chronicle-independent.com Rep. Leon Howard, of the S.C. House District 76 of Richland County, will be the special guest spea...

May 15, 2013 | Miciah Bennett | Localife

Jane G. Brady

Memorial services to celebrate the life of Jane Grantham Brady, 91, of Camden, SC, will be held at 5:00 PM, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church in Camden. Rev. ...

May 15, 2013 | | Obituaries

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