Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Long, Polk sworn in; take office Dec. 1
In a lightly attended ceremony, re-elected Camden City Councilman Walter Long and newly elected Councilman X. Willard Polk took their oaths of office Tuesday morning. They will officially take office Dec. 1. Polk will attend his first meeting as a sitting councilman during a Dec. 9 afternoon work session. His first regular meeting will be Dec. 14.
Split verdict in Lugoff murder trial
Thursday morning, defense attorney John Delgado asked a Kershaw County jury why his client, 25-year-old Joshua Stapleton of Lancaster, would admit to being in Derick Lee's Cricket Hill Drive mobile home on Aug. 9, 2010, when the third-degree black belt was killed.
Former theater, cleaners home on city agenda
Among the more than a dozen items on Camden City Council's agenda Tuesday morning will be an executive session to "receive information regarding unsafe building structure." The item was added to council's agenda following a work session briefing Thursday by City Manager Kevin Bronson.
Knights Hill Plantation for sale
If you have $9.5 million or so, you might be able to buy a nearly 2,700-acre piece of historic Kershaw County property -- and make some money as a timber producer.
Missing evidence in ‘ninja’ murder case
A little after 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) ballistics expert James Green was called to testify in the trial of two young men accused of killing Derick Lee of Lugoff in August 2009.
Police report for Nov. 17, 2010
The owner of a Cassatt convenience store allegedly threatened a man with a handgun and golf club on the afternoon of Nov. 9.
Lugoff 'ninja' murder trial underway
It's been 464 days since Derick Lee was killed in his Cricket Hill Drive, Lugoff, mobile home, shot twice in the head.
Tribble pleads not guilty in federal court
Oddie Tribble will have his day in court. The 51-year-old former Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy pleaded not guilty to charges that he struck an arrested man 27 times with an asp in the Kershaw County Detention Center (KCDC) sally port Aug. 5. Camden attorney Zack Atkinson, who is representing Tribble with Columbia attorney Greg Harris, said his client was released from federal custody Tuesday ...
Spring forward one last time
Turning our clocks back away from daylight-saving time really threw my family for a loop. Despite the extra hour of sleep we got that particular night, it's disrupted our sleep pattern. We, frankly, are tired of it and wish the practice would come to an end.
Lugoff man sentenced for choking wife to death
Tyrone Keith Frierson will be at least 62 years old before he can walk out of prison. Frierson, 42, pled guilty Monday morning to strangling his wife, Kisha, on Oct. 15, 2009. Originally charged with murder, which could have carried a 30 years to life sentence, Frierson pled to voluntary manslaughter.
Two arrested, one sought in thefts
Two men from North Carolina have been arrested and another North Carolina man is being sought in connection with the theft of a pair of large lawn mowers from one Camden business and a trailer from another. The mowers were valued at a combined total of $15,000.
City council approves Bronson contract, 4-1
Kevin Bronson will be Camden's city manager for another four years and get a nearly $8,000 raise, bringing his annual salary to $105,000.
CFD battles house fire twice
The Camden Fire Department (CFD) was twice called to a home on Copeland Circle just outside the city limits Monday morning. The home was deemed a total loss by the time the second battle was over.
Police report for Nov. 10, 2010
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies are investigating two roadside robberies. In one case, the victim was assaulted and his wallet stolen. In the second incident, the victim was forced to give up his vehicle at gunpoint.
Police report for Nov. 3, 2010
(This police report was inadvertently not published to the C-I website when it appeared in our print edition Nov. 3, 2010. It is produced now as a service to our website subscribers.)
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Beard collection opens Thursday at Archives
Visitors won't be able to help but stop and stare at the giant rifle at the Camden Archives and Museum. At 6 feet long and 90 pounds heavy, the training rifle features an 8-inch bolt for .50 caliber armor piercing rounds. Fashioned at Pearl Harbor, the rifle's barrel is actually from the USS Arizona sunk during the Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941, that catapulted the United States into World War II.
When DOJ targets press, we all lose
To say I was stunned was putting it mildly. I was shocked to learn about the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to seize phone records belonging to the Associated Press (AP). The C-I does not belong to the AP; I have never written for the service. That doesn't negate my outrage at DOJ's actions.
Tuesday Power outage in Camden result of fallen limb
A limb falling on a line on Lakeview Avenue caused a power outage Tuesday morning in a residential section of Camden.
Broad Street road diet will be done in stages
It might not happen until at least 2016, perhaps later, but if the city of Camden decides to move ahead with a proposed plan to put a section of Broad Street on a "road diet," it will happen in four stages and take 18 months to complete. That was the word from Ernie Boughman of URS, the city's engineering firm, to Camden City Council during a 4 p.m. work session Tuesday. Council also learned ...
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