Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Napper receives KCSF Price Award
Paul Napper, executive director of The ALPHA Center, received the 2015 Kershaw County Sheriff's Foundation (KCSF) Leonard Price Friend of Law Enforcement Award during a surprise ceremony Friday.
Amtrak train collides with logging truck in Cassatt
A northbound Amtrak passenger train struck a logging truck around 6 a.m. Monday just off U.S. 1 in Cassatt. According to Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews, the truck had just turned off of U.S. 1 on to Robert Reynolds Road. Railroad tracks hug U.S. 1 with the ungated and unlighted crossing just feet off the highway.
Pine Grove Road bridge to be closed until Spring 2016
A detour around a structurally damaged bridge on Pine Grove Road in Lugoff will remain in place until Spring 2016, according to a S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) engineer. SCDOT District One Engineering Administrator Bryan L. Jones said the hope is for the bridge to be replaced by the end of May 2016.
KH Foundation deciding its future
One organization is still deciding its future in the wake of Capella Healthcare and MUSC Health's takeover of KershawHealth. The KershawHealth Foundation is trying to decide not only its future, but exactly how it will disburse approximately $2 million in donations it still holds.
Cahn: Spring forward one last time
(This column first appeared in November 2010.)
School board to continue facilities discussion
Facility needs will once again be the subject of discussion during a Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meeting tonight. Trustees, using information compiled from their own Oct. 20 reports of a series of public feedback meetings on facilities, will likely begin prioritizing those needs and, possibly, begin discussing exactly how to fund any projects.
Capella/MUSC Health era begins at KH
The sign atop KershawHealth said it all: "In affiliation with MUSC Health."
Crime Report - Nov. 3, 2015
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested an Elgin man after he allegedly attacked a 41-year-old man while wielding a machete and fired shots at the victim and a witness.
Cahn: We’re here for you
Newspaper Association of America President & CEO David Chavern recently wrote a column titled "Local Elections & Newspapers."
KH board lauds longest serving members as transition begins
The KershawHealth Board of Trustees congratulated three of their own Monday night as they met for the last time as the governing body of the county's public hospital. When members meet again Nov. 9, they will do so as trustees of the Health Services District of Kershaw County. They will do so not at the Health Resource Center where they did Monday night, but at the Karesh Long Term Care Center, the only aspect of healthcare delivery in the county the board will oversee.
Flood victims tell stories, ask questions at meeting
Cindy Hartman had been through a lot before showing up at Wednesday's post-flood community meeting at Lugoff Fire-Rescue's (LF-R) headquarters.
$17.2 million bond passes final hurdle, 4-2
Bonds worth up to $17.2 million will be issued in December to help fund a series of upgrades to Kershaw County's three main industrial parks. Work at Governor's Hill, Heritage Point and Steeplechase industrial will likely begin in early 2016. The county will start paying for the bonds -- $390,000 annual payments from $4 million in reserve funds -- in either 2017 or 2018.
Crime Report - Oct. 27, 2015
Camden Police Department (CPD) officers arrested a 40-year-old Camden man for first-degree assault after allegedly stabbing another man in the chest Oct. 17.
Public hearing tonight on $17.2 million bond issue
Kershaw County Council will hold a public hearing during its meeting tonight to receive comments from the public on a potential $17.2 million bond issue to fund upgrades at the county's industrial parks. The hearing is listed early on tonight's agenda. Third reading of an ordinance to authorize the issuance of the bonds is also up for consideration. Council passed second reading of the ordinance two weeks ago on a split, 4-2 vote with one councilman absent.
Trustees hear possible school construction bond scenario
A bond issue of $106.47 million and a penny sales tax to offset a potential increase in property millage.
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Column: Legislature needs to obey own law
On today's front page, I have an article looking back at the Kershaw County school board's April 10 meeting and a presentation on ...
CPD looking for missing child
Two-year-old Dakota Day Ray, is considered to be a missing child even though she is thought to be with her parents. Dakota is considered missing ...
KCSD budget tweaks come with criticism of lawmakers
As lawmakers in Columbia continue working on a proposed state budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, so, too, does the Kershaw County School District (KCSD ...
School board begins looking at five-year strategic plans
During its April 10 meeting, the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees began looking at a five-year strategic plan for the Kershaw County School District ...
Superintendent search interviews to start May 7
The Kershaw County Board of School Trustees will begin interviewing candidates to replace retiring Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan on May ...
Man charged for driving on Springdale track
The Camden Police Department (CPD) and Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) charged a Camden man with multiple offenses after he reportedly drove on a ...
Orphaned and homeless - Part 2 of 2
Fourteen-year-old "J.M." ended up on the streets of Elgin for four months in 2015. In 2016, his attorneys, Deborah and Robert Butcher, filed a ...
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