Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
It took a little time, thanks to an extra bout of rain Saturday, but dozens of people showed up for the grand opening of the new Thiel-Mayer Adoption Center on Black River Road in Camden. The rain -- not a welcome sight for those who had already lived through the flooding downpours several days earlier -- forced many outdoor activities inside.
October 13, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Kershaw County
Thursday, a pick-up truck towing a trailer followed a tractor trailer as it left Camden Military Academy (CMA) for Columbia, filled with a combined load of 500 cases of water, an additional 20,000 bottles of water and hundreds of jars of peanut butter and jelly.
October 13, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Kershaw County
Two people died, one at the scene and another at an area hospital, following a fiery single-car crash on Lovett Road in east Camden.
October 13, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy arrested a man Oct. 7 on drug possession charges after the subject returned to where the same deputy had just given him a warning for speeding.
October 13, 2015
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Martin L.
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is seeking information about a man who reportedly stole nearly $1,400 at gunpoint from a Lugoff market and fired a shot at a man working nearby on Oct. 3.
October 09, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
I've been very lucky.
October 09, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Columns
Kershaw County is now among those in South Carolina eligible for assistance from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and county officials made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. The designation means residents and business owners can ask for their properties to be assessed by county and FEMA officials and reimbursed appropriately to property damaged by this past weekend's flooding.
October 09, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Kershaw County
A Lugoff man died Sunday after a car in which he was a passenger got swept off a washed-out portion of roadway into Twenty-Five Mile Creek.
October 06, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
For the second year in a row, KershawHealth earned two Zero Harm awards during the S.C. Hospital Association and S.C. Medical Association's joint Trustees, Administrators and Physicians (TAP) Conference. The awards recognize the achievement of not having any -- literally, zero -- surgical site infections during elective hip and knee surgeries during the last 30 consecutive months.
October 02, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Healthcare
National Newspaper Week starts Sunday, just in time for our change from a three times a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday publication to a twice weekly, Tuesday/Friday newspaper.
October 02, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Columns
(Editor's Note: Due to deadline issues and space considerations, the C-I was unable to publish most reports from the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday. Our regular crime report will now appear on Tuesdays.)
October 02, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a Gaston teenager following a lengthy chase after clocking him at 115 mph on I-20 near the Lee County line.
September 30, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
Cloud cover and the threat of rain didn't deter hundreds of people from lining Broad Street in downtown Camden to see a parade of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles marking the opening Saturday morning of Camden's 20th annual Fire Fest.
September 30, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
Stephen Ross Kelly, 22, will spend the next 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting and then strangling to death 18-year-old Briana Rabon in February 2014. Kelly could have faced up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
September 30, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire
Stephen Ross Kelly, 22, of Lugoff, goes on trial today for allegedly strangling to death 18-year-old Briana Rabon, also of Lugoff, in February 2014. The 5th Circuit Solicitor's Office on Friday confirmed Kelly's trial begins today.
September 28, 2015
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Martin L.
Cahn
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Crime-Police-Fire