Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Community contributes to Brayden’s ‘miracle’
People from the Lugoff community and beyond are contributing to the ongoing miracle named Brayden who survived a non-fatal drowning in a family pool on Jan. 23. Brayden, who was actually in cardiac arrest, managed to be resuscitated but remained comatose. Four days later, his parents, Kelley and Zach, were told he might never wake up and, if he did, would never walk again.
City breaks ground for tennis complex
Fifty or so people showed up to a cleared section of land between south Campbell and Gordon streets to officially break ground on the city of Camden's new tennis complex Tuesday afternoon. The 4 p.m. ceremony featured Mayor Alfred Mae Drakeford, other members of city council, city staff, architects, contractors and others using golden-colored shovels to break up a mound of dirt at the 12-acre site north of York Street.
Shooting victims were brother and sister
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New schools may cost $3.5 million less to build
Thanks to a change in building materials, it may cost the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) approximately $3.5 million less to build three new elementary schools. However, the district's project consultant told school board trustees at their March 21 meeting that doesn't mean the district will have $3.5 million left over when the referenda-approved projects are completed.
Tennis complex groundbreaking today
Camden's dream of having a tennis complex for both casual play and tournaments will take another step forward at 4 p.m. today when Camden City Council hosts a groundbreaking ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the corner of York and Campbell streets where the city owns six existing courts. The city took possession of the courts in 2016 from the Kershaw County School District by swapping it for the city-owned American Legion baseball fields on Ehrenclou Drive.
So, this is middle age?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, you are considered middle aged if you are between 45 and 65 years old.
Crime Report - March 24, 2017
Elgin Police Department (EPD) officers charged a 29-year-old Elgin woman with resisting arrest after responding to Jeffers Circle about an SUV stuck in a ditch late on the night of March 4.
Student growth funding ‘crisis’ coming, says KCSD
Kershaw County School District (KCSD) officials are sending out a warning: A crisis is coming where, if the district does not receive more funding, student performance could be hurt.
Men plead guilty in Sandhills Bank robbery case
Two men arrested in June 2015 for the armed robbery of the Sandhills Bank branch in Bethune pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court. According to a press release from U.S. Attorney Beth Drake, Yancey Kevon Wilson and Randy Jones Jr., both 23, pleaded guilty to a variety of charges stemming from the robbery.
Diamonds from the beginning
"Dimplez" and "Havoc" have been part of the Kershaw County step team program since they were 9 and 10 years old, respectively.
Old Burndale Shopping Center to be demolished
A long-vacant, but long-time landmark in Camden will be demolished in the coming weeks.
School board to discuss growth
Tonight, Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan and KCSD Chief Financial Officer Donnie Wilson are scheduled to make a report to the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees on projected enrollment growth and local funding.
Rereading makes for ‘Goodreads’
If you've never heard of it, allow me to introduce you to Goodreads. It is a website, mobile app and Facebook page devoted to the love of reading. Via the website and app, you can share what you're reading with others, review the books you've read and more. Goodreads' Facebook page celebrates reading in all kinds of, usually fun, ways.
Crime Report - March 17, 2017
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office reported the following recent incidents:
New ALPHA Center to be built on Ehrenclou Drive
The ALPHA Center, currently housed at the south end of Mill Street, will build a new $2.5 million facility on a 4-acre lot on Ehrenclou Drive near the S.C. National Guard armory in 2018.
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Executive sessions for ‘specific purpose’
Around the same time I learned that I had been named to the S.C. Press Association (SCPA) S.C. Freedom of Information Committee, a ...
Welcome Table’ project coming to Camden
Before he passed away in March 2015, the late John Rainey was still working on his dream of racial reconciliation in South Carolina with a ...
Crime Report - July 21, 2017
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO)
Columbia teen drowns in Lake Wateree
A 15-year-old Columbia boy drowned in Lake Watere on Thursday afternoon.
Late Jimmie Green served on county, city councils
James Davis "Jimmie" Green who served on Kershaw County Council for one term starting in 1969 and then on Camden City Council from 1992 to ...
Working for freedom of information
During my 17 years with this newspaper, I have championed South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act (S.C. FOIA) and the cause of open ...
New schools to cost $5 million less to build
It will cost the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) $5 million less to build replacements for Camden, Lugoff and Wateree elementary schools than originally estimated ...
Crime Report - July 14, 2017
Elgin Police Department (EPD)
New management to upgrade, reopen Camden Burger King
A Charlotte, N.C.-based Burger King franchise will spend between $350,000 and $450,000 to completely upgrade the fast-food company's currently closed ...
Board to review ‘guaranteed maximum price’ for new schools
The Kershaw County Board of School Trustees will gather tonight for its only regular meeting of July. On the agenda will be consideration of a ...
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