Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Coming home to Camden
In recent days, Hezbollah, the Shi'a Islamic militant group and political party, reportedly moved missiles from storage bases in Syria to Lebanon. The missiles include Scud Ds that could target Israel. The news echoes fears Israel faced in December 1998 after the United States and United Kingdom conducted Operation Desert Fox, a bombing campaign on Iraqi targets. After the four-day operation, Israel and its American and U.K. partners worried that Iraq might fire Scud missiles against Israel -- something Iraq had done during the first Gulf War almost eight years earlier in January 1991.
Healthcare industry blues for 2014?
As I spelled out near the end of last month, the biggest local story of 2013 was KershawHealth. As faithful readers know, as the healthcare organization celebrated its centennial, it became further bogged down by losses caused primarily by external factors. Those factors include continuing shifts -- thanks to the economic fallout of the last few years -- from inpatient to outpatient volumes, cuts in governmental and commercial reimbursements and South Carolina's decision not to expand Medicaid.
2013: A look back - Part Three of Three
Whether it be the back nine or the back 40, you know you're getting closer to the end of some stories as you reach them. That's the case with this last third of our review of the year that was: 2013. Some stories are "good;" some less so.
2013: A look back - Part Two of Three
And so we come to the middle of the year gone by -- the months of May, June, July and August 2013. What was the big news? Flooding, the transformation of a former school, Bethune's police department, KershawHealth's financial struggles and the saddest, but not entirely unpredicted end to a story of a missing teenager from Columbia.
Crime Report - Jan. 2, 2014
A detainee at the Kershaw County Detention Center allegedly struck another detainee and a female corrections officer on Dec. 26.
A light look back and forward
Isn't that a great cartoon by Ariail up there? I love how Baby New Year's coming in on a drone, taking a selfie as Old Man 2013 looks on incredulously. It's inspiring, even ... at least to someone who needs to write an end-of-the-year column.
2013: A look back - Part One of Three
Whether it was Bethune, Camden, Elgin or Kershaw County, councils of the city, town and county variety grabbed headlines throughout 2013, including during the early months of the year.
Shooting incident leads to drug arrest
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested a Georgia man on drug charges following a shooting incident at a Lugoff hotel. KCSO deputies have not been able to directly tie the man to the shooting.
Crime Report - Dec. 25, 2013
Someone shot out the window to a GMC Yukon as its owner was traveling on Chestnut Ferry Road Ext.
Leesville man dies in motorcycle accident
A Leesville man died in Kershaw County when he lost control of his motorcycle Saturday evening.
KershawHealth is story of the year
At the end of past years, I've picked out a person or group of the year, sometimes both. This year, I'm not so much highlighting a group as I am an organization. Really, what I'm doing is recognizing the year's biggest story.
No plans for county-owned Greenwood parcel
Kershaw County currently has no plans to develop or otherwise use a 122-acre piece of property associated with Liberty Hill Farms the county controls. The Conservation Fund, a national non-profit dedicated to preserving natural resources, recently purchased a more than 3,500-acre site once known as the Singleton Creek Tract from Greenwood Communities and Resorts Inc. for $9.187 million.
Conservation group purchases Greenwood tract
A more than 10-year-old dream of State Sen. Vincent Sheheen's is coming true.
Gunn: ‘we need to re-win … re-earn trust’
KershawHealth's new interim chief executive officer (CEO) says the healthcare organization needs to reestablish relationships with physicians and the trust of the people of Kershaw County in order to succeed in the future. Terry Gunn, who took over as interim CEO two weeks ago, made the statement as part of a report to the KershawHealth Board of Trustees during its meeting Tuesday evening.
Marketing Camden - Part 2 of 2
Camden City Council spent two hours during its Dec. 10 work session hearing Arnett Muldrow's initial tourism marketing plan recommendations. In this second of two reports on that presentation, the C-I looks at the Greenville-based firm's suggestions concerning organization and funding, data collection and analysis, and the questions asked and concerns raised by council members and others during the meeting.
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
School board may amend budgets tonight
Tonight, Kershaw County School District (KCSD) officials will ask the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees to amend both the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 and ...
Shots fired early Friday morning on Broad Street
Several people out running around 4 a.m. Friday noticed a number of police cars in front of a home on the 1600 block of ...
Wastewater lagoon recovery plan proposed
There may come a day when hardly anyone will remember that a 16-acre wastewater lagoon existed at the end of Bramblewood Plantation Road.
Who’s an ‘illegal immigrant’?
On Tuesday's front page, we published a story I wrote about 42-year-old Gheorge Iordache, who pleaded guilty in late August to 60 of 97 ...
City council gets silversmith preview
Members of Camden City Council, along with City Manager Mel Pearson, donned blue non-latex gloves at the behest of Camden Archives and Museum Director Katherine ...
Cassatt woman sentenced in drug case
A 64-year-old Cassatt woman will spend the next 12 years in a state prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to four drug charges.
Crime Report - Sept. 15, 2017
Camden Police Department (CPD)
Taking to the skies
There had been threatening clouds earlier -- and would likely return -- but by the time Barbara Francisco and Ruth Hoyt were ready to fly on the ...
Skimmer sentenced and deported
A 42-year-old Romanian man living in the country illegally who pleaded guilty Aug. 23 to numerous counts of criminal conspiracy involving the use of "skimmers ...
When it’s time to stop
With new technology, such as newly acquired LUCAS 3 automatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) devices, and the ever-increasing level of training they receive, Kershaw County Emergency ...
Camden man sent back to federal prison
A Camden man who pleaded guilty in late May to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition will spend an additional five ...
Crime Report - Sept. 8, 2017
Camden Police Department (CPD)
FOIA report could have been better
One of the agenda items during this week's Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meeting was a report from Trustee Shirley Halley on topics ...
Hurricane Irma
"In some way, shape or form, we are probably going to be impacted by this."
High speed chase ends with collision Sunday
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested two teenagers charged them in connection with a high-speed pursuit through Kershaw and Lee counties that ended ...
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