Nelson Rudolph Barnhill, Jr.

Funeral services for Nelson Rudolph Barnhill, Jr., 65, will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Worship Center, with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The Rev. Rudolph Barnhill will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Heart Association.

Kathryn Howard Wallace

Kathryn (Kathi) Howard Wallace went to be with her Heavenly Father Saturday July 12, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents Wilma (Armstrong) and Eugene Howard. Kathi was born on October 06, 1953 in Patterson, NJ. She worked for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement for most of her career. She enjoyed reading, cooking, shopping and spending time with her family and moved to South Carolina in 2009. Kathi was a long time member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign wars of the U.S. She served as President of the ...

‘Not Just Guns:’ The Ross E. Beard Collection

On Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at 11 a.m., the Ross E. Beard Collection became the property of the city of Camden, as Mr. Beard signed the paperwork at the Camden Archives and Museum. City officials, long-time friends of Mr. Beard and representatives from the Friends of the Archives and Museum looked on as City Attorney Lawrence Flynn, Mr. Beard, Ed Royall (his attorney) and Austin Sheheen (his accountant) processed the paperwork.

Man allegedly shoots at, breaks into ex-girlfriend’s home

Responding to a frantic 911 call for help and a follow up investigation, Kershaw County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Harley Joe Moore, 33, of Camden, and charged him with first degree burglary, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and unlawfully carrying a weapon.

These animals need good homes

Among the animals available for adoption at the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter are Charlie, a male 1-year-old Great Dane (Charlie loves children) and Tiger, a 5-year-old neutered male black and gray tabby cat. The adoption donation includes spaying or neutering. The shelter, located at the south end of Fair Street and managed by the Kershaw County Humane Society, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The shelter is closed Sunday and Monday. The shelter is closed Sunday and Monday. For information on the shelter ...

Scully elected to Association of South Carolina Mayors board

Camden Mayor Tony Scully is now a board member of the Association of South Carolina Mayors (ASCM). ASCM members elected Scully to the board during the Municipal Association of South Carolina's (MASC) 74th annual meeting.

Rec Notes: Soccer camp begins July 28

This Soccer Camp is open for boys and girls ages 6-14. Players will be grouped by age, size, and ability. Daily training sessions will include individual ball handling skills, partner skills, developmental games and much more! This fun-filled week is the perfect way to introduce players to the game of soccer and to challenge advanced players to improve their game. Players must wear shin guards and bring a water bottle and soccer ball. The instructor is Peter Wittig, who has 22 years experience coaching at the college, high school, and youth levels. Coach Wittig is the Varsity Boys Soccer Coach ...

Ariail for July 18, 2014

Not so transparent

President Obama, who promised the most transparent administration in history, has delivered perhaps the least transparent. Following the trend of other recent presidents, Obama has kept a tight lid on the press, rarely interacting with reporters in a spontaneous fashion and instead relying on the spin of his White House press directors. And it has gotten worse the longer Obama has been in office; one report last week indicated that the administration was denying access on a variety of subjects with increasing regularity. The Associated Press reported, "In category after category -- except for reducing numbers of old requests and a ...

Op-Ed: Supreme Court autopsy ruling trumps public accountability

For the second time in a month, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled against openness and punted important issues back to the Legislature for change.

Joey Matthew Tyner

Joey Matthew Tyner, 38, of Elgin went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 13, 2014.

Camden Lions Club installs new officers

The Camden Lions Club recently installed new officers and thanked the community for its support of club programs, having collected more than 1,300 pairs of used eye glasses. Boxes are located at the Food Lion shopping center in Lugoff, Rubin Eye Care Center in the K-Mart shopping center, the Walmart Vision Center, Belk and the Food Lion shopping center in Dusty Bend. The club supplied these glasses to local church groups for those in need in Honduras and Guatemela. Camden Lions have also assisted with eye operations and hearing aids for the needy. The club meets on the second ...

The karate kid

Lainey Williams, a rising third grader at Camden Elementary School (CES), recently competed in karate nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She is the national champion for kata (forms) and won bronze in kubodo (weapons) and kumite (sparring). This qualified her for Junior Olympics. She is the superregional champion in the 8-year-old female category for kubodo and won silver in kumite, and bronze in kata. She is also the North Carolina Champion in all three events. Lainey studies karate at Carolina Family Karate under Shihan Bob and Sensei Matt. All five members of her team placed in the top four nationals ...

‘In the Heart of the Pines’ showcases Camden’s hotel era

The Camden Archives and Museum is hosting a new exhibit on the Hotel Era in Camden from July 2014 until January 9, 2015. Come explore Camden during the days of the Gay Nineties through the Roaring Twenties and beyond to the days before World War II. It was a magical, new social scene set in the midst of our beautiful, old Southern way of life. Camden's visitors got the best of both.

One-Eighty 360

Artwork created by Camden Middle School (CMS) art teacher Keith Tolen are on display at Columbia's 701 Whaley Street in its community gallery.

2017 CHS fall sports schedule

Volleyball

2017 L-E fall sports schedule

Volleyball

2017 NCHS volleyball schedule

Aug.: 22 – at Lancaster w/Indian Land (6 p.m.); 24 – at Andrew Jackson (6:30 p.m.); 29 – at Robert E. Lee Academy (6 ...

MARY LEE JACOBS

Funeral services for Mary Lee Jacobs will be held at 11am, with a visitation 1hr prior, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Unity United Methodist ...

LEE CARROLL JOLLY

A funeral service to celebrate the life of Lee Carroll Jolly, 79, of Camden, SC, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, August 23 ...

ROBERTA MAJOR

Mrs. Roberta "Sondra" Rembert Major, 58, of Long Beach, CA, formerly of Rembert, SC, passed on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Funeral services are at 11 ...

JOHN MILLER

A graveside memorial service to celebrate the life of John Joseph Miller, 74, of Kannapolis, NC, will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, August ...

ARLEAN GARY PATTERSON

Mrs. Arlean "Lean" Gary Patterson, 76, of 1214 Belton Court, Camden, died Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announce at ...

ALLEN EUGENE WASHINGTON

Mr. Allen Eugene Washington, 47, of Camden, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 17, 2017. A Celebration of Life and Homegoing Services will be ...

DAVID WHITELEY

David Anders Whiteley, 72, of Camden, died on August 13, 2017. David was born on October 21, 1944 in Easton, Maryland. David was the son ...

HATTIE RUTHE PARKER WOODLE

Funeral services for Hattie Ruthe Parker Woodle will be held at 12pm on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at Northeast United Methodist Church with burial to ...

Ariail - Aug. 22, 2017

Eclipse fever

By now, the excitement is over, the sun is back out, the world is back to, if not normal, at least where it was before ...

Nothing’s quick anymore

Do you remember the days when we used to say, "I'm gonna run into town and run a quick errand. I'll be right ...

Thoughts on climate change

According to his father, Albert Einstein was supposed to be an engineer instead of a physicist. For much of his life, Einstein was even disappointed ...