I am writing in reference to Sheriff Jim Mathews' letter and the follow up letter from Joe Upchurch published in the Chronicle-Independent concerning a proposed county gun control ordinance. I thought this proposal had been killed, but now I understand that it has gone to a committee for possible revision.
After 54 holes of challenging golf at Camden Country Club last Thursday, there was still no definitive winner of the 65th Carolinas Junior Boys' Championship.
Before leaving to continue her academic and golf pursuits at Auburn University next week, Kelli Murphy had some unfinished business closer to home.
The Kershaw County Gamecock Club will hold an "It's Great To Be a Gamecock Fall Kick-off Party "on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Old South Restaurant in Camden at 6:30 p.m.
The ABLE Club of S.C., the official athletic booster club of Lugoff-Elgin High School, is kicking off its membership campaign for the 2014-15 athletic seasons at the school.
Merribelle Stable's Makari, making his first U.S. start after a successful career in English jump racing, battled through Saratoga Race Course's stretch with Demonstrative and won the head bob to take last Thursday's $100,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial (Gr. 1) by a nose.
Michael and Ann Hayes of Camden are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Melissa Hayes to Mr. Brian Lee Gaines of Anderson, South Carolina.
Central Carolina Technical College's Health Sciences Division pinned 18 new medical assistants, 7 new massage therapists and 11 surgical technicians during 3 pinning ceremonies on Thursday, July 31. Each ceremony was held in the Iris Room of CCTC's Health Sciences Center in downtown Sumter.
ELGIN – Funeral service for Larry Shepard, 59, will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, with burial to follow in High Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Newspapers and the media are often accused of only reporting the bad things that happen -- and there's some truth in this. And it's particularly easy to fall into this trap in South Carolina where it seems that there is a lot more bad news than good.
Funeral services to celebrate the life of Charles Kever "Chuck" Hayes, Jr. will be held at 11:00 AM, today at the Latta Presbyterian Church in Latta, SC. Burial will follow in the Bethesda Southern Methodist Church Cemetery, Oak Grove, in Dillon, SC. The family received friends Sunday, August 3, 2014 from 6:00-7:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Chuck's memory to Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter, 460 S. Fair Street, Camden, SC 29020.
A couple of years ago, you published my letter signed "No-Win Situation in Wisconsin." My wife and I had been sharing a vacation with another couple, and I witnessed the husband kiss my wife on the lips as they left. You said if I trust my wife, not to worry about it.
The funeral service for Miriam McCaskill Sowell Gardner, 88, of Columbia, will be held at 4 o'clock today at Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 5202 Colonial Drive, Columbia with Dr. Kenn Busbee officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 3 o'clock. Interment will follow in Scotch Cemetery, Bethune, SC. The family requests memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Ln, Columbia, SC 29210; to the Alzheimer's Association, SC Chapter, 3223 Sunset Blvd, Ste 100, West Columbia, SC 29169; or to Tidewater Hospice, c/o Tidewater Foundation, 10 Buckingham ...
CAMDEN – Funeral service for Henrietta Boone Crissman, 66, will be held Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Wateree Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. David Weaver will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children.
Memorial services to celebrate the life of Mendel Richard "Ricky" Ray, 56, of Camden, SC, will be held at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Rev. Bobby James will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM today at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Eugene Irvin "Gene" Deese,76, of Camden, SC, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April ...
Funeral services for Warren Bell Depperman, 83, were held on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Memorials may be made to St. Timothy's Lutheran Church.
Lugoff-Elgin tuned up for Thursday's Region 6-4A opening tennis match with Hartsville by dropping a Wednesday match to always tough 5A foe Spring Valley ...
Freshman Evan Younghans posted a high school-best 38 to lead the Camden High golf team to a second-place finish behind defending 4A state champion A ...
Camden scored the first eight runs and closed with an eight-run bottom of the sixth to take a 16-6 win over visiting North Central in ...
While their problems at the plate continued, the Camden High baseball team is not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.
As a man who had a keen wit and a self-deprecating sense of humor, Mike Culp rolled with a joke as well as anyone.
When we published my two-part "Orphaned and homeless" in-depth look at a teenager named "J.M." and how a jury found the S.C. Department ...
Writing amounts to solitary confinement. The hours alone reward you though when a book comes out: meeting folks who love books. When book events conclude ...
The pride we feel for our city is based on many aspects of life. Chief among them -- loving people, generous businesses, dedicated community service organizations ...
WASHINGTON -- We've seen this movie before.
I believe in freedom of speech.
I want to extend my deeply heartfelt "thank you" to the kind, compassionate, good Samaritan who came to my aid after I was involved in ...
A celebration of life service for Gloria Justine Jenkins, 58, will be held Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home ...
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