Are too many students majoring in STEM fields?

Shortly before he died in 2011, Steve Jobs famously told President Obama that Apple would have located 200,000 iPhone manufacturing jobs in the United States, rather than China, if he could have found 8,700 qualified industrial engineers in the U.S. This exchange and others like it led to a widespread belief that American technology education was in crisis and that the U.S. was hemorrhaging jobs because our students couldn't or wouldn't do the hard math.

Nurse agrees to adopt dying patient’s son

MCALISTERVILLE, Pa. -- After learning she had terminal cancer, Tricia Somers' greatest concern was finding someone to take care of her 8-year-old son.

Fine Arts Center’s Dancing with the Stars competitors show off their best dance moves

Demonstrative makes another Eclipse Award statement

Jacqueline Ohrstrom's Demonstrative charged past Spy in the Sky before the final fence in Belmont Park's $150,000 Lonesome Glory Handicap (Gr. 1) and held off Parker's Project to win by a length last Thursday. Making his first start since being claimed, Spy in the Sky finished third.

L-EMS, L-E High wrestlers post strong tourney showings

Three Lugoff-Elgin Middle School and two Lugoff-Elgin High school wrestlers returned from this past weekend's Foothills Fury Preseason Opener with top four finishes in their respective weight divisions.

Lady Knights up to the 'Challenge'

After being seeded third at the conclusion of pool play in Saturday's ninth annual Carolina Challenge volleyball tournament, host North Central turned on the afterburners.

Ariail for September 24, 2014

Political piety?

Many people here in Kershaw County -- and across the state and nation, for that matter -- are ready to breathe a sigh of relief when election day in November comes and goes. The political hot air has become stifling, with both parties ramping up negative ads and spinning their positions ad infinitum. With so many cable news networks and websites which make their living off political controversy, it's become virtually impossible to escape the constant drone of Democrats and Republicans.

The myth about public schools

WASHINGTON -- Have America's public schools gotten worse over the years?

Op-Ed: Smoke alarms

When was the last time you tested the smoke alarms in your home? Was it last week? Last month? A year ago?

Reader: Haley needs ‘extended vacation’

With this coming November's mid-term election, the timing is at hand for our voting citizens to give our governor, Nikki Haley, an extended vacation. There are too many woes in her leadership causing affliction in our state.

Reader: ballot measures ‘too grandiose’

It is not my intention to belabor a subject I have already addressed in a previous letter. That being, that I personally am opposed to the two November referendums that would allow the Kershaw County school board to borrow $130 million via bonds, and for the imposition of an additional "penny" sales and or use tax to finance it. Rather, I just want to present the subject from a different perspective, that may simplify or clarify it, or at least bring it a little closer to home and see how it might affect individuals.

Yesteryear for Sept. 24, 2014

Unpaid medical bills concern trustees

For the Record - Sept. 24, 2014

Real estate transactions

Chamber Selected as a 2014 Neighborhood Champion for Small Business Saturday

In an effort to encourage Kershaw County residents to shop and dine locally this holiday season, the Kershaw County Chamber applied and was chosen by American Express, to be a Neighborhood Champion, promoting locally-owned independent small businesses on Small Business Saturday, November 29, 2014. The Chamber will also once again be sponsoring their annual "Home for the Holidays" Campaign which will kick off on the Monday following Thanksgiving, December 1, 2014.

Library Events - October 2017

The library will be closed October 24 for a Staff Development Day.