Gene Machine

Equipped with safety glasses, latex gloves and protective aprons, the scientists hunched over the work table, engrossed in the test at hand.

Drug disposal sites to be open Saturday

For the past several years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has worked with local law enforcement in an effort to safely dispose of unwanted prescription drugs that often find their way to the streets of our communities.

Truesdale/dell/del family reunited

On Oct. 1, for the first time in more than 20 years, the Truesdale/dell/del families met at Bethany Baptist Church for a reunion. They came, arms full of food, photographs, computers, and memories to share with each other. They began arriving before noon, eager to meet relatives that they had heard of but never met except via e-mail and phone calls. Many had never known they had living relatives other than their immediate kin.

Delores Butler Eichelberger

Delores Butler Eichelberger was born in Camden, South Carolina. She was the second of five children born to the late Bessie and Lenon Butler Jr. She attended local public schools, graduating from Jackson High in 1968. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from South Carolina State University in 1972. In 1972, she was employed by the Midland Center department of disabilities and assigned to the Kershaw County workshop facility, a day school and work environment for adults with disabilities. In June of 1974 she accepted employment with E.I. DuPont as a Manufacturing Supervisor. She worked in ...

Lonnie Mitchell Sr.

Lonnie Mitchell, Sr., 57, of Fort Jackson Road, Lugoff, died Sunday, October 23, 2011. Family and friends may call at 1451 Fort Jackson Road, Lugoff, the residence of his mother.

Earl Houston Moore

Earl Houston Moore, 80, of Columbia, died Monday, October 24, 2011 after a brief fight with cancer. He was born on August 2, 1931, in Camden to Henry Stoney Moore and Eulalia Lewis Moore. Mr. Moore attended school in Camden and Charleston and graduated from Camden High School. He briefly attended Auburn University on a baseball scholarship but chose to serve his country in the United States Air Force where he became a pilot. He later graduated from the University of South Carolina.

Sarah Ella Morris

Funeral service for Sarah Ella Morris, 82, of Camden, was held Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church, Rembert, with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Atkerson officiated. Memorials may be made to Agape Hospice, 700 West DeKalb Street, Camden, S.C. 29020 or New Hope Baptist Church c/o Carrie Cook, PO Box 9, Dalzell, S.C. 29040.

Annie Wood

Memorial services for Annie Hilliard Higgins Wood, age 89, of Camden, SC will be held at two o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, the 26th of October at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden, S C. Dr. William F. Summers will officiate. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. The family received friends at Kornegay Funeral Home between the hours of six and eight PM on Tuesday, October 25. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethesda Presbyterian Church Music Fund, 502 DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020 or to Hospice Care of Tri County, 2039 W ...

Robert Ariail -- Oct. 26, 2011

Dot-com bust again?

Most Kershaw County residents will no doubt recall the dot-com bubble of about 15 years ago, when a host of new Internet-based businesses saw their stock prices soar to stratospheric levels, only to come crashing violently to earth a short time later. Many of these companies had dizzyingly fast ascents on the stock market even though they produced no profits; some were barely more than concepts. The investing world declared that such a thing would never happen again, that investors had wised up to such pie-in-the-sky behavior.

Christian Community Ministries in need of donations

Christian Community Ministries of Kershaw County needs the following items for the food pantry: rice, cereal and macaroni and cheese.

Good TV, bad politics

WASHINGTON -- The operative maxim in cable television can be summed up as follows: Is it good TV?

Yesteryear -- Oct. 26, 2011

Photo cutline -- Happy Anniversary, May Plant! -- Albert Haid, Regional Chef for the Southern area, ARA Food Services, Atlanta is shown with Tom Kessler, May Plant Cafeteria Manager. Chef Haid was a the May Plant to assist in preparing cake squares, two big Anniversary Cakes and other party food used during the recent Open House which celebrated the 25th anniversary of DuPont's May Plant.

Painting with a purpose

Two fourth-graders from Malvern Hill Baptist Church and Camden Elementary School had a goal: revamp the visitation room at the Department of Social Services (DSS) to make it more child-friendly for foster children who come through. McKenzie Taylor and Madison Williams ran two lemonade stands to raise the money. They also received two gift cards donated by Wal-Mart totaling $125, a can of paint donated by Lowe's and the hard work from the Malvern Hill Baptist Church youth group to complete the project. The group, including the two girls, sanded, painted walls and bookshelves, cleaned, steam cleaned the furniture ...

Bethune observes October as Alpha Delta Kappa

Bethune Town Council unanimously proclaimed October as International Alpha Delta Kappa Month. Council also used the meeting to discuss the need for a message board along with areas in town that needed to be cleaned.

Royals AAU teams list tryout dates

The Royals AAU youth basketball teams will host tryouts in both Camden and Bishopville for its boys and girls' teams.

Carolina Cup tickets now on sale

Invitations for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races were sent out to those on the organization's mailing list last Friday. And tickets and parking spaces for the event are now on sale.