Rosana Dow

Funeral service for Rosana Dow, 79, will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Pastor Freddie Thomas will officiate.

Jerry Geiger

A memorial service for Jerry Wayne "Julio" Geiger, 59, of Jefferson, will be held Saturday, February 5, at 2:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will be private. Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. Memorials may be made to the State Office of Victim Assistance, Edgar Brown Building, Room 401, 1205 Pendleton Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201.

Carrie Edwards Kirkland

Funeral Services Mrs. Carrie Eunice Edwards Kirkland will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Camden with burial in the Bingham Church Cemetery, Westville, South Carolina. Wake services will be held this evening beginning at 7 p.m. in the Leevy's Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel.

George L. Shortridge

Memorial services to celebrate the life of George Lyman Shortridge, 71, of Camden, will be held Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel. Rev. Mark Bredholt will officiate.

Stella Louise Washington

Mrs. Stella Louise Washington, 60, of 103 Broad Street, Sumter, SC, passed on Monday, January 31, 2011.

Memory can turn history into myths

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Pets of the Week - Feb. 4, 2011

Among the animals available for adoption at the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter are a 4-month-old domestic shorthaired kitten and a 10-week-old female Labrador puppy 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 1 p.m. Saturday. The ...

Lancaster man charged in two murders

Bond was waived Thursday for a Lancaster County man charged with murdering his estranged wife and a Kershaw County man.

Rec Notes - Feb. 4, 2011

Sign-up underway for baseball, softball

Lake Wateree Sunrise

Pam Zandee's photo "Lake Wateree Sunrise" was selected as the Chronicle-Independent's January Photo of the Month. The picture was taken on Lake Wateree at Liberty Hill with a Panasonic DMC-ZS5. To submit a photo to be considered in the Photo of the Month contest, visit www.chronicle-independent.com/archives/2817/ for more information.

Kershaw County Volunteer Guardians ad Litem to be honored at South Carolina Heart Gallery opening

Kershaw County Volunteer Guardians ad Litem (GAL) will be honored at a reception to be held tonight at the Fine Arts Center. The reception, scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m., is in conjunction with a traveling exhibit that underscores South Carolina's adoption needs. The South Carolina Heart Gallery is a collection of photographs depicting children who are available for adoption. For every child who comes into foster care, there is a court appointed Guardian ad ...

Robert Ariail -- Feb. 4, 2011

Postal panic

Social Security has been a political football for more years than we care to remember, but there's another institution that will just as quickly engender "don't mess with mine" comments from voters: the post office. More times than we can remember we've watched the U.S. Postal Service (USPO) announce that a small, rural post office would be closed, only to have it kept open under intense political pressure.

Everybody's got a forum

In an age of instant communication, the Internet has made everyone a critic. Or a reporter. Or a blogger. Or a self-proclaimed expert on practically anything.

Bulldogs, Lady Demons keep their post-season hopes alive

Tuesday's 53-44 win over visiting Lakewood gave the Camden High boys' basketball team's playoffs hopes a lift.

William Collins

Funeral services for William Burnett Collins, 74, of Lugoff, SC will be held on Friday, June 14, 2013 at 4:00 PM at Lugoff First Baptist Church, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Dr. Albert Allen and Rev. Dave Robinson will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, June 13, 2013 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel.

CMA hazing trial continues in Columbia

A federal jury is hearing testimony this week as the trial begins of a lawsuit brought against Camden Military Academy (CMA). In the trial's first days, attorneys for a former cadet have brought forward testimony and evidence they say show that, in 2008, other CMA students raped the then 13-year-old boy, according to news reports. The former cadet, listed in the lawsuit only as "JBC," is now 18.

L-E softball, NC tennis players rack up awards

Following a season in which a young Lugoff-Elgin softball team finished third in Region 4-4A play, post-season honors came the way of four members of the Lady Demons' program.

CHS honors student-athletes at annual banquet

For the 60th consecutive year, student-athletes at Camden High school were honored by The Bulldog Club at the organization's annual awards banquet on May 21.

Getting in some heavy lifting

Springdale 5K at Sunset set for Aug. 17

Registration is open for runners and walkers for the 5th Annual Springdale at Sunset 5K Run & 1-lap walk to be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Springdale Race Course in Camden.

IRS reform

People in this country -- no doubt many right here in Kershaw County -- are angry with the Internal Revenue Service and its heavy-handed methods. Of course, the IRS has never been popular, and probably wouldn't be if the agency did everything by the book. But its recent targeting of conservative groups has spotlighted the venom with which overzealous bureaucrats can operate. Adding to it are recent revelations about ...

Youth summer sports camps season cover all bases in the county

With the school year coming to a close, it is time for summer sports camps in Kershaw County.