County basketball, wrestling teams prepare to take center stage

All the footballs and volleyballs have been packed away as Kershaw County high school athletic teams head to the great indoors for the 2010-11 basketball and wrestling seasons.

New county government phone system, numbers in effect

At the request of Kershaw County's IT coordinator, the county recently installed a new phone system that required new direct dial numbers for each county department. The new numbers went into effect last week, and can be found at the county's website, www.kershaw.sc.gov. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 9pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll ...

Marketing goes silly at L-EHS

Lugoff-Elgin High School's (L-EHS) first-block marketing class has combined its T-shirt ideas with the newly popular trend, Silly-Bands. Students will be able to show school spirit with not only an awesome t-shirt, but a variety of L-EHS themed silly bands!

Fall fun at BDK

The economic potential of SC's harvest

We thank Thee, Heavenly Father,

Noted and passed for Nov. 29, 2010

* With professional football playoffs set to begin soon, along with college bowl games, there's one statistic that tells the tale as far as how many advertisements and dead time there are during TV game telecasts. A recent examination of one NFL game that took more than four hours to play revealed that the ball was in play less than 11 minutes. That's a lot of time to eat and sip. Watch those calories!

Blaney honor rolls reported

Blaney Elementary School has announced its honor rolls for the first nine-week period

Robert Ariail -- Nov. 29, 2010

Attention, Deficit Disorder

Battle lines are being drawn as the White House and Congress prepare for a big showdown in the spring over a question that troubles a lot of households these days: how to manage the nation's credit card.

Modern problems: Part Tres

"History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man&hellip;" Blue Oyster Cult, "Godzilla"

Honor roll students named at Stover Middle

Leslie M. Stover Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the first nine-week period.

Miss Spires, Mr. Griffin set date

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gordon Humphries of Columbia and Mr. Charles Monroe Spires, Sr. of Lexington announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Jordan Spires, to Charles Richard Griffin II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richard Griffin of Camden.

Miss Davis, Mr. Campbell wed

Megan Carol Davis and Shawn Vincent Campbell were united in marriage Aug. 21, 2010 at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church in Camden. Pastor Sheila Rogers and Pastor Frank Griffith officiated the 5:30 p.m. double-ring ceremony.

Happy 70th Anniversary!

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ogburn (Bill and Dorothy) celebrated their 70th anniversary on November 23, 2010. They are the proud parents of Beverly (Elliott) Sheorn and William Ogburn, Jr., three grandsons Rob (Kim) Sheorn, Mark (Monica) Sheorn and Hudson Ogburn and four great grand children, Bradley, Chance, Wesley and McCall Sheorn.

Sears of Lugoff donates items to the classroom

Brian Wonderling (middle), owner of Sears in Lugoff, recently donated $700 in classroom materials to four first grade teachers at Lugoff Elementary. The teachers received digital cameras, electronic pencil sharpeners, a CD player, headphones, print cartridges as well as other items to use in their classroom. "It's important for local businesses to support our teachers, especially in this economy," Wonderling said. He also said he hopes he can set an example for other local companies ...

2013-14 NC winter sports schedule

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2013-14 CMA winter sports schedule

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Singleton closes Wofford career with more honors

Former Lugoff-Elgin football standout Jared Singleton was one of seven Wofford College student-athletes to be named to All-Southern Conference football teams.

Donnie Patrick Joyner

Funeral services for Donnie Patrick Joyner, 70, will be held Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at First Assembly of God, Camden, with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. The Rev. Bruce Marthers will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1:00 &ndash; 2:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gideons International.