Post 17 hosts Veterans Day event

Families were a focus for Col. Dale Hall, chief of staff for the South Carolina National Guard, at the 2012 Veterans Day Observance held Friday at American Legion James Leroy Belk Post No. 17.

Lugoff resident earns honor

A Kershaw County resident was selected as Richland School District Two's (RCSD2) 2012 District Teacher of the Year. Terri Butts, a second-grade teacher at Bridge Creek Elementary School, has worked in RSD2 for three years. She was formerly a teacher and a curriculum coach for Kershaw County School District from 1995-2010 before she went back to teaching at RCSD2. <p ...

The effects of legalizing marijuana

Colorado and Washington voted to legalize recreational marijuana use this week.

School board nixes pay increase for trustees

Kershaw County Board of School Trustees members will not see a pay increase next year.

KCSO to hold third 'town hall'

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) will hold its third town hall meeting in Camden Middle School's (CMS) multipurpose room Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.

Crime Report - Nov. 7, 2012

A Camden-area woman received a scam email from "National Mediation Group" claiming that she owed $800. The woman also received several voice messages from the company.

Unplug’d ’12

Doby's Mill Elementary School (DMES) Librarian Betsy Long spent a weekend in with no electricity with her online friends in August. Long was selected for Unplug'd '12, a retreat that allows educators to "disconnect to connect." After being encouraged to submit an application by a Canadian principal she met several years ago through an online network, Long was selected ...

Local schools see ‘change in culture’

Kershaw County School District (KCSD) has introduced Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) into the KCSD middle schools this year after measureable success with PBIS at the elementary school level.

Smith found guilty in 2011 Lugoff meth lab murder case

A Lugoff man accused of manufacturing methamphetamine and murder was found guilty on both charges on Friday.

Crime Report - Oct. 31, 2012

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) recently charged a Cassatt man out on a $200,000 personal recognizance bond for the murder of his brother with allegedly physically abusing his girlfriend.

USC, KCSD team up for social work

Three University of South Carolina (USC) Masters of Social Work students are doing their first year field study in three Kershaw County School District Schools.

Maxine Mitchell Johnson

Maxine Mitchell Johnson, 51, of 314 Cook Road, Lugoff, SC, passed on Saturday, October 20, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 26, 2012, 3:00 p.m., on at High Hill Baptist Church

‘An inexorable trend’

Facebook is the answer to everything, and you better buy an iPad, folks, because the Internet is slowly, but surely taking over our lives.

KCSD could maintain own bus system

The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) and other school districts across the state are awaiting news that can severely impact next year's budget. The S.C. General Assembly has decided it can no longer maintain South Carolina's school bus system at the state level, so they want the school districts to take on the responsibility.

Benefit to help Pathway ministry reach at-risk children

Pathway, a small ministry that offers tutoring and mentoring to at-risk children, is having a benefit concert at the Fine Arts Center (FAC) of Kershaw County from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday featuring the Blythewood Jazz Orchestra, State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, State Rep. Laurie Slade Funderburk and Kershaw County School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan.

Trustees split in favor of substitute teacher contract

Kelly Services will provide contract substitute teachers to the Kershaw County School District (KCSD). However, the vote to do so was split, 5-4, among members of the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees at their meeting Tuesday.

Woman killed in moped vs. truck collision

New York, New York!

I'm planning my first trip to New York in June and I am so excited!

Third suspect arrested in March hit and run case

The S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) arrested a third suspect in an Elgin hit-and-run case from earlier this year.

Crime Report - May 22, 2013

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) charged two men and a woman, all of Camden, with drug possession after placing their home under surveillance for several months.

S.C. Secretary of State visits North Central Middle

S.C. Secretary of State Mark Hammond gave North Central Middle School (NCMS) students an overview of his position within the state of South Carolina.

CMA graduate continues family legacy with graduation

Second arrest in fatal accident

A second arrest was made in the case of a fatal hit-and-run in Elgin on March 1. 26-year-old Jesus Corona Cabal, of Columbia, was charged with accessory after the fact for helping the driver involved in the hit and run "destroy" the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse that hit and killed Derk Lawrence Maricle of Lugoff, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Brent Kelly said.