It’s OK ‘Honey Boo-Boo’ is a hit

Move over Duggar family, TLC has a new hit show on their hands.

KCSD four-year graduation rate up

Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) graduation rate is at 87 percent this year.

ATEC auditorium named for founding director

Kershaw County School District personnel and Kershaw County community members helped celebrate the dedication of the Dr. Gilbert G. Woolard Auditorium at Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC) Tuesday night. ATEC Director Chet Horton; Kershaw County School Board of Trustees Chair Mara Jones; Kershaw County Voccational Education Foundation (KCVEF) Chair Charles Baxley; and former ATEC directors Betty Sue Webber and Allen Teal helped make the ...

Emergency rooms aren’t free

Amidst a necessary, but life-threatening, debate on the future of health care for millions of Americans, presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealed why it's OK that almost 50 million Americans are uninsured. Romney said in an interview with a TV broadcast news program that people who are uninsured are "care(d) for" with the help of America's emergency room services:

Strike up the band!

Camden High School's (CHS) new band director is looking to add more trophies to the band room's display.

Cassatt man charged with killing roommate

Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies discovered a decapitated and dismembered body in a shed behind a home on Dogwood Lane in Cassatt early Monday morning. According to information provided by the KCSO, the suspect, 46-year-old Raleigh Furman Jr., confessed to relatives that "he had done something bad, that he had killed a man and cut him up" after he checked himself into KershawHealth ...

Chamber approves new two-year strategic plan

The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce unanimously voted to approve a two-year strategic plan at its board meeting Thursday.

Crime Report - Sept. 26, 2012

An Elgin woman allegedly tried to attack three women with a pitchfork.

Design guidfelines for proposed BAR focus of public input meeting

The Camden Historical Landmark Commission (CHLC) and city of Camden staff met Thursday evening to discuss revised design guidelines that could be used by a proposed board of architectural review (BAR).

KC students earn high PASS marks

Kershaw County School District (KCSD) students surpassed the average 2012 Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) scores in 15 of 24 areas.

Land donation to aid North Central area

Kershaw County School District Board of Trustees (KCSB) recognized North Central-area resident Leonard Price for another "generous" donation to the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) at their board meeting on Tuesday night.

Happy calorie counting!

Several months ago, I was on one of my health food kicks and I decided to check out how many calories were in this delicious salad I'd previously eaten at a Zaxby's.

Crime Report - Sept. 19, 2012

A Cassatt man allegedly hit his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach with his car door, according to a Camden Police Department (CPD) report.

Asbestos abatement delays old CMS demolition

Demolition on the old Camden Middle School (CMS) building will resume in a "few weeks" as work to rid the former school of asbestos continues.

Revolutionary

The KC Revolutionists (KCR) robotics team members is changing the way we build the future.

Crime Report - June 19, 2013

An Elgin woman allegedly pointed a shotgun at her foster son.

Near drowning averted at Kendall Lake

One day before an Elgin homeowner found 15-year-old Daven Williams dead in their swimming pool, a Camden man was transported -- alive -- to the hospital after nearly drowning in Kendall Lake. Camden Police Department (CPD) Chief Joe Floyd said the 35-year-old man had to be taken to the hospital after he tried to rescue his fiancé's flotation device.

Pine Grove Residential student found dead in swimming pool

A 15-year-old teen with a developmental disorder was found dead on Friday after he walked away from the school he attended in Elgin for the second time, according to authorities.

McCaskill settles lawsuit against KCSO for $75,000

Kershaw County's insurance carrier will pay former Kershaw County Sheriff Steve McCaskill $75,000 to settle his defamation lawsuit against the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO). The lawsuit and four others were originally directed against current Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews as an individual over comments he made soon after taking office in 2011. However, Matthews has maintained he was speaking as a county official, so all the lawsuits were redirected against the KCSO. <p ...

KCSD helps parents to lead by example