Archive By Author - Miciah Bennett
37 years of letters
Cassatt Postmaster Barbara Smith retired Tuesday, July 31 after 37 years with the U.S. Postal Service.
Chick-fil-A’s stance on gay marriage not surprising
For some reason people are shocked by Chick-fil-A's stance on marriage.
Crime Report - Aug. 1, 2012
A Camden woman allegedly threatened the residents of her St. Matthews Road home, standing on the porch with a long metal pipe.
School board member, county council candidate face business foreclosure
Kershaw County School Board Trustee Joseph ("Joey") Dorton and Kershaw County Council write-in candidate Willie Mickle, both owners of Gags Liquor Store on Wylie Street in Camden, are facing foreclosure of their business and have allegedly failed to pay sales taxes since 2009. Dorton is Mickle's son-in-law.
Rosa Mae Shannon McQuillar
Mrs. Rosa Mae Shannon McQuillar died on July 12, 2012. Her funeral was held on July 18, 2012. She was a member of Nazareth Baptist Church and active on numerous church organizations.
Carey may be what 'Idol' needs
$18 million. That's, reportedly, what it's going to take to get vocal-powerhouse Mariah Carey to sit on the beloved American Idol judging panel.
New KCSD website coming
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) will unveil a new, "easier" to use website this August.
Crime Report - July 25, 2012
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a Camden man on drug and weapon charges after looking for another man wanted on a bench warrant.
Changes coming to KCSD with NCLB waiver
The U.S. Department of Education approved a waiver Thursday for South Carolina to be exempted from certain provisions of the state's version of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program. Now, school districts, including the Kershaw County School District (KCSD), must figure out how to deal with the changes the waiver allows them to make.
Trying to avoid Olympic ‘ambush marketing’
Official Olympic sponsors have uncorked their creative juices for advertising during the Olympic Games this summer. An expected 4 billion people are expected to watch the Olympics in London starting this month and advertising is already looking good.
Home schoolers, others eligible for KCSD sports, more
Home school, charter school and Governor's school students are now eligible to participate in public school sports and extracurricular activities during the 2012-2013 school year.
KCSD to hold portion of budget
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) will lose $497,000 from the 2012-2013 school year budget due to the exclusion of a "hold harmless" provision from the state legislature's approved budget.
John Christian
John Christian, of 444 Knights Hill Road in Camden died Wednesday , July 11, 2012. Plans will be announced by Collins Funeral Home.
Crime Report - July 11, 2012
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies relocated a Cassatt couple, their neighbor and the neighbor's three children from a home after a man chased the male victim with a gun.
Instructor named SCCTEA Outstanding New Teacher of the Year
Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC) instructor Laura Marshall is the S.C. Career and Technical Education Association's (SCCTEA) 2012 Outstanding New Teacher of the Year.
Articles By Author - Miciah Bennett
Nuclear plant equipment reroutes traffic on Camden’s Broad street
A 605,000 pound piece of equipment traveling to V.C. Summer Nuclear plant in Fairfield County made an appearance in Camden on Wednesday.
Cassatt man dies in crash Saturday
The body of a man killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday was discovered Monday.
Crime Report - May 15, 2013
An Elgin woman's daughter-in-law allegedly approached her with a knife because she was angry that the Elgin woman's son was on the brink of losing his job.
Rep. Howard to be special guest at NAACP banquet
By MICIAH BENNETT
FRC, CFUMC team up in fight against teen pregnancy
Kershaw County's Family Resource Center (FRC) has teamed up with Camden First United Methodist Church to raise awareness and money for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Awareness Month.
Matthews seeks raises for Kershaw County deputies
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews wants to pay his deputies more money in an effort to keep them on staff instead of losing them to other agencies. Matthews told Kershaw County Council members during a work session Thursday that the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is becoming a training ground, and that the level of staff experience is decreasing as he loses valuable personnel. <p class="cibodycopy" align="left" ...
CHS newspaper wins first Palmetto Award in 14 years
Camden High School's (CHS) Palmetto Leaf newspaper staff won a total of eight awards from the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association (SCSPA) in April. For the first time since 1999, the Leaf won the Palmetto Award for its class level, Class 1, according to newspaper advisor Amy Goodwin. This is Goodwin's first year back at CHS; she is a CHS graduate and previously taught at the school. ...
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