Tea time

Camden Elementary School of the Creative Arts students in Renee Thompson and Donna Reyes' special needs classes treated their mothers to tea at the Palmetto Coffee Shoppe and Tea Room to celebrate Mother's Day.

SS/HS grant a 'success' for KCSD

Programs funded by a grant obtained by Kershaw County following the 2007 gang-related shooting death of a high school student now employ 41 full- and part-time residents. It has helped reduce recidivism at the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) Continuous Learning Center (CLC), provided "targeted" counseling to 2,900 students and created a positive behavioral program that will be expanded to all middle schools.

Greenhouse gurus

Camden High School (CHS) earth science students are learning how to build and sustain an aquaponics greenhouse as a part of their class curriculum.

Law Enforcement Report - May 22, 2012

Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies received eight calls from residents on English Street just outside the city limits of Camden reporting that a man was running around the neighborhood with an ax breaking windows and threatening residents.

Businesses, individuals honored for contributing

The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce (KCCC) held its 102nd annual meeting, awards gala and reception Tuesday at home in the Robert Mills Courthouse.

Combinations of life

Four plus five equals nine. Six plus three also equals nine. Three plus three plus three equals nine, too.

Blowie encourages local students to read

Columbia Blowfish Baseball Team's mascot "Blowie" is trying to help participating Kershaw County elementary schools make a home run.

KershawHealth offers convenient, fast physicals for student athletes

KershawHealth offered free sports physicals to Kershaw County School District students May 9 at KershawHealth Primary Care at Elgin.

Law Enforcement Report - May 16, 2012

The Camden Police Department (CPD) is investigating copper wiring stolen from the old Camden Middle School on Laurens Street.

An ear for music

A Lugoff-Elgin High School student who is profoundly deaf will play the piano in the Piccolo Spoleto festival in Charleston.

Extra funds may alleviate KCSD staffing issues

Thanks to a better revenue forecast, Kershaw County School District (KCSD) officials now believe it will be able to retain an assistant principal at Camden Middle School (CMS), hire a new assistant principal for Jackson School and fill a part-time band program position at Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EMS).

NAACP speaker stresses need to vote

Voting will change lives, said Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr., president of South Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

L-EMS celebrates art for the eyes, ears

A school turned art gallery. Avant-garde. Lugoff-Elgin Middle School (L-EMS) art teacher Holly Stiles turned L-EMS into an art gallery to showcase sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade art work. A long hallway with Jackson Pollock-inspired work led to a rotunda featuring a white shirt project. Other halls featured work inspired by South Carolinian artist Enid Williams; Jasper Johns, Kara Walker, author Dave Eggers, Andy Warhol, and the life ...

'Good kids, bad choices'

Fifth Judicial Circuit Family Court Judge Dana Morris inaugurated seven Kershaw County citizens as arbitrators for Kershaw County's Youth Arbitration Program April 26.

L-EHS' Schnibben is 2012 Teacher of the Year

A perspective of herself as a teenager in school and a passion for her career led to Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EHS) English teacher Nicole Schnibben to be named the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) 2012 Teacher of the Year. Schnibben received the accolade during Monday night's KCSD Teacher of the Year banquet at Camden High School (CHS).

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.

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.