Archive By Author - Miciah Bennett
Crime Report - Aug. 29, 2012
Three men held a woman at gunpoint and hit a man so hard that several of his teeth were broken after they "forcibly" entered a home on Marion Street in Lugoff early Monday morning.
A love of Fords
A love of Ford cars and trucks, which grew with their love for each other, recently landed a Liberty Hill couple in the pages -- and one of their antique cars on the cover -- of a national Ford V-8 magazine.
School board reviews, expands goals
With the first day of school now past, the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees used part of its meeting Tuesday night to review and expand goals they set a year ago.
What is legitimate rape, Mr. Akin?
Rep. Todd Akin made some frankly repulsive comments this week about rape and the female body. The U.S. Senate contender responded with the following after he was asked about his ideas on abortion on a Missouri TV station:
Crime Report - Aug. 22, 2012
The Camden Police Department (CPD) is looking for a man who allegedly robbed a convenience store more than a week ago. The store is identified in a CPD report as being at the corner of U.S. 521 South and Black River Road.
KCSD updates tech as ninth graders get first iPads
School has begun and students are waking up to alarm clocks set on their new Apple iPads.
A nationalist’s secret heritage
Csanad Szegedi, 30, once the face and spokesperson for the far-right Jobbik Party in Hungary, claimed Jews were buying up the country and destroying Hungarian property while making anti-Semitic remarks until he unearthed a family secret.
KCSO SROs to be in schools Monday
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) school resource officers (SROs) will be in city of Camden schools Monday morning. There had been some confusion in recent days as to whether or not SROs would be in any Kershaw County School District (KCSD) schools inside the city limits.
Crime Report - Aug. 15, 2012
A Lugoff couple got into a fight, allegedly, after a woman dropped her cigarette in a man's car.
Three Matthews lawsuits settled for $110,000
Kershaw County's insurance carrier will pay out $110,000 to settle three of five lawsuits filed against Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews. The settlements come as part of a mediation effort earlier this month.
NCLB waiver to affect teacher evaluations
A waiver of the South Carolina State Department of Education Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), will affect the way teachers and principals are evaluated in the state of South Carolina.
Working ‘Hand in Hand’
The United Way of Kershaw County's Hand in Hand Together mentoring program is gearing up for another year of encouraging and guiding Kershaw County School District (KCSD) students through the KCSD's Safe Schools/Health Students grant.
A honest look at poverty
America, the land of milk and honey and self-realization, has a poverty rate that is steadily increasing.
School board approves bonds to pay off IPP, other debt
The Kershaw County School Board of Trustees unanimously approved the issuance of a general obligation bond for payments under the Installment Purchase Plan (IPP) and other debt payments at their Tuesday night board meeting.
Crime Report - Aug. 8, 2012
A Camden man was shot in the leg after he got into a physical altercation with an unknown subject in a gas station parking lot on West DeKalb Street.
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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