Archive By Author - Miciah Bennett
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).
PTHS student excels in handwriting
Who says good penmanship is a thing of the past?
Christian politics?
Religion is one of those topics that is fun to discuss because people are so intransigent. It's the one topic I like to go too far with because it can be so divisive, when the goal is to unite.
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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