Archive By Author - Miciah Bennett
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.
Is a college degree worth it?
Newsweek's cover issue poses the question on many American's minds: is a college degree worth the investment?
Crime Report - Sept. 12, 2012
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) reported that a man saw two people in a white Ford truck and a third in a green Dodge car driving down the street with his washer, dryer and stove in their vehicles.
Small explosion reported at Elgin WeylChem plant
A small vessel, or container, "over-pressurized and ruptured," at WeylChem US Inc.'s Elgin plant Friday causing "a very loud noise." Several Elgin residents called the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office after they heard the explosion around 3:45 p.m.
Restoring Carolina
Each September, the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) conducts its Restorings Carolina Through Youth Service program.
County among lowest third for school district funding
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) is among the lowest third group of South Carolina school districts in terms of combined state and local funding.
The investigation in the reporting
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews offered me an investigator position at the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office last week.
Crime Report - Sept. 5, 2012
An Elgin man and his girlfriend came home to find a man sleeping on their couch. The victim said the man ate about $20 worth of food from their home and left the kitchen "a mess."
CPD chief helps reunite owner with special dog
A woman whose Greyhound ran off during a walk has Camden's top cop to thanks for helping reunite her with the dog. Camden Police Chief Joe Floyd helped Barbara Loury find her missing Greyhound this week after it got loose from its collar on East DeKalb Street.
Fort Clark Pastor recalls Grant, wife attending church
Freddie Grant was married, baptized and elected as a trustee of Ft. Clark Baptist Church, in Elgin, long before he became a suspect in the kidnapping of 15-year old Gabrielle "Gabbiee" Swainson. Grant, being held in Lexington on a federal gun possession charge, is a suspect in Gabbiee's disappearance, the September 2011 disappearance of a Florida woman who once lived with him and is ...
Articles By Author - Miciah Bennett
Crime Report - Dec. 11, 2013
For the past several weeks, the Chronicle-Independent has been unable to publish Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) incident reports due to the implementation of a new incident report database called InterAct Online. The C-I has not yet been provided access to the new database as it had with the KCSO's previous system.
‘Tis the season of lots to do
A blog I follow posted a piece last year about Christmas traditions. The woman who writes the blog is newly married and wanted to start some holiday traditions with her husband and carry them on if they should ever have children.
CMS is ‘safe and positive place for our students’
Two members of the school improvement council (SIC) at Camden Middle School (CMS) say they are satisfied with the way school administrators handled an incident Tuesday morning involving a 13-year-old student bringing a gun and box cutter on campus. Camden's police chief also praised administrators, saying their choices made it possible for the Camden Police Department (CPD) to complete its investigation.
KCSD receives ‘unmodified’ opinion on audit
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) received an unmodified opinion on its Fiscal Year 2012-13 audit.
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