Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire
Pine Grove Fire Department (PGFD) and Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) Firefighting Explorer program will host a "Celebration of Life River Ride and Festival" in memory DeWitt Peake on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the PGDF, 833 Pine Grove Road in Lugoff.
September 25, 2013
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Crime-Police-Fire
In conjunction with this weekend's Fire Fest at Rhame Arena, the Camden Fire Department has released its 2013 Fire Prevention Checklist. Fire Fest, including the annual parade and many new features, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Organizers plan to honor the 90th anniversary of the Cleveland School Fire, which killed many people, but led to new building codes in South Carolina.
September 25, 2013
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Lee County man will serve 25 years after a Kershaw County jury found him guilty of molesting his stepdaughters.
September 25, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
A mother and son were killed in a one-car collision 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. The accident took place on I-20 westbound at the 105 mile marker.
September 23, 2013
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Tenell
Felder
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Crime-Police-Fire
A participant in the Carolina Motorsports park LeMons race died from a heart related medical condition on Saturday afternoon.
September 23, 2013
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Tenell
Felder
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Crime-Police-Fire
The 18th Annual Camden/Kershaw County Fire Fest will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rhame Arena (517 Bull St.) in Camden. A part of this year's event will mark the 90th anniversary of the historic Cleveland School Fire -- a fire at a Camden-area school in 1923 that killed 77 people. Because of the Cleveland School Fire, the most deadly in state history, many laws, building codes, regulations, and ordinances have been passed across the nation to prevent this type of tragedy from ever happening again.
September 23, 2013
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Crime-Police-Fire
Camden Police Department (CPD) officers assisted the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) with removing an alligator from a Camden motel room on Monday, Sept. 9.
September 18, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy found more than 60 grams of marijuana, less than 1 gram of crack and some other pills in a vehicle after he lawfully stopped a driver and two passengers for not wearing seatbelts or using a turn signal.
September 18, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
An emergency team responded to the scene of a three-vehicle collision involving a school bus full of West Wateree Elementary children Thursday afternoon.
September 13, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Bishopville man died in a one-car collision Sept. 3 after he ran off the road and struck a tree on Black River Road near Camden.
September 09, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy forced a vehicle off the road Tuesday following a chase after the driver, Zachary Zaccone, 36, of Jacobs Mill Pond Road, Elgin, was allegedly involved in a hit and run in Kershaw County. Deputies found Zaccone to be intoxicated and placed him in the Kershaw County Detention Center charging him with DUI, failure to stop for a blue light, leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest.
September 06, 2013
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Lugoff juvenile suffering from alcohol poisoning was taken to the KershawHealth Saturday.
September 04, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
Deputies pulled a man over for speeding and realized he was under the influence while escorting two female passengers and two children.
September 04, 2013
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Miciah
Bennett
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Crime-Police-Fire
Christina Kirk, an Explorer assistant chief at the Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) Explorer Post, recently attended a national firefighter training camp in Concord, N.H. Camp Fully Involved, is a physically challenging, aggressive, hands-on summer camp directed towards young women between the ages of 14-20 who are interested in exploring the career of firefighting. According to Dave Danielson, of the New Hampshire Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services (NHFSTEMS) division, Christina was one of two cadets from South Carolina. Danielson said the other South Carolina cadet was from Walterboro. Other cadets attending the camp included 16 cadets from ...
September 02, 2013
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Haley
Atkinson
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is participating in this year's National Child Safety Council's (NCSC) Safetypup program. The program promotes the importance of staying safe and drug free, and will reach children ages 5 through 12 throughout the Kershaw County area.
August 30, 2013
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Crime-Police-Fire
