If plans proceed as anticipated, it won’t be long before the former Camden Middle School at the corner of Broad and Lauren streets is torn down. That will be a positive step for everyone and will, we hope, be the final step in a saga that has dragged on for a long time, through nobody’s fault. The Kershaw County School District had previously agreed on two separate occasions to sell the decrepit building, which ... » Read More

• Kudos to Camden native Ford Graham, who’s been chosen to lead the S.C. Department of Commerce’s European office. In that role, Graham will head the state’s international industrial recruitment efforts in Europe. He’s been involved with business development in the state for several years and has a solid track record, and we look forward to following his successes on the continent. » Read More

A bill has been introduced in the S.C. House of Representatives that would, in effect, give police agencies in the state the right to withhold all incident reports, a move that would strike a serious blow to the public’s right to know via the state’s Freedom of Information Act. The legislation, known as H. 4740, was introduced by Rep. Chris Murphy of Summerville and co-sponsors include such powerful lawmakers as Rep. Bobby Harrell, the ... » Read More