Camden News

Jammin' in July, the annual festival at the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, has a lot of music.

Abney Hill Road, 1100 block, 4:33 p.m. June 21. Authorities are investigating a fire that resulted in $3,000 damage to a barn and its contents.

If you've seen "Public Enemies" at the theater and can't get enough of gangsters and G-men, consider a trip to the S.C. Military Museum.

Cofitachequi: We can't pronounce it, we don't know exactly where it is, but the importance of this Native American mound city is clear North Carolina has the Lost Colony, a 16th-century legend that draws the curious to the longest running outdoor theater production in North America.

Services for CMSgt. Samuel Leonard Jones will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 3, 2009, at Camden Second Presbyterian Church, 816 Market Street, Camden, South Carolina.

IraniansA are using the web to let the world know what's happening. A Columbia resting place undergoes a facelift Monday, June 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM On Saturday volunteers gathered at Columbia's Randolph Cemetery to clean up the site.

In all the flurry of Kershaw County Council's budget-setting meeting last week, council members finished the night unsure of exactly what spending and revenue-raising measures they had passed.

Local governments across the midlands are making tough budget decisions and Tuesday night it was Kershaw County's turn.

Next week is the Fourth of July, a great time not only to teach kids about patriotism but to celebrate it.

One of two suspects in a Wednesday evening fatal shooting turned himself in on Monday, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said.

One day after busting up the largest forgery ring in Kershaw County history, investigators say the case is getting bigger.

Sumter County deputies are searching for two men who they say are responsible for a Wednesday night murder.

Friday, June 19, 2009 at 12:41 a.m. Deputies made a big bust in Kershaw County. The Sheriff's Department says it has three career criminals in jail.

"If you can't smoke it, rope it." That was the "hemp policy" articulated by our old biology professor at Presbyterian College back in the day, although neither "smoking" nor "roping" has become the law of the land here in the Palmetto State, lamentably.

Azile Daughrity Roberts Sullivan, 87, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and Aunt returned home to her Father in Heaven on Saturday June 13, 2009.

Funeral services for Kristopher James Bond, 30, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Middendorf Baptist Church.

Severe thunderstorms swept through the Midlands on Thursday evening, generating lightning that struck homes, packing winds that lifted workers off their feet at S.C. State in Orangeburg, dumping large hail in Camden, and leaving thousands in Columbia without power.

CAMDEN a ' A South Carolina man has been arrested following a four-hour stand-off with sheriff's deputies in Kershaw County.

Lee County voters will decide today if the county is going to venture into the sewer collection business.

The Summer Seamless Program gives kids the chance to enjoy a free breakfast and lunch for free.