- Chronicle-Independent

The S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating the death of 8-year-old Brayden Yopp. The Chronicle-Independent asked about the case after obtaining Elgin Police Department (EPD) reports concerning Brayden prior to his death.

Now that Baron DeKalb Elementary School (BDK) has consolidated with Bethune and Mt. Pisgah elementary schools to the new North Central Elementary School, a local community group is asking the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) to consider granting it control of the building.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) recently recognized MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center’s hospital lab for being the first contributor to submit 1,000 samples to DHEC’s rapidly-expanding Opioid Biosurveillance Program, which helps identify and track […]

The Revolutionary War Visitor Center at Camden, 212 Broad St., will kick-off a new “Lunch & Learn” program series today from noon until 1:30 p.m. Center Director Rickie Good said the featured speaker for the inaugural program in the “Lunch & Learn” series will be Tim […]

The S.C. Floodwater Commission (SCFC), led by Camden’s Tom Mullikin, is already planning for its second-annual planting of more than 3 million trees across all 46 counties of the Palmetto State on National Arbor Day, April 29, 2022. And like, Earth Day 2021, the commission hopes to set yet […]

Miss Camden 2021 Alana Sweet shows off some of the treats she made while assisting the owner of Sweet Boutique Elegant Treats & Sweets in Columbia with some holiday baking at a local “pop-up shop” at the Kershaw County Recreation Center on Nov. 28.

The student council of Cornerstone Christian School poses with Food for the Soul Director Laurey Carpenter after presenting her with 1,500 bars of soap it collected for the center.

Lugoff Fire-Rescue (LF-R) will host Santa Land at its headquarters, 892 U.S. 1 South in Lugoff, on Saturday, Dec. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. Santa had his helpers will be set up at the front of LF-R headquarters for a drive-through visit. Drivers are asked to enter from the rear of the fire station behind […]

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) recently announced that a raccoon found near the intersection of U.S. 521 North and Clearwater Lake Road between Camden and Westville tested positive for rabies on Nov. 30. The raccoon was submitted for testing the previous day.

The Central Carolina Technical College Foundation recently named three new members to its governing board and elected a new board chair going into the 2022 year.