Kershaw County News

The Richland 2 school board has hired an Illinois firm to formally conduct the search for a new superintendent.

The number of taxpayers in Richland and Kershaw counties who are having trouble paying their property taxes is not up this year over last, treasurers in each county said.

We have completed updating the information in our local government salary database, which includes salary data for employees of Richland, Lexington and Kershaw county governments, the City of Columbia and certain other municipalities in those counties, and their school districts.

COLUMBIA - The dispute between Gov. Mark Sanford and the Legislature over the release of a State Ethics Commission report of its investigation of the governor could return to the courts if Sanford appeals the commission's decision, the commission director told The Greenville News .

According to Kershaw County school officials, health officials from the Department of Health and Environmental Control will offer H1N1 vaccine clinics this week.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a police pursuit that led to a crash that injured a child, and authorities have identified a man who died in the incident.

A Georgia man was killed after a car that was being pursued by sheriff's deputies from Lee and Kershaw counties ran off Interstate 20 on Monday evening, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Students and teachers at Camden Middle School are mourning the death of a popular seventh-grade math instructor.

A man jailed on charges of kidnapping and assaulting the mother of his child was out on probation for assaulting the same woman, officials said.

A man was killed after a car that was being pursued by sheriff's deputies from Lee and Kershaw counties ran off Interstate 20 on Wednesday evening, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Tow trucks assist the Colorado State Patrol to clear stalled vehicles from westbound Interstate 70 on Floyd Hill just west Denver.

The chances of saving JV sports in Kershaw County are looking a little brighter after county council voted to raise the county's millage rate.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. Parents and school officials packed the Lugoff Middle School gym on Wednesday, voicing their concerns about the district's budget.A Tuesday night the Kershaw County Council approved a 3.5 mill property tax increase on businessess and non-primary residences.A That amounts to $18 per $100,000 of property ...

The Kershaw County council chambers couldn't hold the number of people fired up over school funding.

Kershaw County officials met Tuesday to talk about how to fund the county's schools.

South Carolina might not recover the jobs lost in the recession until at least 2012, economic experts say.

On Friday, Oct.30, Burry Bookstore is hosting author and ghost storyteller Tally Johnson from 4 until 5:30 p.m. He will be signing copies of his new book Ghosts of the Pee Dee, and sharing some of his favorite ghost tales about the surrounding community.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. More on the budget crisis in Kershaw County schoolsa Parents and students are furious over how the district might deal with a lack of cash.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7:24 p.m. Standing-room-only crowd shows up for meeting of Kershaw County school board to voice support for maintaining junior varsity athletics.A Parents and student athletes delivered passionate pleas to board members asking them not to cut JV sports to save money.A They say removing the programs would create new ...

Two South Carolina high school teachers have won a national teaching award and its $25,000 prize.