With a joking warning to Camden City Council members Tuesday that they would be talking about “the exciting world of building code enforcement,” City Planning and Development Director Shawn Putnam,
For the first time, Elgin, Camden, and Bethune all have female mayors - Mayors Melissa Emmons of Elgin, Alfred Mae Drakeford of Camden and Susan Holley of Bethune.
When South Carolina announced the first two coronavirus cases on March 6, 2020, rural Kershaw County was a surprising name on the list. But within days, Camden a historic town of deep pockets, horse races and galas about 30 minutes northeast of the state capital had become the unlikely ground zero for South Carolina's COVID-19 outbreak.