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Wednesday, January 30, 2013  An Elgin Town Councilman was arrested by Kershaw County deputies Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  President Obama's gun proposals made people pop off in the Midlands on Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  A Kershaw County man is in jail after being accused of using dogs for fighting.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies are cracking down on dangerous and drunken drivers and it is making the county's roads safer.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Jory Leigh Hansen, the 16-year-old girl sought by the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office is now safe at home.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 45-year-old man has been arrested and charged with a series of church burglaries in Kershaw County.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A suspect in the disappearance of a missing Columbia teen has been indicted on a federal weapons charge, according to United States Attorney Bill Nettles.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  A Johnsonville man who is accused of inappropriately touching an 8-year-old is now also charged with two counts of solicitation to commit murder.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  Kershaw County deputies have arrested a couple they say abused a little girl so much, she suffered two broken arms and a broken leg.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says he has finally met his goal of getting one of his deputies trained to operate a lie detector.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Kershaw County Deputies have arrested a man accused of breaking into a home, raping and beating the female occupant, leading deputies on a high speed chase, and firing on several deputies with a shotgun.

Monday, September 12, 2011  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies have done it again. Sheriff Matthews says while conducting a traffic stop, deputies seized a significant amount of contraband headed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections facility in Columbia.

Friday, June 24, 2011  Sheriff Jim Matthews says he can rest easier now that most of his deputies have bullet proof vests thanks to Invest, a company that gets body armor to departments that don't have them.

Thursday, March 03, 2011  Cracking down on crime. Authorities doing what they can to stop the violence in one Kershaw County neighborhood after two shootings earlier this week.