Around Broadneck: Arnold resident one of our nation's top cops

It's hard to believe the dapper, elegantly dressed gentleman owned one pair of shoes and two pairs of pants as a child. But Arnold resident Louie McKinney was the son of a poor, widowed sharecropper who struggled to manage his farm while rearing nine children in Walhalla, S.C.

More amazing is the fact that McKinney, now 72, is one of America's top cops and the former acting director of the United States Marshals Service. He currently works as senior vice president of governmental Affairs for MBM Inc., a security company. He also is employed part-time as a special investigator for the FBI.

The late J. Edgar Hoover...