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Indian Land High School Warriors soccer team falls short in state title bid
Oh, so close!
GILBERT – The finality of a gut-wrenching sudden- death 4-3 loss in the Class AA state championship soccer match couldn’t tarnish a brilliant Indian Land High School soccer season Saturday afternoon, May 18.
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Sunrise Summer Camp starts June 3
KERSHAW – Here’s something to get your children away from the TV, computer and video games.
Organizers are getting the word out about Kershaw’s Sunrise Summer Camp, which offers a variety of activities for children ages 5 through 13.
The camp, which has run about 10 years now, will be held at the Kershaw Recreation Center off Close Circle.
It begins June 3 and ends Aug. 16.
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Memorial Day program set for 3 p.m. Sunday
In the big picture, 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday isn’t very long.
View MapFor that matter, hearing one name called out during that hour doesn’t usually mean much.
But when that name belonged to a U.S. Armed Forces member and was once etched on the pocket flap of a uniform, hearing it called one more time means something.
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IL’s Taylor Ashley driven to succeed
– Editor’s note: In the next three issues, The Lancaster News will profile students who have overcome the odds to earn a high school diploma in 2013.
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Man tries to rob Hardee’s
Police are searching for a man who demanded money from an employee at a Lancaster fast food restaurant, but left empty-handed late Sunday, May 19.
Officers responded at 10:41 p.m. to the attempted armed robbery at Hardee’s, 297 S.C. 9 Bypass East, and spoke with three employees, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
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S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Sequestration changes coming to unemployment benefits
COLUMBIA – Starting this month, South Carolinians who receive federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) will see a reduction in benefits as a result of federal sequestration.
Sequestration imposed automatic, across-the-board spending cuts to the federal budget from March 1 through September 30. This will not affect claimants who are on the first 20 weeks of state-funded unemployment insurance benefits.
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Deputies use K-9 and shoe left at abandoned car to track down McDonald
Fleeing robbery suspect runs out of gas
A man accused of snatching money from the cash register at a community store Monday, May 20, wasn’t on the lam long before a series of bumbling mistakes led to his capture by a swarm of sheriff’s deputies and a K-9.
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County Council approves measure to equip officers with long guns
County to arm animal control
Worried for the safety of the county’s animal control officers, who often face dangerous animals with no protection other than a catchpole, Lancaster County Council has decided it’s time to arm several of its employees.
Council unanimously voted at its Monday, May 13, meeting to approve having all animal control officers trained by the end of the month to carry long guns and to also be appropriately armed.
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Fatal accident happened near Pleasant Hill community
Man dies after being trapped beneath tractor
A Gilbert man was crushed and killed by a tractor just south of the Elgin community in Pleasant Hill on Friday afternoon, May 17.
James Paul Staehr, 72, died in the accident in the 3600 block of Kershaw Camden Highway at about 2 p.m., said Lancaster County Coroner Mike Morris. The accident scene is near the Pleasant Hill area.
Morris did not release Staehr’s name until Saturday when his family had been notified.
The accident happened minutes after Staehr had finished plowing a field located off the road and in a pasture.
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County Council approves measure to equip officers with long guns
County to arm animal control
Worried for the safety of the county’s animal control officers, who often face dangerous animals with no protection other than a catchpole, Lancaster County Council has decided it’s time to arm several of its employees.
Council unanimously voted at its Monday, May 13, meeting to approve having all animal control officers trained by the end of the month to carry long guns and to also be appropriately armed.
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