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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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20-plus companies hiring for 500 jobs
Catawba Regional Job Fair is Thursday in Richburg
Regional workforce and local economic development agencies in Lancaster, Chester and York counties have joined forces to host a regional job fair Thursday, May 23.
The Catawba Regional Job Fair is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Conference Center at the Gateway, 3200 Commerce Drive, Suite C (the former Nourse Auto Mall), in Richburg.
Organizers have pulled together more than 20 companies offering more than 500 jobs between them, ranging from administrative positions to manufacturing.
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Buford’s Austin Williams overcomes being struck by car
– Editor’s note: In the next four issues, The Lancaster News will profile students who have overcome the odds to earn a high school diploma in 2013.
Only fragments of memories remain for Austin Williams of the day that changed his life forever.
It was about 12 years ago as Williams, now a graduating senior at Buford High School, was riding his bike on Flat Creek Road (S.C. 903) near his great-grandparent’s house.
Just 6 years old, the kindergartner was unaware of the danger that was approaching.
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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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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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Council discusses closing up historic jail
A tight county budget and differing opinions on how best to use the county’s historic jail may keep the building unused a little longer than expected.
County Administrator Steve Willis brought the issue up for discussion at Lancaster County Council’s Monday, May 13 meeting.
Council has been mulling options for how best to use the building, located on West Gay Street, since discovering severe cracks in its ceiling in June 2010.
Talks began again last month after stabilization work on the ceilings and walls was finally completed.
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Store manager arrested for indecent exposure
Concord, N.C. – The manager of Lancaster’s Belk department store was arrested Wednesday, May 15, in Concord after someone called 911 to report he was naked and touching himself outside a public shopping center.
Chris Brien Clark, 46, of Indian Trail, N.C., was arrested at 10:16 a.m. on charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct/disturbing the peace, according to a Concord (N.C.) Police Department arrest report.
Police officers responded to the 7700 block of Bruton Smith Boulevard in Concord about reports of a man exposing himself outside.
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Fire burns home, outbuilding
A group of firefighters tackled a blaze at a Culp Landsford Road home at about 1:27 p.m. Thursday, May 16, though the damage was extensive.
Deputies responded to the 1300 block of Culp Landsford Road about a structure fire, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. A 29-year-old man told deputies he started a fire to burn a stump in his back yard. He stated the fire then spread quickly to a small storage building a short distance from the stump and then burned a large portion of the back of his home, the report said.
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