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Firm to build business park in Indian Land
INDIAN LAND - A top development firm is making its second foray into Lancaster County.
The Keith Corp. has bought 38 acres on Old Bailes Road off S.C. 160 to build Sterling Oaks Business Park.
The Keith Corp. has proposed building 350,000 square feet of office space in five buildings, with each building measuring 50,000 to 75,000 square feet.
"They're highly successful in developing corporate office parks," said Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. President Keith Tunnell.
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USCL to celebrate Black History Month
Organizers of a local Black History Month celebration want you to get a thorough dosage of the African-American experience and are starting from where it all began - Africa.
The University of South Carolina at Lancaster's The African American Odyssey, a month-long celebration, kicks off today with a memorial tribute to Dr. Asa Hilliard.
Hilliard was a psychologist, historian, professor and a founding member of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations. Hilliard, who served as the association's first vice president, died last August.
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Powers-Norrell to run for Senate seat
Lancaster attorney Mandy Powers-Norrell formally announced Thursday that she will be a candidate for the state Senate District 16 seat.
The office has been held by Greg Gregory, a Republican, since 1992, but Gregory announced earlier this year he wouldn't seek re-election this year.
Surrounded by family, friends and supporters – particularly public school educators – Powers-Norrell announced she'd be running for the seat as a Democrat. She made her announcement in front of about 50 people at Discovery School.
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Sun City resident Bruce Miller wants House District 45 seat
INDIAN LAND - A Sun City Carolina Lakes resident is the first candidate to announce his intention to run for the S.C. House District 45 seat.
First-term incumbent Rep. Mick Mulvaney said recently that he would be running for the state Senate District 16 seat, rather than for a second term in the House.
Veteran state Sen. Greg Gregory, a Republican, is not running for re-election.
Bruce Miller, 65, said he's been fascinated by polictics since he was young.
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IL dedicates new middle school
INDIAN LAND - Students, parents, teachers, school officials and visitors gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate the dedication of Indian Land Middle School, the first school dedicated solely to middle school students in the history of the Indian Land schools.
"We thought this day would never come," eighth-grade class president Michael Rodriguez told the audience at the school dedication Sunday. "But it is here, a school we can call ours, a middle school."
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Video Exclusive: Take a virutal tour - IL surgery center ready to open
INDIAN LAND - Some of the high-tech equipment is still in giant pieces of plastic and bubble wrap, but it won't be long before it's being used during surgery at Indian Land's newest medical facility.
Employees were slated to start moving more equipment into Springs Memorial Hospital's The Surgery Center at Edgewater last week, said the center's administrator, Rob Bashore.
It will likely be at least another three weeks before the first surgery is done, as the last few permits are obtained and approved.
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Teen dies in wreck
INDIAN LAND - The Indian Land High School family is mourning the death of one of their own.
Derek Hammaker, a senior at the school, died Sunday night in a two-vehicle accident in York County.
Hammaker, 18, was driving east on S.C. 160 in a 1994 Honda sedan when he collided head-on about 10:45 p.m. with a 2007 Toyota Tacoma, said Lance Cpl. Josef Robinson of the S.C. Highway Patrol.
Hammaker was flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he died from injuries he suffered in the crash.
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4-H plans Farm Fun on Saturday
You'll get a chance to pat a bunny, milk a cow or adopt a pet at a Lancaster County 4-H event on Saturday.
You can even bring your horse.
Lancaster County 4-H is holding Farm Fun Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at ACE Hardware and Garden Center, 714 S. Market St.
A Southern States equine specialist will be offering free consultations for anyone who brings their horse. The horse can be weighed and receive a body condition score. An equine nutrition seminar is also scheduled.
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Gangs focus of tri-county conference
Gang involvement will be the focus of a two-day event intended to unite and motivate youth this weekend.
Beat the Streets is a two-day conference that will address gang issues in Lancaster, Chester and York counties. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Friday and Saturday at the Baxter Hood Center on the campus of York Technical College in Rock Hill.
The conference is sponsored by YouthNet, an arm of the S.C. Department of Mental Health that provides various services to children and their families in the tri-county area.
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Chamber offices to move to Colonial Avenue
The offices of the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce, including its affiliates - the Credit Bureau and Lancaster Collection Bureau - are moving.
After 33 years at its North Main Street location, the chamber's new address will be 453 Colonial Ave., about two blocks off Main Street in the building formerly occupied by attorney Don Rushing.
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