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Today's Features

  • Hand-crafting pottery in the Catawba tradition

    Catawba Nation potter Keith Brown is coming to the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center for four-month artist-in-residence program sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission.

    Brown will be at the center in downtown Lancaster from Aug. 25 through Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and every other Saturday.

    Brown will provide visitors with demonstrations, share how Catawba pottery is made and explain the history of the tradition.

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  • Green - Montgomery Engagement

    Nathalia Nicole Green, daughter of the late Pinckney and Susie Green, announces her engagement to William Louis Montgomery, all of Lancaster.
    The wedding is planned for 3 p.m. Aug. 20, 2016, at St. Paul AME Church in Lancaster.
    Miss Green is a 1975 graduate of Lancaster High School. She is a former employee of Duracell.
    Mr. Montgomery is the son of the late Clarence Alexander of Rock Hill and the late Annie Lou Elder of Lancaster.

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  • Neal - Taylor Engagement

    Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Neal announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Beth Neal, to Reece Taylor, all of Kershaw.
    The wedding is planned for 4 p.m. Oct. 22, 2016, at Salem United Methodist Church in Heath Springs.

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  • Workman - Stevens Engagement

    Mr. and Mrs. Tony Workman of Lancaster announce the engagement of their daughter, Chery Workman, to Corey Stevens of Aynor.
    The wedding is planned for Oct. 8, 2016, in Pendleton, S.C.
    Miss Workman is the granddaughter of Myrtis McManus and the late E.J. McManus Jr. of Lancaster and the late Azilee and Richard Workman of Lancaster. She is a 2011 graduate of Lancaster High School, and a 2015 graduate of Anderson University with a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry. She is the Family Life Minister at Hyde Park Baptist Church.

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  • Plyler - Poulos Engagement

    Ronald and Cheryl Plyler announce the engagement of their daughter, Drewid Dyneane Plyler, all of Lancaster, to Spiro Gus Poulos of Chester.
    The wedding is planned for April 22, 2017, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte.
    Miss Plyler is the granddaughter of the late Pinkney Andrew Plyler and the late Earlene Caskey Plyler and the late Nathan Rayvon Hall and the late Bette Lewis Wright Hall.

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  • Bowen - Hance Wedding

    Cris Bowen and Furman Hance were married June 25, 2016, at Faith Assembly of God in Rock Hill by Pastor Brian Keith.
    The bride is originally of Colonial Beach, Va., and the groom is of Lancaster.
    Following the ceremony, the bride and groom hosted a seated reception in the Faith Café.
    After a short honeymoon, Cris and Furman will reside in Rock Hill.

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  • Landscape architect and conservationist to speak

    From release

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  • Train Hard, Eat Healthy: A better blueprint for healthy living

    We all have heard of blueprints or patterns. They’re basically maps that we follow to physically build something, like a house or a piece of clothing.
    The kinds of blueprints I’ll talk about today give us directions to constructing better thoughts, actions and emotions.
    I’ll give you three specific things you can do to help take your health blueprint to a higher level.

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  • Summer camp for ‘Shining Minds’

    The Southside Adult Family Literacy Project wrapped up its third-annual youth summer camp with the theme Shining Minds.
    The camp, which had 31 participants throughout the month and ended on July 28, was created to help at-risk youth retain information that they learned in the previous school year.
    Participants worked on interactive-learning activities in the Literacy Project’s Preston Blackmon Center computer lab on Sowell Street in Lancaster.

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  • Making History

    As Hillary Clinton made history for women in politics this past week when she was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention, Lancaster’s very own Lena Jones Springs is remembered as the first woman nominated for vice president in United States history.
    Though her nomination was a largely symbolic gesture from the Palmetto State delegates, it was something Springs said she wouldn’t treat lightly.

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