.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Local

  • Deputies find mobile meth lab

    KERSHAW – A stolen car led deputies to discover a mobile methamphetamine (meth) lab in a Kershaw park early Wednesday morning, Aug. 15. 

    Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Matt Shaw said a man and woman were arrested at about 7 a.m. when a patrol deputy found them inside a stolen car at Kershaw’s Stevens Park. 

    After they were arrested, Shaw said deputies found materials commonly used to manufacture meth inside the car. 

  • Authorities arrest robbery suspect

    Authorities have just arrested the man who allegedly robbed Camp Creek Grocery, 2366 Camp Creek Road, just before 1:15 p.m. Monday, May 20. The suspect abandoned his car near the intersection of Camp Drive and Camp Creek Road a few minutes after jumping over the store counter and grabbing a handful of money and fleeing. Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said the suspect was found hiding down a dirt road in the area about 2 p.m. Monday after he was seen running through several yards in the 1500 block of Camp Creek Road.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Annual 4-H fundraiser at Tractor Supply ends today

    CHEVY CHASE, MD – Today, May 19, is the final day of the spring 4-H Paper Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply.
    Now in its third year, the national in-store fundraiser benefits state and local 4-H programs across the United States including Lancaster County.
    Tractor Supply Company shoppers in nearly 1,000 communities can buy paper clovers for a $1, $5, or more donation at checkout. All funds raised will be donated to 4-H, and support 4-H youth development program activities in their communities.

  • High schools to hold baccalaureate services beginning Thursday

    Baccalaureate services are among the oldest educational traditions dating back nearly 580 years to the United Kingdom’s University of Oxford, a service to celebrate young lives dedicated to learning and wisdom.
    While the modern tradition does away with the Medieval practice of calling on graduating “bachelors” to deliver sermons in Latin, the tradition is still significant as a solemn farewell to students’ school years and an encouraging send off into their lives beyond.

  • Reserve money to fund new 911 recorder for city

    Reserve money will be used to ensure the city of Lancaster’s 911 system is meeting state standards.
    At its Tuesday, May 14, meeting, City Council voted unanimously to use up to $12,000 to buy a new digital recorder for the 911 emergency telephone lines at the Municipal Justice Center.
    Lancaster Police Chief Harlean Howard said the current digital recorder no longer operates to its fullest capacity.

  • Reserve money to fund new 911 recorder for city

    Reserve money will be used to ensure the city of Lancaster’s 911 system is meeting state standards.
    At its Tuesday, May 14, meeting, City Council voted unanimously to use up to $12,000 to buy a new digital recorder for the 911 emergency telephone lines at the Municipal Justice Center.
    Lancaster Police Chief Harlean Howard said the current digital recorder no longer operates to its fullest capacity.

  • 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.

The Lancaster News is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Lancaster County and Lancaster, South Carolina, and the surrounding area..