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Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com

A Rock Hill man is wanted for assaulting a Lancaster resident with a pistol last weekend.
Officers are searching for Frederick Vidal Ross, 38, 1654 Nicholson Avenue, Rock Hill, in connection with the pistol-whipping and robbery of a 14th Street man late Sunday night.
Detectives with the Lancaster Police Department issued warrants on Ross for armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
Crowded around a long conference table on Monday morning, a small group of concerned citizens, a number of Lancaster County Council members and even a few political candidates discussed the county’s newest dirty word – landfill.

Reece Murphy
rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Imagine this scenario: It’s 4:15 a.m. and all is quiet. The phone rings, rousing you from a solid sleep. On the other end of the line is a S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper named Smith bearing bad news – you have an unnamed family member at Springs Memorial Hospital and you need to get there fast.
You jump up, dress, call and wake your 70-year-old mother so she can come with you because you can’t do it alone. You leave your family at home to wait on more news.

Lancaster County Council approved first reading of an ordinance Tuesday night which reverses a change in the county’s codes relating to required buffers between homes and solid waste landfills.
The ordinance, which was a last-minute addition to council’s agenda, amends the county’s Unified Development Ordinance to change landfill buffers from 1,000 feet to 1 mile. Under the county’s new requirement, landfills would not be allowed within 1 mile of residences and structures such as daycares and schools.