Local

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
Three people were injured early Tuesday morning, July 31, when the car they were traveling in crashed head-on into a tree just south of Van Wyck.
The driver, Lakissha C. Hamilton, 27, 3635 Wheels of Peace Drive, was later cited by troopers with the S.C. Highway Patrol for driving too fast for conditions, said SCHP Lance Cpl. Billy Elder.

Wanda Ledbetter waited more than 30 minutes at Lancaster’s Chick-fil-A to receive the chicken nuggets she ordered for her granddaughter.

On a typical day, she likely wouldn’t be willing to stay around that long for “fast food.” But on Wednesday, Aug. 1, her focus wasn’t on savoring the restaurant’s edible items.

There are five names on one of the backstretch signs at Lancaster Speedway.

That sign marks the names of local racing legends Carl Brownell, Billy Causey, Kenny Polston, Wade Small and Ira Small. They are the members of the local half-mile dirt track’s Hall of Fame.

After Saturday night, that list of names will be a lot longer.

The names of a former track owner, a car builder and three drivers who knew how to maneuver down the backstretch into one of the banked turns will be added to the sign.

Police are still hashing out exactly what happened to a Lancaster woman who reported she was struck by a car and knocked to the ground early Tuesday, July 31.

Officers found the woman at about 4:15 a.m. after responding to a 911 call in the 300 block of East Dunlap Street, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.

The 56-year-old Lancaster woman, who approached their patrol car holding her right arm and wrist, said she was walking in the area of East Dunlap Street near Willowlake Road when she was struck by a red car.