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Jesef Williams
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 A Lancaster City Council member filed a police report last week saying she was threatened by a woman on Arch Street.
Councilwoman Linda Blackmon-Brace said she was at her foundation office about 12:20 p.m. Aug. 22, when a woman parked her vehicle at Kirk's Quick Stop and walked across the street to the foundation, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The foundation is at 701 E. Arch St.

A pedestrian was struck by a car while crossing Hubbard Drive near the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Bradley Arts and Science Building just after noon Monday. Lancaster Police Department blocked off the road and adjacent school parking lots for about 20 minutes, but reopened them about 12:25 p.m. Check back later for details.

Contact Christopher Sardelli at (803) 416-8416

Gregory A. Summers
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WINNSBORO – Registered nurse Ellen Cooper is a perfectionist. She admits to it. And just like most perfectionists, she believes any job worth doing has no shortcuts.
It’s a quality Cooper, 48, figures she picked up from her parents, Shirley Buckner and the late Bob Buckner.
“They both had different styles, but it was a trait they had in common,” the Lancaster resident said. “I was a daddy’s girl and Mom was a school teacher. They believed in doing it right.”

Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
HEATH SPRINGS – If a council member is absent from a meeting, they may soon have to pay for it.
Heath Springs Town Council unanimously approved first reading Tuesday, Aug. 21, of an ordinance to withholds a councilman or councilwoman’s pay if he or she misses a regular monthly meeting. The vote was unamimous (5-0).
The five Heath Springs council members are paid once a year.
The mayor gets $1,500, the mayor pro tem receives $1,400 annually and the other three members each get $1,300.