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Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Authorities are looking for two people accused of assaulting a Woodland Drive woman last week outside 903 Discount Beverage.
The Lancaster Police Department issued arrest warrants Monday for Ashley Nicole Pope, 18, of 2103 Pardue St., and Jakenia Oceana Stevens, 19, of 1078 Old Landsford Road. Both have been charged with third degree assault and battery.
Officers came to 903 Discount Beverage on Chesterfield Avenue about 4:40 p.m. Feb. 2 in response to a call about a group attack.

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
A recently announced scholarship could help one lucky high school senior with tuition costs as they head to college this fall.
The S.C. Association of Counties, a state organization representing county government in South Carolina, has announced that Lancaster County was selected as one of the recipients for its annual scholarship program.

Most of the major players in a controversial landfill project have become well known over the last few weeks, though a new voice added to the mix this week.

One day before Griffin Brothers Enterprises, owners of Mining Road Landfill near S.C. 903, withdrew an application to expand their property to include a Class 3 solid waste landfill, a representative from Waste Management weighed in on the project. 

Authorities say the Lancaster woman whose body was found Wednesday in Kershaw County died from a shortage of oxygen. 

Kershaw County deputies found Elizabeth Marie Evans’ body in a wooded area in Camden after they arrested her estranged husband, Brian Franklin Evans, earlier that day.   

Brian Evans, 46, had been driving a truck that matched the description of a vehicle belonging to Gerry Wayne Geiger. Authorities had found Geiger dead at his house the day before from multiple gunshot wounds and head trauma.