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The once-mighty Springs Industries is just a shadow of itself in Lancaster County.

For years, the Fort Mill-based company, now called Springs Global, was the largest employer in Lancaster, Chester and York counties, where the company was centered.

It was also the largest taxpayer in South Carolina.

At its peak about 20 years ago, the company employed 17,000 people in South Carolina, more people than any other company.

INDIAN LAND – David McDonald, principal at Indian Land Elementary/Middle School, will serve as administrator of two schools when the middle school population begins classes in a new building next semester.

Crews have been working since the summer to convert the former Indian Land High School to the new middle school. Moving the middle schoolers to a separate building is another way to help deal with the population growth in the Panhandle.

With nearly 1,300 students, the ILEMS population is the second-largest of any school in Lancaster County School District.

Jose Perez's visit to his homeland this holiday season will carry extra meaning.

Perez, a Lancaster resident, had planned to leave for Tabasco, Mexico, on Saturday night to provide assistance to people there affected by the massive flooding in late October and early November.

Heavy rains hit Tabasco and Chiapas, leading to the widespread flooding that has affected more than a million people.

Tabasco and Chiapas are two Mexican states in the southern part of the country.

A raid at an Old Still Street home Dec. 5 turned up four poker machines.

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force, armed with a search warrant, raided 1305 Old Still St. and found four poker machines in operation.

Joseph Bradley, 44, of 1617 Springdale Road, and Christopher Horne, 30, of 1305 Old Still St. were arrested and charged with operating a gaming house.

Agents seized the four poker machines, $1,413 and various records of payouts from the machines during this search.