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KERSHAW – The second time was the charm for Jody Connell.

The Kershaw resident bested his two opponents to win the District 3 seat in the town’s election Tuesday, March 19. That district runs north to south, covering key roads such as Richland, Stevens and Church streets.

Connell received 38 (just over 53 percent) of the 71 votes cast Tuesday.

Charles Stroud got 24 votes (34 percent) and  William “Bill” Walters II got nine (13 percent).

A grant that will fund almost a half-million dollars in equipment for local medics could mean the difference between life and death for critical patients.

The $490,000 grant, recently awarded to the county by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will cover the costs of several state-of-the-art cardiac monitors and laptop computers, all in an effort to speed up response times and treatment for county residents, said Lancaster County Emergency Medical Service Director Clay Catoe.

The man accused in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter on March 5 is trying to get out of jail.

Sixth Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said a bond hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, for Phillip Bryan Gleason, 1791 Craig Farm Road.

Barfield said Circuit Court Judge Brooks P. Goldsmith will hear Gleason’s request.

“That’s all I can tell you at this time,” Barfield said. 

A steady drizzle fell on the packed crowd in St. Peter’s Square, raindrops bouncing off a sea of umbrellas, as Jordyn Faile turned her gaze upwards in search of white smoke.
The third-year University of South Carolina Lancaster student, only hours away from the end of a week-long class trip through Italy, had been waiting patiently March 13 outside the Vatican in Rome for any signs that the Catholic Church’s 266th pope had been chosen.