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Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Major adjustments are coming to the city of Lancaster’s hospitality tax grant process – again.
City Council voted Tuesday to adopt three key changes to the system that awards area groups money to fund services and events designed to foster tourism.
Teresa Meeks, the city’s support services director, said a committee met earlier this month to discuss the process. Their three key suggestions were to:

Reece Murphy
rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Lancaster County School District saw an increase in the number of students who passed the High School Assessment Program (HSAP) test last school year.
The HSAP is a state-mandated exit exam that focuses on English language arts and math.
Passing the test is a requirement for graduation. Data from it is used to determine South Carolina school districts’ and schools’ Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

DHEC Press Release
October marks the beginning of Senior Vaccination Season. From now until March, people of all ages are susceptible to influenza. Data by Flu.gov shows that each year about 200,000 people in the United States are hospitalized and an average of 23,600 people die of seasonal flu-related causes.
As high as 90 percent of the deaths occur in people age 65 and older. Most of these deaths could be prevented with a simple vaccine.

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
Leads continue to trickle into the Lancaster Police Department about a shooting in the city last week, and investigators hope one will lead them to the shooter.
Lancaster Police Capt. Paul Smith said there are still no suspects in the case of a man shot in the chest last week.
Police responded to the 300 block of Willow Oak Circle shortly after 6:15 p.m. Oct. 18 after multiple calls of gunshots fired and found a 37-year-old man who had been shot one time.