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Reece Murphy

rmurphy@thelancasternews.com

Two men who briefly got away with shoplifting more than $2,000 in merchandise from the Indian Land Walmart were nabbed later in the evening when they pressed their luck and tried again at a Walmart in Charlotte.

Williams Zachary Stallings, 22, and Christopher Otman, 25, both of Matthews, N.C., both face charges in Lancaster County of grand larceny, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office report.

Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

The Homeless Food Order Simulator held Thursday, Dec. 18, at HOPE in Lancaster, 2008 Pageland Highway, showed volunteers what foods to give homeless individuals who have no ability to wash, cook or even heat their food.

The experience for the volunteers, many of them members of the Lancaster Area Coalition for the Homeless (LACH), was eye-opening, they said.

Christopher Sardelli

csardelli@thelancasternews.com

Two Lancaster women were sentenced this week in federal court for their roles in an extensive tax fraud case.

Aisha J. Craig, 35, and Ebony N. Eddie, 34, pleaded guilty to charges of presenting false claims to the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 286, and aggravated identity theft, a violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1028A, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.

Nita Brown

For the Lancaster News

It wouldn’t be unusual to see a historic marker on the side of the road nearly anywhere in the county, but it’s rare for two markers to be within a couple hundred feet of one another.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, a new roadside marker was unveiled on Craig Farm Road, a stone’s throw from the marker already in place at Kilburnie, the Inn at Craig Farm.