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  • Winter guard winds down first season

    INDIAN LAND – Indian Land High School band director Mathew Willis is proud of the performance by the school’s first-ever winter guard unit.

    The 12-member winter guard group finished fifth out of nine units in its class Saturday at the Carolina Winter Ensemble Association (CWEA) championships in Rock Hill.

    The Warriors competed in the CWEA’s Scholastic Regional A. This was their last competition of the season.

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  • Man, 26, found beaten, shot to death

    A Great Falls man died after being beaten and shot inside a vacant Cunningham Street home early Tuesday morning, according to the Lancaster Police Department.

    According to an incident report, officers were called to 643 Cunningham St. at 1:32 a.m.

    Officers found Lamario Demond Ford, 26, of 5243 George Beard Ave., Great Falls, on his back in the living room. He had blood all over his face, the report said.

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  • 24-hour race to feature decorated ‘LeMons’

    KERSHAW – It may look a little like Mardi Gras at the Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw this weekend during  the 24 Hours of LeMons.

    This car race is a little different than most, said Jochen Tartak, a manager at Carolina Motorsports.

    “It’s a very unique event because the race cars cannot be worth more than $500,” Tartak said. “We’ll have over 90 cars on the track all decorated up with different themes. It’s almost like Mardis Gras on the race track.”

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  • Police: No suspects in slaying

    Authorities still aren’t saying much about Tuesday’s murder of a Great Falls man.

    Lancaster Police Capt. Harlean Howard said investigators continue to probe the death of Lemario Demond Ford, 26, who was found on the floor of a Cunningham Street home about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

    Howard said police are gathering information, though no arrests have been made.

    “Investigators are following up on any and all leads,” Howard said. “We have not developed any suspects.”

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  • Goodwill needs donations more than ever

    Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont understands that people are tightening their budgets and stretching their dollars.

    In these tough economic times, more people are shopping at Goodwill stores and more people than ever are coming to Goodwill for help finding a job.

    Goodwill is working to keep up with the increased demand for its job-training and employment programs as unemployment rates climb in the Carolinas.

    But Goodwill cannot provide these services without donations to sell in its stores.

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  • County Council to vote on See Lancaster request

    Eric Rowell hopes Lancaster County Council will soon approve the final portion of a plan to restructure See Lancaster, a group that promotes tourism within the county.

    Rowell, See Lancaster’s board chairman, addressed council Monday night, along with Jay Rainey, who is heading a special taskforce on the group.

    Rowell and Rainey presented a plan that was approved by Lancaster City Council earlier in March.

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  • Habitat leaders focus on new initiatives

    Habitat for Humanity leaders discussed new ways to help Lancaster County residents at a strategic planning retreat last week.

    The retreat was a chance for local Habitat board members and employees of the local affiliate to look at short- and long-term goals for reintroducing the organization to the county.

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  • Judge sentences man to 30 years for 2007 murder

    A Heath Springs man pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Kershaw County woman almost two years ago.

    Judge Kenneth Goode sentenced Morris Calvin Harris, 36, to 30 years, the maximum sentence for voluntary manslaughter. Harris will have to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence.

    Harris had also been charged with kidnapping and possession of a knife and firearm during the commission of a violent crime in the case, but those charges were dropped, 6th Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said.

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  • Council asks state not to pass bill on to county

    Lancaster County Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday objecting to proposed state funding cuts that could lead to property tax increases here.

    The resolution was developed in response to a piece of legislation being considered by the state Senate, Bill H 3581.

    The bill could cut the county’s local government fund, which contains money the state pays to the county to run state operations, including pay for solicitors and public defenders and funding state agencies such as the Department of Social Services.

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  • City Council modifies the way hospitality grants are considered

    The city of Lancaster has changed the way hospitality grant applications will be considered.

    City Council voted 6-1 on March 24 to allow all grant applications for hospitality tax funding to go through a special committee before council gets involved.

    Councilwoman Linda Blackmon-Brace dissented.

    Teresa Meeks, the city’s support services director, spoke at the meeting about the Hospitality Tax Grant Committee’s duties.

    The committee has been meeting once or twice a year to review and recommend grant applications.

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