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  • TLN wins 19 SCPA awards

    The Lancaster News won 19 awards for news and editorial content at the annual S.C. Press Association winter meeting in Myrtle Beach on Saturday.

    The newspaper won several awards for its coverage of the Lancaster County Courthouse fire last August.

    Reporters Jenny Arnold and Jesef Williams won the first-place award for reporting in-depth in the multi-weekly category of newspapers, while the newspaper won second place for best photo gallery on its Web site.

    Features editor Greg Summers won the most awards of any staff member, with six.

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  • SCDOT studies three options for new bridges over Catawba

    VAN WYCK – As they scanned several diagrams for proposed replacement bridges on S.C. 5, Jane Arnold and Bill Jory wondered just how much of their property they were going to lose.

    “They’ll be taking some of our property,” Arnold said about the S.C. Department of Transportation’s plans for building replacement bridges on S.C. 5 over the Catawba River. “They’ll actually take quite a good bit of it.”

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  • Get your tickets to First Steps bash

    A chart-topping beach act is coming to Lancaster later this month for your entertainment pleasure and for the benefit of area children.

    Lancaster County First Steps is hosting its third annual Beach Boogie and Bash fundraiser from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. March 21 at the Leroy Springs Fairway Room.

    The Out-Of-Towers will perform at the event.

    The band plays a mixture of beach, R&B and other oldies and has performed with groups such as Chairmen of the Board and Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs.

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  • Retired car dealer had ‘a love for life’

    Ronnie Queen’s family will always remember his positive attitude.

    Queen, who owned and operated Ronnie Queen Ford off S.C. 9 Bypass for 20 years, died Feb. 26 after a 13-year struggle with cancer. He was 66.

    Throughout it all, his daughter, Deana Queen-Gasque, said his perpetual happiness was inspiring.

    “If you ever met my Daddy, he’d say, ‘I’m fine, I’m just fine,’” Deana said. “His attitude always made people feel better.”

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  • Police reports: February 15, 2009

    According to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office reports:

    – Several items were reported stolen from a Fox Hunter Road home in Kershaw on Jan. 27.

    The resident left the home at 12:30 p.m. and returned at 1:30 p.m. to find the home burglarized. A pillow case, pocket book, two gold dollars, a $2 bill, $100 cash, two handguns and nine bottles of medication were taken from the home. Total value of the items was listed at $1,565.

    The door to the home was apparently forced open with a tool.

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  • Breaking NewsPower out in portions of city limits

    A portion of the Lancaster city limits is without electricity Thursday afternoon after a homeowner cutting down a tree near Davis and Pecan streets (off Gillsbrook Road) pulled down a section of power lines.

    Outages are reported from the S.C. 9 Bypass and the University of South Carolina at Lancaster to portions of Meeting Street.

    Lancaster Police Department officers and Lancaster Fire Department firefighters are stationed at the major intersections in the area to direct traffic because none of the traffic lights are working.

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  • Roads top ILAC agenda

    Christopher Sardelli

    csardelli@thelancasternews.com

    INDIAN LAND – A crowd of more than 70 Indian Land residents attended an informational meeting on Monday, hoping to learn how to get their local roads incorporated into the county road system.

    The Indian Land Action Council’s recent question and answer meeting, held in the gym of Indian Land Middle School, attracted residents from several Indian Land neighborhoods. Most were there to find out how to get their local roads into the county’s road system so they can be regularly maintained.

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  • Robber fires shot during holdup

    A robber fired a shot into the ceiling of Knight’s Food Mart during an attempted robbery Tuesday night.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, a man came into the store near the intersection of S.C. 9 and S.C. 903 about 8:35 p.m.

    The clerk told deputies that the man walked around the store for a short time then came behind the counter and pointed a gun at her.

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  • NRCS announces sign-up for floodplain easements

    COLUMBIA  – The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold a signup for floodplain easements, a component of the Emergency Watershed Protection Program through March 27.

    Funding comes from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, part of the economic stimulus, and provides both technical and financial assistance to eligible applicants.  

    Nationally, up to $145 million will be available to landowners for the restoration of an estimated 60,000 acres of frequently flooded land to its natural state and to create jobs.

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  • CareNet provides medical care to almost 5,300 people in first year

    Clarence Carpenter has a grand plan to offer inexpensive health care to everyone who needs it in Lancaster County. And through CareNet, he’s realizing that goal.

    As executive director of CareNet, a local nonprofit group that provides medical services and medication for little or no cost, Carpenter said his organization has helped thousands of people in the county, as well as some from Chester County, since it opened in January 2008.

    In total, CareNet has delivered medical care to almost 5,300 people.

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