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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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  • County approves digitizing voter forms

    A new electronic database will soon help with organizing voter registration records in Lancaster County.

    County Council recently approved funding of more than $8,000 to create a searchable voter registration database.

    The database, which will be created by Charlotte-based Advanced Imaging, will include scanned copies of all the commission’s voter registration forms dating back to 1967.

    The digital copies will be kept on servers at another location. The cost to maintain the database will be $2,100 a year.

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  • Burke moves on from jobs office

    Lynda Burke has stepped down as director of the Lancaster County office of the Employment Security Commission to take the same position in the Midlands.

    Burke, who was the local director for seven years, is now director of the Lexington County office. Her last day working in Lancaster was Feb. 26 and her first day in Lexington was Feb. 27.

    Last week, she talked exuberantly about her new post while expressing how difficult it was to leave Lancaster.

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  • Man surprises burglars in home

    INDIAN LAND – An Indian Land man interrupted a burglary in progress at his Calvin Hall Road home Feb. 23.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the 18-year-old said he came home because he had left his wallet on the table.

    When he pulled into the yard, he saw a white work van with an empty ladder rack on it. He also noticed that the front door of his home was open, the report said.

    The man said he went into the home, and noticed a key in the front door. Two men were running toward the back door.

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  • City of Light opens to public

    INDIAN LAND – Inspiration Ministries celebrated the opening of its International Prayer and Welcome Center on Feb. 28-March 1. The event marked the completion of Phase I of its City of Light world missions ministry outreach and partners center in Indian Land.

    Hosted by Inspiration Ministries’ chairman and CEO David Cerullo, the event was telecast live to more than 114 nations through the INSP-The Inspiration Network and Inspiration Network International.

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