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  • Man, 20, faces intimidation charge after court outburst

    A Kershaw man facing an aggravated assault charge picked up another charge while in court last week.

    Cash Pierre Young, 20, of 5206 Sandy Lane, was charged by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office with intimidation of a witness on Jan. 28.

    According to an incident report, Young was in the courtroom at the Lancaster County Temporary Court Facility awaiting his aggravated assault case to be heard. Witnesses and their family members were also in the courtroom.

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  • Heath Springs store robbed

    HEATH SPRINGS - A Swami Mart employee told sheriff’s deputies that three men came into the store and robbed him at gunpoint Thursday.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the clerk said three men wearing dark clothing and masks ran into the store. One of the men went to the back of the store and took two cases of beer.

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  • No arrests made in shooting

    A Lancaster man was killed and his brother hurt early Saturday morning in a shooting at a South Market Street nightclub.

    Eric Lamont Curry, 35, was lying on the sidewalk about 40 feet from the Self Control Brothers Club when police responded about 2 a.m, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.

    He was face down, moving and trying to talk to people, the report said.

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  • Breaking NewsAuthorities urge residents to be careful driving today

    Water, water everywhere is rising in Lancaster County, and residents are asked to use caution when driving on wet roads for the remainder of Friday.

    “It's going to keep raining until dark or shortly thereafter,” said Lancaster County Emergency Management Director Morris Russell about 3 p.m.

    Langley, Daystar and Logging roads, and Greystone Drive were all closed by 3 p.m., Russell said.

    County officials are monitoring Lead Off, Plyler Mill, Waxhaw Village and Kirk Air Force Base roads for possible flooding and closure, Russell said.

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  • 'He was my baby,' says Harris about Harry Frazier

    Harry Frazier was born in the Bronx, N.Y., but was raised by his godmother, Yvonne Harris, in Lancaster. He grew up as the youngest of six children, with four brothers and one sister.

    “He was my baby,” Harris said.

    Frazier attended Lancaster High School, where Harris said Frazier excelled at math.

    “At first, he was hard-headed about school, but he knew he had to go to school when he was with me,” Harris said. “When he got older, he got more into his school work.”

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  • Man tries but fails to rob store

    A clerk told sheriff’s deputies that an armed man came into Riverside Express in Lancaster and tried to rob the store on Friday.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the clerk told deputies that a man with a pistol in his hand came into the store on West Meeting Street about 3:30 p.m. and demanded money from the register.

    The clerk said she told the man she couldn’t open the register because a computer locks it. The man hit his pistol against the register several times during the incident, the report said.

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  • Residents reaching out to provide relief to Haiti's earthquake victims

    When Eddie Leaphart heard about the earthquake in Haiti, he was devastated.

    Leaphart, owner of a small home repairs company in Lancaster, is a regular visitor to the Caribbean country, located to the east of Cuba and about 700 miles southeast of the tip of Florida.

    As a missionary, Leaphart has delivered food and supplies to the people of Haiti on many occasions, and he had just finished a week-long trip to the country in early December.

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  • Car hits house after accident with bus

    Chesterfield Avenue resident Beatrice Sanders was talking on the phone to her son when a car hit her house Friday.

    “A bomb – BOOM!” is what it sounded like, Sanders said.

    She hung up in mid-conversation and ran out the front door to find a blue Pontiac Grand Am crashed into the corner of her home and a woman screaming inside.

    “It shook the whole house,” Sanders said.

    Inside the car was Peggy Harris, 59, of 1107 Laughride St. She was taken by Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services to Springs Memorial Hospital.

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  • Police reports - Feb. 3, 2010

    According to Lancaster Police Department reports:

    • A Lancaster man was arrested on several charges after a traffic stop on South Market Street on Jan. 29.

    Rico Muntrell Ingram, 33, 2183 Cane Mill Road, was charged with simple possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and violation of ABC law.

    According to the report, the officer received information that Ingram was driving with a suspended license, the report said.

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  • Official opposes tobacco ban

    One County Council member questioned the fairness of a proposed tobacco-use ban on county-owned property at Monday’s council meeting.

    Councilman Cotton Cole asked that council revisit the issue. Cole was not present for the discussion or vote on first reading of the proposed ordinance last week. The measure passed unanimously then, but it takes three readings for a proposed ordinance to take effect.

    The proposed ordinance would bring the county’s codes in line with standards set by the state Clean Indoor Air Act.

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