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  • Car hits tanning salon

    A car slammed through the front of Four Seasons Tanning Salon late Sunday night, causing extensive damage.

    The front end of the car crashed into the front door, then spun around. The rear of the car then crashed through the corner of the building, said Debra Gunn, an employee of the salon on Kershaw-Camden Highway for about four years.

    The driver must have been speeding to have hit the building with such force " twice, Gunn said.

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  • Red Cross hopes to collect 120 pints of blood at drive

    A new age group may now donate blood, and the local American Red Cross hopes they’ll come out to a blood drive at Lancaster High School on Saturday.

    The drive is being sponsored by LHS Civinettes group. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the LHS cafeteria.

    LHS students who are 16 may now donate blood with parental consent. Ages 17 and up do not require parental permission. Every donor must weigh at least 110 pounds.

    “We want them (teenagers) to start giving blood,” said Lancaster Red Cross director Gina Amato.

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  • Vandalism shows need for more officers
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  • Mother, son face burglary charges

    A mother and son from Lancaster have been charged with a burglary at Dixie Food Mart.

    Valerie Lynn Dunn, 36, and Ronnie James Dunn, 17, both of 411 Gills Creek Drive, have been charged with second-degree burglary.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the store owner reported that someone had taken a briefcase holding cash, tax documents and other items from the store. The store owner said the briefcase was in his office on Feb. 4 and he noticed it missing about noon Feb. 6.

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  • Sheriff's office to continue to police Kershaw

    KERSHAW – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office will continue to provide law enforcement coverage for the town of Kershaw.

    Kershaw Town Council met Feb. 5 to discuss a contract with the sheriff’s office, which has provided law enforcement for the town since 2001 when the town police department was disbanded.

    Sheriff Barry Faile, Undersheriff David Belk and sheriff’s office attorney Tom Holland presented information to council members.

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  • Community Foundation awards $10,250 in grants to local agencies

    More than $10,000 was awarded in the first round of grants to benefit local service groups.

    In January, the Lancaster County Community Foundation announced that it had set up a special fund to assist nonprofit agencies in Lancaster County that offer aid to residents.

    Money for the fund was generated through donations from individuals, businesses and other groups in the community.

    The first cycle brought in $10,250, said Jodie Plyler, the foundation’s board chairwoman.

    Four groups applied for the funding during that cycle.

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  • Closing the Achievement Gap group to hold summit at USCL

    The Closing the Achievement Gap Committee will be sponsoring the 2009 Community Education Summit at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Bundy Auditorium at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

    The summit is open to parents, interested residents and youth groups. Admission is free.

    Award-winning author Dr. Mychal Wynn will be the keynote speaker. Wynn will speak about teaching, parenting, mentoring and what can done to help close the achievement disparities between whites and minority students.

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  • Finances focus of school board planning meet

    A measure to show support for a local university and ways to cut costs were some of the items Lancaster County School District officials discussed at their planning meeting, which was Feb. 6-7.

    The annual meeting allows school board members, the superintendent and other district level staff a chance to assess the current school year, review district procedures and plan for 2009-10.

    With the downward economy, budget talks naturally dominated portions of the meeting.

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  • U.S. 521 to get another stoplight

    INDIAN LAND – A new traffic light will soon be installed at an Indian Land intersection.

    Residents have clamored for a light at the intersection of U.S. 521 and Jim Wilson Road ever since construction began there on several commercial properties.

    The area now features a CVS drug store, BB&T bank, Wendy’s and the new library, with a Harris Teeter grocery store expected to open this spring.

    And as traffic has increased, so have the number of car accidents, as residents have been forced to dart across several lanes of traffic.

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  • Lancaster County receives $81,327 for emergency food, shelter programs

    Lancaster County has been awarded federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.

    The county will receive $81,327 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs.

    The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, United Jewish Communities, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way of America.  

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