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  • Agents seize drugs, $3,500

    County drug agents seized drugs and about $3,500 after conducting surveillance on Darlene Boulevard on Feb. 4.

    According to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report, county drug and State Law Enforcement Division agents were watching 1013 Darlene Blvd. because drug activity was suspected there. Drug agents had made undercover drug buys at the home, and had warrants for a resident of the home, the report said.

    Drico Antwan Curry, 29, was arrested and charged based on those drug sales.

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  • Wilson surprised at event with resolution and scholarship named in her honor

    A strong, boisterous voice emerged from nowhere chanting, “I want Jesus to walk with me.”

    The sound came from Kessie, a woman captured from her African homeland and forced to live for years as an American slave.

    Kessie carried a bag of cotton and walked with a wooden stick that helped her get around and support her back, which was arched after many years of hard work for the slave master.

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  • Local woman witnesses Obama’s inauguration

    INDIAN LAND – Vera Witherspoon still can’t believe she witnessed history.

    Along with her son and a few cousins, the Indian Land native braved cold temperatures and massive crowds in Washington, D.C., to watch Barack Obama become the 44th president of the United States last month.

    “For me to be able to be there and witness this, I never would’ve thought I’d be there,” Witherspoon said. “I knew this day would come, but to be there and to witness this was just an awesome occasion.”

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  • Five file for three seats on Kershaw Town Council

    KERSHAW – It’s election time in the town of Kershaw.

    Three seats are up for grabs in the election, which will be held March 17.

    Two incumbent council members, District 4 representative Harold Williams and District 3 representative Mark Dorman, chose not to seek reelection.

    Pat Catoe and Morris Russell are running for Williams’ seat. Russell serves as director of Lancaster County Emergency Management.

    Randy Seegars and John S. “Jody” Connell have filed for Dorman’s seat.

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  • Amanda Roberts wins state conservation honor

    Amanda Roberts, district manager for the Lancaster Soil and Water Conservation District, received the S.C. Association of Conservation District’s 2008 Outstanding District Employee of the Year at the 2009 Conservation Partnership Conference in Myrtle Beach on Jan. 15.

    Conservation districts nominate their district employee for supporting the local-state-federal Conservation Partnership and for promoting conservation within the county.

    Roberts has been manager of the district since January 2007.

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  • New Habitat director excited about organization's future

    Three months after becoming executive director of Habitat for Humanity’s Lancaster office, Traci Watterson is confident in the organization’s new direction.

    Watterson, 34, a lifelong Lancaster resident who became the executive director on Nov. 1, immediately immersed herself in the organization’s initiatives and inner-workings, looking for ways to make the group more efficient and better known in the community. Along with help from Habitat’s national office, she has been busy revamping the local organization.

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  • Police: Teen in fatal crash caught driving stolen vehicle again

    A Chester County teen involved in a car crash that killed a 7-year-old boy last December has been charged with driving a stolen vehicle in Lancaster County.

    Antonio Mark Celey, 17, 1 Sunset Ave., Great Falls, was charged by the Lancaster Police Department with possession of a stolen vehicle, failure to stop for blue light and resisting arrest.

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  • Task force may help determine fate of See Lancaster

    A recently developed committee will play a role in determining the focus and fate of See Lancaster, the group that promotes tourism throughout the county.

    A 10-member task force has been discussing See Lancaster’s aim and ways to make the group more effective and valuable.

    The idea of the task force was suggested by Jay Rainey and Eric Rowell, who both serve on See Lancaster’s board of directors. The task force held its first meeting last month.

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  • Man, 76 dies in collision with broken down truck

    A Lancaster man was killed after he crashed into the back of a broken down Comporium Communications truck on West Doc Garris Road on Thursday.

    John Curry, 76, of 3452 Oakridge Road, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:57 p.m. crash, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

    Lance Cpl. Kathy Hiles said the Comporium truck and a utility trailer behind it were partially in the road. A tow truck had arrived to pick up the Comporium truck.

    Curry was headed westbound in a 1968 pickup truck on West Doc Garris when he crashed into the back of the utility trailer.

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  • Police reports " February 8, 2009

    According to Lancaster Police Department reports:

    – A Kershaw man was charged with child endangerment and driving under the influence after a traffic stop on Feb. 2.

    Theodore Billy Humphries Jr., 38, 5169 Bethune Road, was charged with second offense DUI, child endangerment and open container.

    According to the report, an officer saw a car weaving in and out of lanes on S.C. 9 Bypass. The officer stopped the car just south of the S.C. 9 overpass. The officer saw a backseat passenger put on her seat belt as he approached the car, the report said.

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