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The local school district has joined the growing chorus of school districts in asking for leeway from the state in addressing budget shortfalls.

The local school board passed a resolution last week that asks the General Assembly for program and spending flexibility.

The vote was 6-0. Board member Janice Dabney was absent.

According to Lancaster Police Department reports:

– Someone apparently jimmied the front door lock to get inside a South York Street home between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 28. A TV valued at $1,350 was stolen from the home.

– A Woodland Drive resident said someone broke into her home between 6 a.m. Jan. 18 and 9 p.m. Jan. 24. The woman told police the burglar took her son’s AK-47 machine gun, which was kept in a laundry basket under some clothing. She said some family members knew where the gun was kept.

When Mark and Sandy Fenton moved from Charlotte to Indian Land eight years ago, they never expected to have so many problems.

The Fentons, who live on Pointe Carpenter Road in the Lakeview Landing neighborhood, have seen their neighborhood change dramatically, from the construction of concrete plants to the addition of a water tower near the community.

“Things have sure changed over the last eight years,” Sandy said. “I liked the country feeling. You used to be able to feel your cares just melt away. Now it’s a different world.”

Audrey Underwood said an out-of-control Dodge Durango hit her house so hard it made her shower rod fall and the items in her medicine cabinet fall to the floor.

Underwood, who lives at 102 Pardue St., said she was getting ready for work when the SUV slammed into the front of her house Wednesday afternoon.

“I heard the tires screeching and I was already tensed up and it was like, ‘BAM!’” Underwood said, still visibly shaken after the incident. “The whole house shook.”