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  • Police probe Pardue Street shooting

    A resident of Palmetto Place Apartments said it’s hard to sleep at night with the shooting that occurs in her neighborhood.

    The housing complex, formerly known as Pardue Street Apartments, was disturbed last week by an apparent shooting that authorities continue to investigate.

    At 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, officers with the Lancaster Police Department came to the complex in response to a call about a shooting.

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  • Man reports mob assault in Indian Land

    The investigation is ongoing in the case of a possible mob assault on an Indian Land teen earlier this month.

    A sheriff’s deputy learned of the assault after responding to a home in the 1500 block of Juniper Hills Lane in Indian Land just after 7:45 p.m. Oct. 21, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

    The 17-year-old male victim told the deputy he was walking home from a friend’s house on South Legacy Park Boulevard when he was approached by a group of people he knew, including two men and a woman.

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  • City invests $900K in biz park

    The city of Lancaster is putting forth significant money to help develop a business park near Lancaster County Airport on S.C. 9.

    Lancaster City Council voted 6-1 at its Tuesday, Oct. 23, meeting to allocate $900,000 to extend city water and sewer services to the Lancaster Air-Rail Industrial Park, a project that’s being jointly planned by Lancaster City Council and Lancaster County Council.

    City Councilwoman Linda Blackmon-Brace voted against Tuesday’s measure.

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  • Belair 1 precinct moves to Sun City

    The U.S. Department of Justice has approved a polling place and name change for Indian Land’s Belair I precinct.

    Despite Justice Department notification in early October, state elections officials began sending voters notice of the change only late last week, thanks largely to a precinct resident’s curiosity regarding the status of the pending change. 

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  • Candidates speak out at second forum

    Watch the video from the first candidate forum

    U.S. House District 5 challenger Joyce Knott came out swinging against incumbent Congressman Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the second Before You Vote – 2012 Candidate Forum, though their meeting, like the one between County Council District 5 candidates, remained largely straightforward and focused on the issues.

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  • Kershaw residents now required to have roll-out trash containers

    KERSHAW – Roll-out trash containers are now a requirement for Kershaw residents.

    At its most recent meeting on Oct. 15, Kershaw Town Council passed final reading to amend an existing town ordinance that pertains to residential garbage-collection containers.

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  • Two women charged after welfare check of children

    A check on the welfare of three young children led to the arrests of two Lancaster women Tuesday, Oct. 23.

    Jennifer Ashley Morris, 22, and Sherri Ballard Morris, 46, both of Pardue Street, were each charged with three counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.

    No additional information about their address will be released to protect the identities of the children.

    Police discovered the women and children following a welfare check of the home at about 4:30 p.m.

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  • Missing Richburg teen returns home safely

    RICHBURG – A 17-year -old reported as missing earlier this month has returned home safely.

    Thomas “Blake” Boan was reported missing on Oct. 14 by his work supervisor from a motel in Richburg. After several days of no word from him, Boan’s family and local law enforcement officials requested the community’s help to find him. 

    Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith expressed relief at Boan’s safe return, saying the teen had been out of state.

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  • Buford beer run ends in arrest

    A Lancaster man was arrested on several charges after deputies found his two young children home alone Tuesday, Oct. 23.

    Christopher Blackmon, 26, of 227 Dixie School Road, was arrested on charges of public drunk and two counts of unlawful neglect of a child, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office press release. 

    The arrest came after deputies responded to the Buford Crossroads area about an intoxicated man on a mo-ped. 

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  • Brick plant now history

    VAN WYCK – Boral Brick staff engineer Ken Robinson stood watching the old Van Wyck brick plant’s demise. He had a job to do, but you could tell it was getting to him.

    At that point in mid-September, only a few recognizable parts of the plant remained: A brick chimney lost without its furnace, a brawny setting machine destined for another brick plant, and the old Ashe Brick Co. building sitting off to one side.

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