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  • High winds down trees, cause power outages

    Winds gusting up to 45 mph knocked down trees and power lines in Lancaster County on Wednesday.

    Duke Energy spokesman Rick Jiran said about 69,000 customers lost power between late Tuesday night and Wednesday night.

    About 375 homes lost power in Lancaster County, mostly east of the Lancaster city limits, Jiran said.

    Heavy rain preceded the gusty winds, softening the soil and making it easier for trees to fall onto power lines, Jiran said.

    “It really wreaked havoc on our system,” he said.

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  • Teen shot in back in drive-by shooting

    A teen was airlifted to a Columbia hospital Tuesday afternoon after being shot in a drive-by shooting outside a Pleasant Hill Street home.

    The teen, believed to be 17 or 18, was standing in a yard on the 100th block about 4 p.m. when a green vehicle pulled up, Lancaster Police Chief Hugh White said.

    Gunshots were fired from the vehicle, possibly a Nissan or Toyota sedan. At least one bullet struck the teen in the upper part of his back, White said.

    White didn’t know how many shots were fired or what type of gun was used.

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  • Kershaw begins mulling park plans

    KERSHAW – With the successful construction of Haile Gold Mine Playground last year, Kershaw Town Council discussed further plans for Stevens Park and the town recreation center on Monday.

    Beverly Timmons, a representative for the Kershaw Community Park Council, addressed council about several matters, including her interest in beginning the next phase of construction at Stevens Park.

    “We thank you for your wonderful support with the (playground) and appreciate your contribution,” Timmons said. “Now we would like to enter phase two.”

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  • Indian Land name may go on new water tower

    INDIAN LAND – The water tower under construction near Indian Land schools will soon bear the name “Indian Land” if a new plan is accepted by Lancaster County Water and Sewer District commissioners Tuesday.

    Mark Knight, director of the water and sewer district, said he’s come up with a compromise he hopes everyone will be happy with.

    Knight said he received more than 400 names on petitions to add “Indian Land,” “Indian Land High School” or “Home of the Warriors” to the tower’s face.

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  • Trust gets 123-acre easement along Catawba

    Springsteen Properties recently donated a 123-acre conservation easement to the Katawba Valley Land Trust (KVLT), said Derick Close, president of the company.

    The property is located along the Catawba River in Chester County, across from the Cane Creek conservation easement granted to KVLT in 2003 by Springs Industries.

    The easement preserves a mile and a half of river frontage.

    The land consists largely of bottomland hardwoods, replete with towering sycamore, beech, cottonwood and oak trees.

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  • Highway deaths down in S.C. in ’08

    Fewer people died on South Carolina roads in 2008 compared to the year before, though the numbers in Lancaster County stayed the same.

    The S.C. Highway Patrol reports there were 903 highway fatalities in the state last year, a drop from 1,077 fatalities the year before.

    Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin said the decrease may be partly due to what troopers believe is an increase in seat-belt usage. He also highlights the Highway Patrol’s continued partnership with other law enforcement groups and the outreach efforts to educate the public on highway-related dangers.

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  • Sheriff makes changes

    There’s a new sheriff in town – and he’s made some changes within his department.

    Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile has named David Belk as chief deputy, or undersheriff, for the department, which has 146 employees.

    Belk, who now works for the State Law Enforcement Division, will assume his new duties Jan. 17, Faile said. He will be ranked as major.

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  • For Tom and Clara Stroud, being together meant everything

    A blue spiral notebook has become one of Myron Stroud’s most cherished possessions.

    Crammed inside the notebook are pages of handwritten notes his mother, Clara Stroud, had written, recording the scores of her grandchildren’s baseball games or detailed lists of family hunting trips. Myron says, if anything, his mother was the most organized person he knew.

    “She was always recording something,” he said, patting the cover with his hand. “She was organized, but I guess we didn’t look at her like that.”

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  • Thomas to chair council

    Lancaster County Council has a new chairman – former vice chairman Fred Thomas.

    Thomas is serving his seventh year on County Council.

    “I’m looking forward to this new role,” Thomas said. “I’m grateful my colleagues placed this confidence in me. I’m looking forward to the next couple of years and doing good things for Lancaster County.”

    Councilman Rudy Carter, who has served as chairman for the last four years, was voted vice chairman at Monday night’s council meeting.

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  • Police: Man kills cousin during fight

    A Lancaster man was shot and killed early New Year's Day, and his cousin has been charged in the shooting death.

    Devion Mandrell Collins, 20, died early Thursday.

    Lancaster police say Collins' cousin, James Curry Jr., 22, shot him during an argument.

    “The victim and suspect had gotten into an argument and things escalated from there,” said Capt. Harlean Howard of the Lancaster Police Department.

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