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Boles: K-12 funding ‘major driver’ of budget

Reece Murphy

rmurphy@thelancasternews.com

COLUMBIA – K-12 Education funding and equity ranked among the major issues discussed during the S. C. Press Association’s Annual Legislative Workshop for the Media on Thursday, Jan. 8.

Panelists included party leaders, members of both houses, as well as key state officials.

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Annexation proposal confuses residents

Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

If members of Lancaster City Council approve second reading of a proposed ordinance, the municipality would no longer be required to hold public hearings for annexing property into the coorporate city limits.

City council discussed the proposed amended ordinance 014-10, entitled “annexation” at its meeting Dec. 9 meeting and passed first reading by a 6-0 vote.

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Status of swimming pool up in the air

Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

Right now, the water in the Leroy Springs pool on Wylie Street is murky at best. That’s a given this time of year. After all, it’s the middle of January and the public pool has been closed for months.

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Romarco, Sierra Club end dispute

Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

KERSHAW – Haile Gold Mine is now officially open for business.

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For legislators, money to repair roads ‘big elephant in the room’

Christopher Sardelli

csardelli@thelancasternews.com

COLUMBIA – Benjamin Franklin once famously said there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes, but for South Carolinians, there’s one more item to add to the list – road woes.

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Springmaid Beach has new owners

It was announced in the Aug. 27, 1948, edition of The Lancaster News that Springs Mills would be developing 30 acres of property that included a 1,000-foot beachfront at the end of Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach to “afford employees of the seven Springs plants with an inexpensive vacation spot.”

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Teamwork amid challenges

Four members of Lancaster City Council were officially sworn in for a new term of office during a special ceremony held Tuesday, Jan. 6, at City Hall. City Administrator Helen Sowell welcomed attendees and explained why this event was so special.

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Sheriff’s office warns of law enforcement scam

A new scam involving law enforcement impostors has real law enforcement officials issuing a warning to residents.

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Man pulls handgun during arrest

A routine patrol of a parking lot turned into a tense situation for three county deputies after a man grabbed a handgun during an arrest for drug charges late last month.

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Man gets jumped by mob, rescuers run from deputies

KERSHAW – In an incident that led to a chaotic, and unfruitful investigation, a drunk Jefferson man told Lancaster County Sheriff’s Deputies he was jumped by an angry mob in Kershaw for being a “snitch.”

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