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Today's News

  • Trains blocking traffic a concern in Kershaw

    KERSHAW – Truck drivers and residents have called 911 because train cars are blocking intersections in the town of Kershaw.

    Town Councilman Morris Russell said he’s heard from constituents who are concerned about the time it takes for the trains to clear from intersections.

    Russell, a member of the Kershaw Fire Department, said he wasn’t addressing the issue from an emergency services standpoint. He said residents are complaining that it seems that it is taking longer for the trains to move through town.

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  • I-77 Speedway, Lancaster Speedway to host back-to-back racing nights

    On Friday night, I-77 Speedway in Richburg will host the NDRA Dirt Wars Finale.

    Drivers such as Ron “The Bull” Parker, Dennis “Rambo” Franklin, Timbo Mangum, Jeff Cooke, Jimmy Schiltz, Mitchell Coble, Steve Hendren and many more will be going for the 2010 NDRA Dirt Wars Championship.

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  • Sheriff’s office ‘takes back’ 100 pounds of medicine

    The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office collected almost 100 pounds of unused and expired prescription medications during a national drug “take-back” initiative Saturday.

    The sheriff’s office collected prescription and over-the-counter drugs, anonymously, with no questions asked, at the sheriff’s office, the Buford Recreation Center and the sheriff’s office substations in Kershaw and Indian Land from 10 a.m.  to 2 p.m.

    Totals were:

    • Lancaster: 42 pounds

    • Buford: 8 pounds

    • Kershaw: 2 pounds

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  • Bernsdorff challenges Long in District 45

    As this year’s political season begins to rev up, both candidates for the District 45 House seat are addressing the top issues on voters’ minds – education and the economy. Republican incumbent Deborah Long, who won the seat in 2008, is facing off against newcomer and longtime educator Democrat Mary Bernsdorff.

    District 45 covers territory from the city of Lancaster north to Indian Land and the northern portion of York County, including Fort Mill.

    Deborah Long

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  • Lady Vols capture silver bracket

    The Andrew Jackson High School volleyball team captured the silver bracket at the North Central High School volleyball tournament on Saturday.

    The Lady Vols won three straight matches to claim the crown.

    The Volunteers struggled in the tourney’s opening pool matches, but came to life in the silver bracket, winning matches over Class AAA Crestwood High of Sumter and region foe Indian Land before defeating A.C. Flora High of Columbia for the championship.

    Defensively, Dayne Ware (3) and Ashley Williams (13) combined for 43 defensive saves.

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  • Home Depot associates plant beds at White Oak Manor

    September is Celebration of Service month at The Home Depot, and this year’s theme is “30 Days of Green.”

    On Sept. 16, seven associates from the Lancaster Home Depot met at White Oak Manor in Lancaster to plant flowers and vegetables for the residents of the assisted-living facility. Store manager Eric Tweddle, Lynette Waid (a Home Depot team captain), Tiffany Bunton, Mandy Cauthen, Joshua Glenn, Daisy Prosser and Patrick Williams arrived eager to complete the beautification work.

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  • Sara Evans still grateful for chance to make music that matters

    For Missouri’s Sara Evans, every little piece of the puzzle doesn’t always fit.

    But it’s a puzzle that she’s putting back together.

    Sidelined by a bitter divorce in 2006 after 13 years of marriage, the traditional singer whose heartfelt songs hit close to home will perform inside the Bundy Auditorium at the University of South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

    Since arriving on Nashville’s Music Row in the early 1990s, the soulful Evans has put together a string of hits that is hard to match.

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  • I put on my good cologne for this?

    I like this Saturday retirement stuff, well, most of the time, anyway.

    These days, Saturday means everybody is at home, which lessens my great-granddad duties, to a degree.

    Clad in a white T-shirt and khaki shorts with those two-sizes-too-large bedroom shoes on my feet, I was just about settled in my favorite away-from-home chair when something dragged me back into reality.

    I had gotten comfortable and just closed my eyes when I heard my sweet wife’s bull horn.

    “Get cleaned up,” she said. “We’re going to the mall.”

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  • Cheftestant Lisa LaFranca won't spill the Hell's Kitchen beans

    Each weekday morning, a group of men meet inside the Humana Cafeteria on Main Street to discuss the ills of the world, the weather, college football, crime and politics between sips of hot coffee.

    “This is one of the places I get my marching orders from,” said Lancaster Mayor Joe Shaw, who is a “first-shift regular,” along with Charlie Bundy, Larry Cauthen, former Sheriff Wilford Faile and Donald Hunter.

    They arrive some time between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and leave just before 9 a.m. when the “second shift” reports in.

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  • Hog Jam is Oct. 8 and 9

    KERSHAW – Kershaw Hog Jam is set for Oct. 8 and 9.  The annual event will have music and entertainment and a barbecue cookoff.

    The festivities will start at 6 p.m. Oct. 8 when the Mighty Kicks will perform.   

    Festivities start at 10 a.m.  Oct. 9. There will be music all day long. Crooked Creek will play and there will be other entertainment. A horseshoe tournament will be going on throughout the day.  There will also be health screenings provided by Kershaw Health.

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