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Today's News

  • Walters national runner-up

    University of South Carolina at Lancaster golfer Drew Walters’ valiant bid for an individual national championship fell a shot shy in sudden death on Friday afternoon at the Chautauqua (N.Y.) Golf Club.Walters’ 10-foot par putt lipped the hole to give Kris Boyes of Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, N.Y., the national medalist in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III golf tournament.Walters, a Lancers’ sophomore golfer, held a two-shot lead heading into the final round, but finished regulation in a three-way st

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  • City's decision shocks See Lancaster officials

    See Lancaster officials expressed shock Thursday after Lancaster City Council voted to yank away $198,000 in funding for the promotions and tourism group.

    After a closed-door session, council voted:

    • To fund See Lancaster $27,829 of its $36,829 shortfall to pay staff salaries through the end of the month

    • To initiate an independent audit of the group at the city's expense

    • To cut the group's $198,000 from the city's proposed 2008-09 budget

    All the votes were unanimous, with Councilman Audrey Curry and Preston Blackmon not present.

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  • Prostitution sting nets four arrests

    Four Lancaster woman were arrested and charged after a prostitution sting Thursday night.

    Sherry R. Cauthen, 37, of 920 16th St., and Stefanie Ann Redfern, 26, of 940 8th St., were charged with prostitution, third offense or greater.

    Latisha Dion Gladden, 28, of 413 Victoria St., and Victoria Lee Webber, 38, of 934 8th St., were charged with prostitution, first offense.

    Lancaster County sheriff's deputies had undercover agents posing as customers.

    As soon as the women agreed on a deal, they were arrested, a report said.

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  • Durham leaving Warriors to return to Pendleton High School

    Indian Land High School baseball coach Kevin Durham is bound for home to help coach at his prep alma mater.Durham, who has guided the Warriors’ baseball fortunes the last four seasons, is returning to Pendleton High in Anderson County to help lead the Bulldogs.Pendleton is a Class AA school where Durham will be an assistant coach under his former coach David Skelly.“It’s a chance to go home where I grew up,” Durham said.

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  • Child safety focus of event at Lancaster High

    Organizers want the fourth annual Child Safety Day to be fun and informative for youth and adults alike.

    The event is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster High School.

    There will be three workshops during the day – one on nutrition, another about Internet safety and the third about drugs and alcohol.

    Various groups and agencies throughout the county will have booths set up to share information about their programs and services. The Amber Alert network, gang violence and self defense are some of the topics that will be covered.

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  • Fishing rodeo supporters say thanks for support

    Fishing rodeo supporters say thanks for support

    I would personally like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers at the second annual Sunrise Lake Fishing Rodeo. We had more than 400 children and almost 1,000 attendees. As one of Lancaster County's three game wardens who helped organize the event, I thank you.

    Shawn Hanna

    Lancaster

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  • Locals react to Obama's nomination

    There's plenty of local excitement about Barack Obama's historic victory this week in the Democratic contest for president.

    The first-term Illinois senator will become the first ever black presidential nominee for a major political party in the United States. On Tuesday, he earned enough delegates to clinch the win over New York senator and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. He will be formally named the Democratic nominee at the national party convention in August.

    Perhaps nobody in Lancaster County is more thrilled about that than Linda Blackmon-Brace.

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  • Tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of an attack in public

    Self-defense manuals will tell you that a victim is never at fault in an attack – 100 percent of the blame lies with the perpetrator.

    But what would you do if you were attacked in public? Have you thought about your safety in a store parking lot?

    Lancaster Police Department Capt. Harlean Howard suggests several tips that will help keep you safer at local stores and parking lots.

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  • Couple seek grandparents' rights

    We have found that grandparents have little or no rights when it comes to grandchildren. We wonder if there are other grandparents who share this same concern.

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  • International festival features a bit of 'everything and everybody'

    The fourth annual Multi-Cultural Information Center International Festival will be Saturday, and it promises to be the largest and most diverse one yet.

    The event, slated for noon to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of Starr Hall at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster, is intended to showcase the value of ethnic diversity in the community, said Sal Estrada, president of the MCIC and festival organizer.

    "The purpose is to re-introduce the multicultural center to the community and allow the this community to see the people who make it up," Estrada said.

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