Today's News

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
Lines stretched throughout the hallways of the county administration building, blocking offices and disrupting business for days, as droves of residents cast their absentee ballots.
That was the scene during the last few election cycles, as local voters have increasingly turned to absentee voting as their voting style of choice. But with the surge in crowds have come problems with space, staffing and security for the county’s Voter Registration and Election Commission office.

After the pivotal turn, Lancaster High School junior swimmer Jory Pettit turned it on to capture a coveted Class AAAA individual swim state championship.

The Native American studies program and the Catawba pottery collection at the University of South Carolina Lancaster is getting some coast-to-coast exposure.

It is being featured as one of three segments in a national television commercial for the University of South Carolina that is getting airplay during Gamecocks sporting events. It is also broadcast during “The Steve Spurrier Show.”

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
Authorities are searching for an armed robber who stole several prescription medicines from the Indian Land Walmart Sunday afternoon.
The man, seen on surveillance footage wheeling a shopping cart moments before the robbery, walked to the store's pharmacy at about 2:15 p.m. The man then acted as if he was armed with a gun and demanded several medications.
A clerk gave him the medication and he ran from the store.