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Every day, there are countless people and objects that make Terry Thompson remember his slain sister.Some memories are pleasant, others are bad. But what is a constant is the emptiness that results from not knowing what happened to her. It’s a pain that never goes away.It's been 25 years since Lisa Ann Thompson was found dead inside a car near U.S. 521 in Heath Springs. She had been out riding the night of May 14, 1983, with Russell Anthony.Thompson, who was riding in the passenger seat, had been shot with a .38-caliber handgun.

The 2008 Lancaster High School spring football game had a mixed message for Bruins’ third-year head coach Bennie McMurray.The Lancaster defense was stellar in posting a 73-24 win over the LHS offense, which had its struggles over the better part of the afternoon session.“The defense outshined us today. They did a great job,” said McMurray after the 90-minute scrimmage which pitted the offense against the defense.

Organizers of the second annual Lancaster County Rural Youth Substance Abuse Conference at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster said Friday it was a success, drawing the same number of attendants as last year with some new faces showing up.

The ability to play small ball will play a major role in the success of the 2008 Lancaster American Legion Post 31 junior baseball team, according to second-year coach Michael Anderson.“We have to execute the little things in each game,” said Anderson who guided the junior team to a runner-up finish in League V and a postseason bid last season.The Lancaster junior program is in its fourth campaign.“It’s important for us to be sharp on the fundamentals of the game,” he said.