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Today's News

  • Coming events 6/10

    Ongoing events
    Autism day camp
    A camp for children with autism will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. June 4-8 at Chastain Studio, 107 S. Main St., Lancaster. The camp is for children ages six to 12. Applications are available and the fee is $100 per child, which includes the cost of snacks and materials for activities. Activities include building birdhouses, painting, clay, mixed media and animal therapy. Each child will be able to participate in two activities. Space is limited.

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  • Fitness Challenge

    Gregory A. Summers
    gsummers@thelancasternews.com
    Katie Stogner is smiling a lot now than she was in February and there’s a lot less of her to be smiling.
    Stogner completed the grinding 12-week fitness challenge at Island Sun Fitness and Tanning, and the new mom is 32 pounds lighter. After giving birth to her son, Thaxton, on Dec. 7, 2011, she hoped to lose 30 pounds and exceeded her target.

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  • City firefighters to the rescue

    Nita Brown
    For the Lancaster News
    The Lancaster City Fire Department came to the rescue in a different way for YouthBuild and Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County on Friday, June 1. Hoping to beat the ugly weather forecast, a team of 15 city firefighters, working as volunteers, showed up early at the Meeting Street job site to set roof trusses on the new home under construction.

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  • Banning bath salts intensifies illegal activity

    Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, commonly referred to as “bath salts,” is a dangerous synthetic drug that causes drug-induced psychosis. It has been linked to the May 26 assault in Miami where Rudy Eugene, who had stripped naked after overheating on the drug, ate the face off of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man known to be insane.
    Eugene continued his assault even after being shot by a law enforcement officer who was flagged down by a witness. He was subsequently shot and killed.

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  • It is past time for citizens to take back Lancaster County

    Lancaster County Council tabled the proposed B-3 ordinance at its May 21 meeting with comments from council members Charlene McGriff and Kathy Sistare that they “would not be stampeded into doing anything.”
    These comments seem to have been triggered by a flood of e-mails from the public expressing frustration at the refusal of council to allow the B-3 ordinance on the agenda for the May 14 meeting.

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  • ILES EcoWarriors celebrate Earth Day

    Denise Trufan
    Indian Land Elementary School
    The EcoWarrriors of Indian Land Elementary School held its eighth annual Earth Day celebration after school April 30.
    Denise Trufan, the club’s mentor, won a Tree Award from the National Wildlife Federation.
    As part of the award, ILES sent six beautiful trees from Sugar Creek Nursery for the school’s outdoor learning center and two trees to give away.

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  • Tigers open season with home win over Camden

    The Lancaster Tigers opened the season with an impressive 379-145 win over Camden at the Lancaster County pool on Tuesday.

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  • Drive for the Dream race Saturday night at LMS

     

       

    The Drive for the Dream race is set for Saturday night at Lancaster Motor Speedway.

    The special race will be helping raise funds for the Lancaster Dream Team Foundation.

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  • Hinkle starts strong in junior golfers' opener

     

       

    Brady Hinkle started strong and led in the 18th opener for the Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf Association at White Plains Golf Club on Monday.

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  • P-31 seniors keep rolling

    The Lancaster Post 31 senior team continued to shine on the American Legion baseball diamond with a 12-6 League V win over Clover Post 38 on Tuesday night.

    The Lancaster seniors improved to 3-0 with the three-run league win.

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