Today's News

Sexual assault is a social problem that affects every community in our nation. It affects children, women and men. It does not matter the age, religion, socioeconomic status. Rape is the most under -reported crime in America.

Rape requires more than pointing out the problem. Rape requires a communitywide partnership and focusing on the victims.

The Andrew Jackson Lady Vols, down two games in the standings a couple of weeks back, completed a championship comeback, taking a 7-0 win over Cheraw to post the Conference VIII-AA softball championship.

The Lady Vols’ 10th straight league crown gives it a home game in the Class AA Lower State playoffs which open Thursday.

AJ, 15-8, 6-2, rode the solid pitching of sophomore hurler Chelsea Vincent to the shutout win. Vincent allowed two hits and no walks. She aided her cause with two hits and a pair of RBIs.

I am writing in response to David Cook’s column, “Vouchers take money away from public schools,” in the April 11 edition of The Lancaster News.

How selfish must you be to block financial aid to parents who wish to send their kids to a conducive place to learn. Last time I checked, there were parents who had to transfer their kids from public to private schools because of disciplinary problems. And there are parents who want a clean Christian education, sheltered from the ungodliness in our local schools.

When Lois Zarrelli calls her little lambs, they come running as a herd with a pitter patter of tiny hooves down the hallway on the tile floor.

Hallway? Tile floor?

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Lois and Neal Zarrelli have taken to keeping their lambs indoors.

The Zarrellis have spent the last two Sundays not in church, but dealing with dead sheep. The Buford residents say a neighborhood dog has decimated their sheep herd, which has gone from 23 to six in the past three months.