Today's News

Brandon Threatt had been to the store with his best friend, Brett Wright, and was coming back to his grandmother’s home on John Everall Road on Sunday morning.

But the teens never made it back to Margie Allen’s house.

Allen, Brandon Threatt’s grandmother, lives literally a stone’s throw from where Wright’s pickup truck overturned about 10:20 a.m. Sunday, said Threatt’s father, Mike Threatt.

Neither teen was wearing a seat belt, and they were ejected from the truck in the crash, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin said.

INDIAN LAND – Daune Gardner is hoping a partnership between Lancaster and Union counties could bring thousands of jobs to the area.

Gardner, the mayor of Waxhaw, in Union County, N.C., is looking to forge a deal that would create a research park on land in both counties.

Gardner laid out her plan at last week’s Indian Land Rotary Club meeting, speaking to several members of the community. At the meeting, she explained how the idea formed and how a research park could benefit members of both counties.

Horray for the Lancaster County Library. Thank you, thank you, thank Youthbuild. We would like to say a big thank all the staff members of the Lancaster County Library who worked so hard to make Terrific Tuesdays be creative at the library. It was a huge success this summer. Our children really enjoyed the program each week and their teachers did, too.

Getting all those wonderful prizes was a plus.

Even our younger children are already learning the importance of a good book. We are already looking forward to next summer to see what adventures you will have for us.

Singled out that I characterized those who attended the TEA party as mean-spirited caused some concern in my household. My wife suggested I refrain from further comment, which would only result in a “Who shot John” battle over newsprint space with no clear winner, other than the guy selling pulpwood.