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Today's News

  • Newspaper wins 12 awards in contest

    The Lancaster News' staffers came home with 12 awards in the S.C. Press Association's annual contest.

    Newsroom employees received their awards during a luncheon in Spartanburg on Friday. The entries were judged by newspaper employees in West Virginia.

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  • Cost of beer leads to fight at local bar

    A Lancaster man went to jail Wednesday after an aggravated assault stemming from an argument over the cost of beer at a bar.

    William Kevin Todd, 40, of 1684 Lynwood Drive, was charged by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office with aggravated assault and battery and assault with intent to kill.

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  • In Lancaster County politics, men have always dominated, but women have made gains in recent years

    If elected president, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York will be the first woman chosen for the country's top office.

    Nancy Pelosi is the first female speaker of the U.S. House.

    If elected state senator, Lancaster attorney Mandy Powers-Norrell will make history of her own. A woman has never been elected to represent Lancaster County in the state Senate or House in Columbia. There have been few women candidates to even make a run for the state offices.

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  • Middle school students see how adults earn a living

    INDIAN LAND – Indian Land Middle School students had a chance to practice being taxpayers Feb. 26. Some of them did not have to go very far.

    Brittany Perez shadowed her mom, seventh-grade ILMS math and science teacher Lisa Bachini.

    Bachini said her daughter thought it was a little boring. Perez has no clue what she wants to be when she grows up, but says it probably won't be a teacher.

    Four students went to Indian Land Elementary School to shadow faculty and staff.

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  • Filing for local, state offices begins next week

    If you're interested in filing for local or state offices, your chance is coming up.

    Filing for state and local Democratic and Republican offices begins at noon March 16 and closes at noon March 30. Both days are Sundays.

    Democrats will file at 206 S. Main St., the law offices of Norrell and Powers-Norrell.

    Republicans will file at 874 S. Lake Drive, the office of Storage to Go.

    County offices up for election and their filing fees are:

    - Clerk of court: $2,701.24

    - Sheriff: $3,137.40

    - Coroner: $2,093.12

    - Auditor: $2,456.56

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  • Paper redeems itself with stories

    I enjoyed editor Barbara Rutledge's recent column "Conversations, tidbits and FYI's." I can only imagine how many complaints you must get any given day.

    But I, too, harbor a list that irritates me.

    I have submitted information to The Lancaster News. And because of miscommunication and inconsistent procedures my information was not published or lost. Also, I had my personal photos misplaced.

    I had just lost all hope in The Lancaster News.

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  • Council must back its decision

    We think there's a major question that County Council members need to consider before they enact more stringent animal-control laws. And that is: Is the county planning to hire more animal-control personnel to make sure that people abide by the rules? We're cynical, so we find ourselves questioning whether there would be any real point to such legislation.

    Council on Monday gave the first of three approvals to an ordinance that would tighten several of the county's animal control laws, including how an owner provides water and shelter for dogs kept outside.

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  • Aunt Bess found a way to help out soldiers

    By 1942, "Uncle Sam" was finally getting his act together when it came to all this war business, or so it seemed.

    So were we.

    At the time, First Presbyterian Church – with its huge silver Mason cap roof – was at the corner of Main and Gay Streets.

    The church became the preferred site of frequently held socials for far-from-home soldiers who were passing through here on maneuvers.

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  • You got hair cut, slice of life in 'hole'

    Recently looking over some old photographs of downtown and news of the death of an uptown guy sent me down memory lane.

    The death of Frank Ghent took me back in time when downtown was a hopping place in the Red Rose City.

    Mr. Ghent, who died Feb. 26, was one of the two barbers at "the hole," also known as the Friendly Barber Shop.

    The place was quite friendly, but what about "the hole?"

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  • Punishment unjust for animal fighting

    This is the last time I am responding about my support of cockfighting unless I am summoned to speak in Columbia. Quite frankly I am tired of repeating myself. I am coughing on all the smoke being used to cloud the true issue.

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