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Today's News

  • Customer arrested for throwing drink at store clerk

    Police arrested a woman only hours after she threw a drink at a convenience store clerk last week. 

    Elizabeth Marie Baxter, 40, 4880 Feed Lot Road, Catawba, N.C., was picked up by Lancaster police officers after the clerk reported the assault July 1. 

    Officers responded to Midway Grocery, located at 426 W. Meeting St., at 5:50 p.m. and spoke with the clerk who said she had just been assaulted by a customer, according to a police department incident report. 

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  • FLC sets closing deadline for Edenmoor purchase

    The Lancaster County Forfeit Land Commission has set dates for closing on the purchase of Indian Land's Edenmoor residential development.

    The announcement came Wednesday during a motion following a closed-door briefing for FLC members by representatives of Eden Ventures, the development company working to buy the troubled residential development.

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  • Here's a big thanks from the stoved-up

    Eating your own words (or thoughts) isn’t always the most appetizing thing on the menu. 

    Like castor oil, it can get something stuck out of your system.

    You know, I’ve read my share of letters to the editor from folks who want to thank others for doing the job they are paid to do. 

    And most of the time, I made light of their letters. 

    However, that chicken has come home to roost and is crowing away atop a house gutter.

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  • Family first

    Within the next couple of months, Robert Truesdale’s “office” will be empty.

    That office is the seed counter in Ace Hardware and Garden Center of Lancaster, where Truesdale has weighed out seed of every kind and shape in the last 54 years. Truesdale, now a part time “feed and seed store” employee, will soon weigh out his last bag for one of the farmers who stop by to trade hearty stories and conversation.

    That’s because Lancaster is losing one of its oldest businesses. 

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  • Meet Your Neighbor – Trish Hinson

    Name: Trish Hinson

    Age: 42

    Address: Hula Drive

    Family: Husband, Joel, 45, and a daughter, Katie Hope Hinson, 17  

    Pets: Zoe, a dapple dachshund, and four treeing walker hounds

    Job: Lancaster County 911 addressing 

    Church: Rich Hill Baptist Church

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  • Area teams shine in Aquatics

    The Lancaster Tigers paced the effort at the two-day Aquatics Championships at the Lancaster County pool.

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  • Juniors jolt Gaffney, 15-5

     

       

    After a couple of nail-biters, the Lancaster Post 31 junior baseball team put the hammer down on Gaffney.

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  • Blue stars roll to district crown

     

       

    The Lancaster Dixie Boys Blue all-stars put the finishing touches on the District 10 title in convincing fashion.

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  • Fall sports registration begins Monday with several changes

     

       

    The Joint Recreation Commission has made a few changes to LCPR’s sports and recreation programs for the 2011-2012 year.

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  • Gamecock fever cures ills

    During the final week of June in the Palmetto State, the health of a large majority of state residents was likely greatly impacted.
    For sure there was sleep deprivation, not to mention some rising stress levels and skipping heartbeats.
    S.C. Sen. John Courson (R-Richland County), who noted he takes blood pressure medication, said another night might likely had done him in. He added quite likely the next day would have brought a vacant senate seat in the state legislature.

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