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Today's News

  • Advice on game of life

    Before heading to basketball camp to hone their game, a group of Lancaster High boys basketball team members recently took a timeout to give Read Across Lancaster participants advice on the game of life.

    The group, including Bruins’ coach Ricardo Priester and four LHS players, offered tips on being a success in class and beyond.

    Senior Zedrick Truesdale told the students, who range from kindergarten to fifth grade, how important schoolwork is.

    The Read Across Lancaster program began June 8 and ended July 3.

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  • AL opens AA play with win

    The Lancaster Dixie Baseball AA American League stars opened the best-of- three tournament with a 16-5 win over the NL stars on Friday night.

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  • Belles advance to state

    This past weekend the Lancaster Southern Belles All-Stars won the District 2 Tournament in Union by going undefeated and now advance to the Dixie Softball State Tournament at Shaver Complex in Seneca.

    In game 1 Friday night, the Lancaster Girls beat Chester County All-Stars, 22-0.

    Katy Ghent pitched three innings, allowed one hit, one walk and had four strikeouts.

    Kori Ballard came in to close it out in the fourth to pitch two hitless innings, no walks and three strikeouts.

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  • Sharks dunk Chester in home win

    The Lancaster County swim team improved to 3-0 with a 407-149 win over Chester on Tuesday.

    Chris James and Elizabeth Catoe led the LCST Sharks with four firsts each.

    Gracie Scott posted three firsts.

    Brooks Digh, Anna Scott, Samuel Page, Lauren Spencer, Bryce Blanton, Taylor Lindsay and Logan Phillips each had two firsts in the meet.

    The Sharks cap regular-season action with a meet at Kershaw on Monday in a make-up meet.

    The annual Aquatics will be held July 8-9 at the Lancaster County pool.

    Individual medley

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  • Who is the top banana?

    It’s about 275 miles from Latrobe, Pa., and Wilmington, Ohio.

    However, the great banana split debate splits the two towns apart much further.

    Both lay claims as the home of the banana split, but there can be only one.

    Who would have ever thought that a one scoop each of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, a whole banana, pineapple, chocolate syrup, strawberry topping, whipped cream, and nuts and cherries in a “boat” could stir up such controversy?

    Both towns have legitimate claims.

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  • More than a crown

    Buford High School graduate Randi Hollis has learned how to be a local role model, whether she wanted to or not.

    For the soft-spoken Hollis, stepping into the limelight as Miss Lancaster 2009 hasn’t been easy.

    Calling herself the most “unlikely of contestants,” Hollis left for Spartanburg on Saturday and the 2009 Miss South Carolina pageant which starts Tuesday.

    Hollis, 17, is among the 50 contestants seeking the crown.

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  • County gears up for second TEA Party

    While many people will be watching fireworks this Fourth of July, some others will gather to protest government spending at Lancaster County’s second TEA Party.

    Modeled after several other protests being held throughout the United States, Lancaster’s TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party is a forum for residents to protest high taxes and government spending. The event begins at noon Saturday outside the Lancaster County Courthouse. It should last about two hours. Those interested are asked to bring signs and wear a hat reflecting the TEA Party theme.

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  • Light up the night

    Looking for some all-American Independence Day fun? You won’t have to look far. From neighborhood gatherings to professional fireworks shows, there’s plenty to do. Here are some area events:

    – Rock Hill will host Red, White and Boom at 6 p.m. today at the Old Town Amphitheater on Black Street. The Oneppo Brothers and ZoSo will perform until the fireworks begin at 10 p.m. There will be children’s activities and food. For details, e-mail crandall@cityofrockhill.com.

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  • In Boy Scouts, you learn about snipes on your own

    My best buddy’s mama, Mrs. Ellie Pipkins, was a den mother and leader of  our neighborhood Cub Scout Pack.

    Cub Scouts get to do some stuff, but nothing like the older Boy Scouts of America.

    Most us were already experienced campers, but Cubs couldn’t go camping overnight. We could have back yard cook-outs and sharpen our knot-tying skills, but that was about it.

    I guess you could say, that made us Boy Scouts in training.

    First Baptist Church sponsored Boy Scout Troop 70 and a bunch of my Sunday School friends were already members.

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  • County Administration Building shut down for hours Wednesday

    The Lancaster County Administration Building was temporarily closed Wednesday due to a malfunctioning heating and cooling system.

    County workers had an extended break, from about 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., as the building’s maintenance staff worked with contractors to fix the problem.

    County Administrator Steve Willis said there was a computer glitch in the building’s boiler and chiller system.

    Willis said the chiller was not working properly and was equipped with a fail-safe system that shut everything down when its sensors detected a problem.

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