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Today's News

  • Police seek third suspect in Brazzell murder

    The Lancaster Police Department is now seeking a third suspect in connection to the July 16 murder of David Scott Brazzell at his Rutledge Street home.

    LPD Capt. Paul Smith issued a press release Saturday that investigators have signed a warrant charging Cameron Leroy Maier, 21, 4424 Fletcher Funderburke Road, with conspiracy to commit armed robbery. His whereabouts are not known.

    Smith said investigators have learned that Maier actively conspired with Junior Lee Kiker Jr. and Samantha Diana Humphries to commit armed robbery against Brazzell.

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  • Red flag fire alert

    Due to extreme heat and increased fire activity in certain areas of South Carolina, the Forestry Commission is issuing a red flag fire alert for all counties in the state except Georgetown, Horry, and Marion. These three counties are hereby under a State Forester’s burning ban.

     

    A red flag fire alert means outdoor burning should be avoided.

    A state forester's burning ban means outdoor burning is illegal.

     

       

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  • Five people charged in stolen property case

    A group of five people, several of them related, were charged this week in connection with a string of crimes spanning two counties over the last month. 

    After an investigation into several larcenies in the Heath Springs area, Lancaster County sheriff's deputies were led to a home this week at 2020 Hanging Rock Road, according to a sheriff's office press release. Investigators executed a search warrant at the home Monday and recovered several thousand dollars worth of stolen property inside. 

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  • Dr. Adams dedicated to helping other folks

    Lancaster County lost a true humanitarian with the recent death of Dr. Ira Adams.
    Ironically, Dr. Adams died earlier this month at his Meeting Street office, where he toiled tirelessly to help his patients have a better quality of life.
    Adams enjoyed his work and had a passion for helping others, whether it was in his Lancaster office or in a foreign county.
    Adams often took his practice to countries such as Mexico and Guatemala, where it was common for him to work until his supplies were exhausted.

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  • What families do

        The teacher who had a special love for reading now has a special place in her honor at the school she loved.

    In May, members of the late Kathy Emory’s family, colleagues and friends dedicated the Miss Kathy Emory Outdoor Reading Classroom at McDonald Green Elementary School.

    Emory died Dec. 24, 2010, after battling colon cancer for more than two years. She was 52. 

    Emory served on the McDonald Green staff for more than 30 years as a fourth grade teacher and media specialist. 

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  • Man found not guilty in shooting

    Christopher Sardelli
    csardelli@thelancasternews.com
    The verdict was not guilty on all counts Wednesday for a Lancaster man accused in a drive-by shooting.  A jury deliberated for a little less than two hours July 20 in the case of 27-year-old Travis Phillip Miller. Police had charged Miller in connection with the shooting of a 33-year-old man earlier this year.

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  • Heath Springs to sell old car

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
    HEATH SPRINGS – Heath Springs officials are looking to cyberspace as a way to make a little money.
    On Tuesday, Town Council members discussed ideas about how to sell a town-owned patrol car – a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor.
    That vehicle had been used by the sheriff’s deputy, who covers the town. The current officer, Corey McIlwain, now drives a 2011 Crown Victoria.

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  • Kershaw officials address vandalism

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
    KERSHAW – Late-night scenes at the town of Kershaw’s recreation center haven’t been pretty as of late.
    Officials say in recent weeks, vandals have broken the glass on the front door of the center, written obscenities and thrown eggs at the building, turned over trash cans and tossed chairs and other items into the swimming pool.
    Now Town Council wants to do something about it.

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  • Police shoot suspect with stun gun

    Christopher Sardelli
    csardelli@thelancasternews.com
    A deputy shot  a Lancaster man with a stun gun last week, only moments after chasing the man through the Indian Land Walmart store and parking lot.
    Employees with Walmart, 10048 Charlotte Highway, called the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office on July 15 after they said they saw a man walk out of the store without paying for a shopping cart full of alcohol.
    A deputy arrived at the store a little before 4 p.m. and spoke with the store's asset protection coordinator.

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  • County sells its probation trailer

    Christopher Sardelli
    csardelli@thelancasternews.com
    It looks like Lancaster County will make some money on a trailer originally slated for demolition.
    County officials had recently been debating what to do with a triple-wide trailer that housed the county’s Probation, Parole and Pardon Services for the last 13 years. The aging trailer, located on S.C. 9 near the county’s farmer’s market and sheriff’s office, had several structural problems and its tenants have moved to the new county courthouse.

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