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Today's News

  • Plans set for 2012 Red Rose Festival

    Additional activities, more good Southern food and a lot of hip-twisting music are just a month or so away as organizers prepare for the third annual Red Rose Festival.

    The family-friendly event, slated for May 18-19, has been billed as Lancaster’s signature event. All of the festivities will take place downtown.

    Caroline Hasty, events and promotions coordinator for See Lancaster SC, the city’s marketing group, said the live musical entertainment is set and all the food vendor slots have been filled.

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  • School district optimistic about upcoming budget

    While still in the works, Lancaster County School District officials say the forecast for this year’s budget is looking good.

    Tony Walker, the district’s finance director, said at the school board’s March 27 meeting the district is in good financial shape as the fiscal year draws to a close. Walker said both general fund spending and revenue are in line, or better, than expected.

    Last year’s general fund budget for day-to-day operations totaled $70.8 million.

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  • Knife upgrades shoplifting charge to armed robbery

    Detectives tracked down and arrested a local man last week in connection with the armed robbery of a Lancaster pharmacy.

    Jeffrey Scott White, 39, 1921 Emma Circle, was arrested March 26. 

    He is  charged with armed robbery and possession of a knife during the commission of a violent crime. 

    The charges stem from a robbery at Walgreens, at the intersection of S.C. 9 Bypass and Gillsbrook Road, on  March 24.

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  • Sims Foundation awards $822,000 in grants

    Direct health services and health education are among the projects funded by the J. Marion Sims Foundation’s most recent grant awards.  A total of 13 organizations are the recipients of grants totaling $822,816.

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  • IL girls soccer making strides this spring

    Graduation took a toll on the Indian Land Lady Warriors’ soccer team, but IL coach Mark Bonda said the Lady Warriors are making progress this spring.

    “Going into this season we knew we would be a young team,” Bonda said. “We graduated eight seniors  which left a lot of key positions open.”

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  • Davis 'Senior Showcase' at Lewisville High School on Saturday

    The Larry Davis “Senior Showcase” will be held Saturday afternoon at Lewisville High School.

    The event is a basketball game featuring area senior talent in an all-star contest at 2 p.m.

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  • Democratic National Convention seeks volunteers

    The 2012 Democratic National Convention, to be held the first week of September in Charlotte, is expected to bring millions of dollars and 35,000 visitors into this area, including thousands of national and international media representatives.

    According to officials with the Democratic National Convention Committee and the Host Committee, the 2012 convention will shine a spotlight on Charlotte and the surrounding area. Thousands of television, newspaper and magazine reporters will be coming, along with delegates and convention workers.

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  • Lady Bruins earn second

     

       

    Lancaster High School second-year softball coach Kim Perry said she feels her Lady Bruins blossomed in the annual Azalea Invitational Tournament in Summerville this week.

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  • Fire destroys home on Ross Cauthen Road

    Almost two dozen firefighters worked to quell a mobile home fire last weekend that killed an animal and left two people homeless. 

    Emergency responders arrived at the home in the 2100 block of Ross Cauthen Road about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, March 31, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. 

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  • Sutton sixth in elite tourney

    Lancaster area junior golfer Anthony Sutton had an impressive weekend on the links at the Jekyll Island Cup, an invitation-only tournament held by U.S. Kids Golf on the Georgia coast.

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