Today's News

A Lancaster County sheriff’s deputy found himself on the other side of the law this week after he was arrested on burglary charges Thursday.
The sheriff’s office began investigating the case after deputies were called to an unfinished home in the 10000 block of Lakeshore Drive about a theft of construction materials, according to a sheriff’s office press release.

The Public Service Commission of South Carolina is scheduled to vote on Duke Energy’s request for a rate increase in coming weeks – a request now less than half the amount the company originally asked for.
In August, Duke Energy asked the commission for a rate increase of 15.2 percent, which included an average 17 percent increase for residential customers, 13 percent for industrial customers and 11 percent for commercial customers.
The commission, which must approve increases for the utility, held a public hearing on the matter in Lancaster in November.

Jesef Williams
jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
 The final phase of Lancaster’s Main Street streetscape beautification series will end at the city limits, as opposed to Great Falls Highway, which had been proposed.
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday on the bounds of the work, which will go from the Emmons Street intersection south to the city limits. The work is projected to cost about $918,000, said City Administrator Helen Sowell.

A group of men were arrested this week after they allegedly broke into a Lancaster home, demanded money and attacked a baby.
Lancaster County sheriff's deputies were called to a home in 200 block of Clearwater Drive on Jan. 8 about a home invasion, according to a sheriff's office press release. After speaking with residents of the home, deputies quickly learned that a burglary and attempted armed robbery had just occurred.
The residents told deputies they were sleeping when a group of men armed with handguns and wearing masks broke into their home.