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Today's News

  • Man wins $100k

    Man wins $100k
    Phillips bought ticket at IL station
    Reece Murphy
    rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
    A stop at an Indian Land convenience store turned lucky for a Concord, N.C., man last month – $100,000 worth of luck, to be exact.
    James Phillips, 27, said he was on his way to help his dad, Jim Phillips of Van Wyck, with yard work Oct. 26 when he stopped to buy a $5 Cold Hard Cash lottery ticket at the Indian Land Amoco at the corner of Charlotte Highway and River Road.

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  • School board to finalize policy regarding restraint and seclusion

    Think of the terms "restraint and seclusion" and you wouldn't be faulted if images of unruly prisoners, shackles and solitary confinement came to mind.
    While those images may be realistic in a law-enforcement situation, for schools, the term is much more nuanced.
    In an educational environment, restraint and seclusion describe techniques that seek to balance the need to stop disturbed or agitated students from hurting themselves or others, while doing the least harm possible to the students.

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  • County discusses nonprofit tenants

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
     The fate of two well-known nonprofit agencies was front and center Monday as Lancaster County Council discussed their respective housing situations.
    Council held a required public hearing during the early part of Monday's meeting for anyone to share concerns about plans to lease part of the county's Covenant Street property to Lancaster County Red Cross.
    The county is buying the building from the city of Lancaster. It will be the future home of Lancaster County Emergency Management.

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  • Report: Woman hits girl

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
    Multiple agencies are looking into an incident in which a woman reportedly assaulted a girl at Palmetto Place Apartments on Pardue Street.
    A man waved down a police officer Nov. 3 after witnessing an assault about 5:30 p.m. that day, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
    The man said he saw a 51-year-old woman exit her home in the 700 block of Pardue Street and chase the girl into the grassy area between the apartment and the road.

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  • Driver hits telephone pole, runs away

    Warrants have been issued for a man who drove his car into the yard of a Lancaster home and knocked down a telephone pole.
    The commotion began shortly after 1 p.m. Oct. 29 as police were called to a home in the 1200 block of Gladstone Road about a car accident.
    According to a police department incident report, a white Ford Mustang was speeding on Gladstone Road when it drove off the road into a yard and struck a telephone pole.

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  • BHS hoops tourney to tip off play

     

    The Lancaster County high school basketball season opens with plenty of hoopla Saturday at Buford High School.

    The fourth annual Jackets Preseason Invitational, which feaures all four county schools at the BHS, tips off Saturday afternoon.

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  • AJ’s Lucas tops in elite kicking field

     

       

    Brett Lucas made his kicks, and got his kicks.

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  • Tri-County honors Williams

     

       

    Lancaster High School senior quarterback Shaq Williams has earned another postseason football honor.

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  • LCPRC salutes soccer champions

    Following is a roundup of the Lancaster County Parks and Recreation fall soccer season.

    Rookies (ages 5-6)

    Divisional Champions:

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  • Deputy hurt in shooting at restaurant

    Law enforcement officers swarmed the area around a Lancaster restaurant Thursday evening after a Lancaster County sheriff's deputy was shot.
    The shooting happened after 7 p.m. at the Shrimp Boat restaurant, 1668 Memorial Park Road. Detectives with the sheriff's office said a deputy was shot in the stomach and flown from the area by helicopter for treatment.
    No details were available about the shooting or any suspects as of Thursday evening.

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