Today's News

Bertha Davis doesn't like the idea of Bildrick Green being out of jail on bond.

She told Judge Brooks Goldsmith so Friday at a bond hearing at the Lancaster County Courthouse.

Davis' son, Derek Lamont Davis, died at Springs Memorial Hospital on April 7, not long after being shot at Pardue Street Apartments. He was 21.

Green, 24, is charged with Davis' murder.

"We're still hurting now," said Davis' mother. "It's true they (Davis and Green) were friends, but what happened, we don't know."

If you spot Charles Bowers cruising U.S. 521 on his Harley Davidson, he most likely has his helmet.

The question, though, is whether it will be on his head or packed away with his gear. He said it all depends on where he's riding.

Bowers, an Indian Land resident whose fiancee died last month in a motorcycle wreck, said there are many dangers that bikers have to watch out for that makes their experience different from four-wheel motorists.

The impact of certain accidents will be the same with or without a helmet, he said.

Parts of the building looked like a science laboratory while another looked more like a distant planet.

At Discovery School in Lancaster last week, more than 100 students tried their hand at various stations that made up Camp Invention.

The program, which fostered creative thinking through hands-on activities, was geared to rising first- through sixth-graders.

It started Monday and ran through Friday.

One room in the building was turned into "Planet Zak," where students had crash landed and had five days to get off.

Pat Brice has been praying for Helen and Ronald Wright since they were hurt in a house fire Thursday.

Brice has power of attorney for Helen, 65, and Ronald, 68, and has known the couple for about 20 years. She helps take care of the couple, and has become like a family member to them.

Brice, 53, lives about four houses away from the Wrights on Charlotte Highway. She was shocked to hear that their home caught fire Thursday about 5 p.m.