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Today's News

  • County library has become a sports arena

    I don’t frequent the Lancaster County Library as often as I once did. Recently, I did a little researching and my experience was not so pleasant.

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  • Local girl goes blue with golden hens

    INDIAN LAND – An Indian Land girl won big with a pen of hens she raised for a 4-H project.

    Allie Siceloff, a second-grader at Indian Land Elementary/Middle School, participated in this year's 4-H Poultry Project. For the project, she was given 25 chicks and was responsible for feeding them and recording their growth and progress in a journal.

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  • Schools report 8th MRSA case

    Another case of MRSA has been reported in the Lancaster County School District.

    The latest case reported is at South Middle School, bringing the total of known cases in the school district to eight.

    School District spokesman David Knight confirmed the case Monday afternoon. He wouldn't say whether it involved a student or member of staff. He said providing additional information about whether the case is a student or staffer could lead others to deduce the identity of the person.

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  • Printable Holiday Events Calendar

    Click here to open a printable calendar.

    To add your holiday event to this calendar, email your request to news@thelancasternews.com

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  • York sweep spoils ILHS's gym debut

    INDIAN LAND – York spoiled Indian Land’s debut in the new Warriors’ gym in a high school basketball sweep Tuesday night.

    The Cougars clawed the IL teams twice – 90-56 in the nightcap after the York girls cruised to a 60-29 win.

    York shot to a 22-9 lead in the opening period and held a 44-22 lead at the break. The Warriors used a 9-5 run to open the second half to make it 49-31, but couldn’t get closer in the nightcap.

    York, up 64-37 after three periods, cruised to the 90-56 win.

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  • Thriller nets LHS sweep of AJ

    KERSHAW – Lancaster High School notched a season-opening sweep of county rival Andrew Jackson High School, but the hoops broom job on the Vols’ home floor didn’t come easy.

    After the LHS girls notched a 52-35 win, the determined Vols of first-year AJ boys’ coach Dale Reeves battled the Bruins to the wire before LHS took a 62-61 win.

    Lancaster High School junior guard Shurdell Wright hit two free throws with 1.8 seconds to play for what proved to be the winning points in the Bruins’ comeback win.

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  • Veterans boost IL mat hopes

    INDIAN LAND – Veteran Warriors wrestling coach Mike Kersey has molded the Indian Land program into one of the elite in Class A and he hopes the mat trend will continue.

    Kersey, a 13-year coaching veteran, has a solid group of returnees back from the 2006-07 squad, which went 17-5 and finished as the Class A Upstate runner-up in the dual tournament.

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  • Tigers make plays in big win over USC

    In general for the Clemson Tigers, what a difference a year makes. After a gut-wrenching 31-28 loss to arch-rival South Carolina on a game-ending missed field goal, a game-winning CU field goal makes for a warm winter and state bragging rights. In particular for Tigers’ Aaron Kelly and Mark Buchholz, what a difference a week makes. Kelly and Buchholz played key roles in Clemson’s continued dominance of USC on Saturday night when the Tigers rallied for a 23-21 win over the Gamecocks.

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  • This season buy locally from your friends, neighbors

    The Federal Trade Commission has established safety tips for people considering doing their Christmas shopping online (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/ alt082.shtm).

    There are a number of dangers and pitfalls to buying products sight unseen from people you don’t know from an unknown location.

    Thank goodness there are a number of fine local merchants in Lancaster County so that you don’t have to expose yourself to the dangers of shopping online.

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  • Help save potential best friend’s life

    To experience unconditional love, get a pet. He or she doesn’t care if you wear designer clothes, what kind of vehicle you drive or the kind of house you live in.

    They accept you for who you are. They are faithful companions and friends. They don’t judge and they don’t hold grudges.

    But last year in Lancaster County, 4,250 weren’t given a chance to become a pet. That was the number euthanized at the Lancaster County Animal Shelter because there was no place in the county to hold them until they could be adopted.

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