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Don’t litter, drive posted speed...

John A. Delfausse’s letter “Consider roundabouts instead of intersections” in the June 11 edition of The Lancaster News,reflects his concern for beauty and orderly flow of traffic through Indian Land. Who is gonna teach the  driving public to maneuver on a roundabout? A roundabout is a stationary merry-go-round and drivers have to exit sometime into the flow of heavy through traffic. Much like the fear you have when a vehicle is merging from a ramp without regard to the posted “Yield” sign. Sure hope the guy riding your bumper is alert.

Search for Hough ends in arrest...

 Christopher Sardelli

csardelli@thelancasternews.com 

While Tyzhe Hough, the man wanted for hitting two police officers with his car, is still at large, the search for him has resulted in the arrest of his uncle.

Scottie Bernard Hough, 46, 5908 Henderson Road, was arrested Tuesday, July 8, for a probation and parole violation, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. 

911 recording reveals moments...

 Christopher Sardelli

csardelli@thelancasternews.com 

Recordings from a series of 911 calls made earlier this month shed more light on the events surrounding the death of three-year-old Logan Cox, who suffered heat stroke inside a hot car on July 2 and died several days later. 

Post offices to stay open

 Reece Murphy

rmurphy@thelancasternews.com

VAN WYCK – Van Wyck residents got some disappointing, but good news from U.S. Postal Service officials this week – operating hours at the community’s post office may be cut, though the office will remain open.

Man wanted in prescription scam...

 Christopher Sardelli

csardelli@thelancasternews.com

Investigators are hoping to find at least one man responsible for calling in fake prescriptions to an Indian Land pharmacy late last month, using real doctor identification numbers. 

Post 31 gives old Buford High...

 Robert Howey

rhowey@thelancasternews.com

As the old saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Same could nearly be said about the refurbished scoreboard at Eggleton Field, home of the Lancaster Post 31 American Legion baseball program.

Lancaster Legion Post 31 athletic officer Scott Cato has taken the old Buford High School baseball scoreboard and put it to good use.

Dementia expert Teepa Snow to...

 Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

Senior Helpers, an in-home senior care agency, and Springs Memorial Hospital are co-sponsoring “Understanding Dementia Care,” a seminar for professionals and family caregivers on July 25, at First Baptist Church, 300 S. Market St.

Passing summertime away

 Gregory A. Summers

gsummers@thelancasternews.com

Lancaster High School football coach Bobby Collins would be the first to admit that 7-on-7 football isn’t the real thing.

After all, it’s shirts, shorts, cleats and helmets. Tackling isn’t allowed and plays stop with one or two-hand contact.

Suspects sought in IL car thefts

 Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

INDIAN LAND – The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is investigating two brazen car thefts reported late last week.

At 4:56 a.m. Thursday, July 10, a white male wearing a hat, white tank shirt, shorts and shoes broke into Bernard Motorcar Company, 9410 Charlotte Highway, Indian Land, according to a sheriff’s office press release. 

Warriors, Vols top 10 Director’s...

 Robert Howey

rhowey@thelancasternews.com

Lancaster County high schools Indian Land and Andrew Jackson have been recognized for a strong athletic season for the 2013-14 school term.

ILHS, for the 10th time in the last 13 years, has garnered a top 10 finish in the annual S.C. Athletic Administrators Association Director’s Cup top 10 standings in Class AA.