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Man-goat donnybrook ends with dead animal

A Buford man shot and killed a stray goat last weekend after the animal twice jumped atop his car, threatened to ram him and wouldn’t leave his yard, a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report said.
The report said a sheriff’s deputy responded to the 3800 block of Cimmeron Road Saturday about 10:10 a.m. and found the homeowner, Sonny Plyler, in the front yard “aggravated that he had to shoot the animal.”

Lancaster man charged in Chesterfield slaying

A Lancaster man is one of three people charged Thursday in the killing of a Chesterfield County man whose body was found Monday morning in a field near Chesterfield.

Breakers down Piranhas in weather-shortened meet

The Lancaster County swim team dropped its first Metrolina League loss, falling to the Tega Cay Breakers, 433-238 Thursday at the Lancaster County pool.

The LC Piranhas are 2-1 in Metrolina League meets, 2-2 overall.

The meet was halted after 50 events due to lightning in the area.

The LCST was led by Olivia Thorpe, Bristol Glenn and Fletcher Armbrust who posted three wins each.

Double winners included Ryder Lucas, Isabella Thorpe, Tamra Tipton and Mallory McDow.

Lancaster, in the meet with TCST, won two of four relay events.

‘Miss Emily’ Franklin, caretaker of Buford Battleground, dies at 87

Emily Carnes Franklin, the unofficial ambassador and caretaker of Lancaster County’s most significant Revolutionary War site, the Buford Battleground, died Friday. She was 87.
“Miss Emily’s” roots run deep at the Buford Massacre site on Rocky River Road. She was a direct descendant of the Rev. Jacob “Preacher” Carnes.

Milhorn posts close links win in LJGA tourney play

KERSHAW – Jake Milhorn won a close match, notching the victory in a playoff as the Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf Association capped its first round of play at the Kershaw Golf Club on Monday.
The Kershaw tournament was the third straight for the LJGA, which will now have its annual mid-season break.
Milhorn and Landry Williams each shot a 22, with Milhorn winning in a playoff for the boys 7-9 age group.
Milhorn, over five holes, had a birdie and two pars. Williams, steady in his play, registered four pars on the day.

Post 31 returns to play

The Lancaster Post 31 Legion baseball team will return to League V play, looking to build off its latest success.
Lancaster, 3-5, opened the 2017 Legion baseball season with five straight losses, but rebounded to notch three straight victories.
Lancaster was off last week, but will return to play Monday when Post 31 will host Rock Hill Post 34 in the League V mini-series.
Game two is slated for Rock Hill Post 34 on Tuesday, with game three slated for Thursday at Lancaster’s Eggleton Field. All games begin at 7 p.m.

LHS fills spring sports coaching posts

Three Lancaster High School spring sports teams will have new leadership next season.
Bruins teams in baseball, softball and girls soccer will sport new coaches, including two squads led by former Bruins players.
Trevor Hammond, who has previously served as an LHS baseball assistant, is the new Bruins baseball head coach.
Erin Walker, a volunteer assistant with the 2017 Region III-AAAA champion Lady Bruins, will lead the LHS softball team.
Sal Estrada, who formerly coached the LHS girls soccer team, is again in charge of the Lady Bruins booters.

LHS teacher harvests honey

It was the perfect day to harvest their fourth year of honey – close to July but not so late that the honey becomes bitter.

Debra Huey, a Lancaster High job-transition coach, and her family walked to their eight beehives last Sunday and took out all of the frames, which were full of honey and had a wax layer on top.
Huey said she’s always been interested in how smart bees are.
“My grandfather was a beekeeper,” she said. “I was always amazed and so fascinated by the hives.”

18-acre solar farm coming to Kershaw’s industrial park

Kershaw’s industrial park likely will get its first tenant, after the town council voted unanimously Wednesday to allow a solar-panel farm to be built on 18 acres in Kershaw Commerce Park.
Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR), a national provider of local solar farms, approached the town June 9 asking for a minimum of 18 acres to be leased for at least 20 years at $1,000 per acre per year. The deal will bring the town $360,000 over the life of the contract.

Kershaw Co. firefighter live-streams Ocean Blvd. gun battle

Bubba Hinson, a Kershaw County volunteer firefighter, has been barraged with calls from media outlets all over the world this week, as his terrifying video of a street shooting in the heart of Myrtle Beach has drawn more than 4 million Facebook views.
“I’m just ready for everything to go back to normal,” he said Tuesday. “I had to charge my phone three times yesterday, and I have two batteries for it!”