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2 suspects sought in break-ins

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of a number of vehicle break-ins in the areas off Regency Park and Harrisburg roads over the weekend.
There were at least two suspects and the possible suspect’s vehicle is a tan-colored Lincoln.
The sheriff’s office is seeking the public’s help identifying the suspects, including the man in this photo.

Another rainout at Lancaster Speedway

Late evening showers continue to hamper local dirt racing at the half-mile Lancaster Super Speedway.
On Saturday, the track experienced its sixth rainout of the 2017. There was one in March, two in May, one in June and so far, racing action has been canceled twice in July.
At least one local driver – Travis Steele – raced elsewhere.
Steele took the roof off his late model and competed in the Blue Ridge Outlaw Late Models field at the half-mile Antioch Speedway in Morganton, N.C.

Peeping tom, caught in the act, roars at victim, then runs away

A Lancaster woman and her children got a rude surprise early July 4 when she caught a man peeping through her bedroom window.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report said a deputy responded to the woman’s home in the 1500 block of Fleetwood Drive about 2:29 a.m.
The 33-year-old mother of two told the deputy she heard a noise outside her window and pulled back the curtains to find a man crouched down below her window. He was touching himself sexually.

Column: Court: Newberry County must pay $13K for open-meetings violation

Anyone who has attended a meeting of a public body where the body has gone into executive session has probably been left in the dark about what was being discussed in the executive session.

Junior golfers blaze in return to links

CHESTER – The Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf Association matched the weather with a blazing return to the links at the Chester Golf Club on July 10.
The juniors, despite some sweltering playing conditions, posted some stellar scores in their first tournament coming off the chapter’s annual two-week break.
Buford High School star golfer Caleb Henson captured the win in the boys 15-18 age group, shooting an even 72 (35-37) to take a two-shot win over Nick Mangano, who finished with a 74, 37-37, over 18 holes.

Column: Feeling nibbled at checkout line? This may be the reason

If you shop locally and wonder where the money goes, the Tax Foundation has an explanation. South Carolinians pay the 17th-highest sales taxes in the nation, according to a new midyear report from the nonpartisan think tank.
The ranking, arrived at by combining state sales taxes and a population-weighted average of local sales taxes, is another rebuke to public officials who tout the Palmetto State as a low-tax environment.

No public hearing needed for Kershaw rec center annexation

KERSHAW – There’s a critical 5-acre tract the town of Kershaw needs to annex on the outskirts of town to give its underdevelopment business park access to the railroad tracks.
And this is an annexation request fully endorsed by the property owner.
The tract is home to the county-owned Andrew Jackson Recreation Center property on North Matson Street.   
Lancaster County asked Kershaw officials to annex the property into its corporate town limits.

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County planning commission meets

The Lancaster County Planning Commission meeting is 5 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Lancaster County Administration Building, 101 N. Main St. 

Column: Should S.C. consider not repaving all rural roads?

South Carolina, like every other state, is in the business of building roads. It’s a big business: Four of the top 10 vendors for the state last year were roads contractors, accounting for $175 million in spending alone.
And that doesn’t reckon the opportunity cost – all of the things that don’t get funded because roads do. I may say conservation, you may say law enforcement, but either way, there’s a magnified cost.

Column: The cutting edge of today’s education? Computer code

All the way from the boardrooms of tech executives in Silicon Valley to the kindergarten class at Voyager Charter School in Charleston, the coding movement is sweeping the country.
So, who is behind the coding movement?