Today's Features

Kayla Vaughn
The Lancaster News

What started out as a request for a cardboard cutout train for a birthday party prop grew into a playhouse project in the hands of Lancaster grandfather Justin McDaniel.
McDaniel took the idea of the cardboard cutout train and expanded it into a wooden train playhouse.
“I thought that if we made one out of wood, it would last longer,” McDaniel said.

Spring is in the air and pruners are in hand.
Your crape myrtles might look a bit scraggly from last year’s growth, but before you commit what one local landscaper calls “crape murder,” please proceed with caution.
Crape myrtles, a landscaping staple across the South, were introduced to the Palmetto State in the late 1700s by the French botanist Andre’ Michaux. The multi-trunked trees have smooth bark and produce a canopy of crepe-like petals in pink, white or purple. They have a long summer blooming period.

Tim Cox of Monroe, N.C. and Teby Tapley of Lancaster announce the engagement of their daughter, Taryn Cox, to Justin Davis, both of Monroe.

The wedding is planned for 2 p.m. April 8 at the Henry Hall Wilson House in Monroe.

Miss Cox is the granddaughter of Frances Loyd of Lancaster and JoAnn Cox of Monroe. She is a 2007 graduate of Parkwood High School, and has a degree in medical office administration. She is employed by Southern Select Pool, Inc. in Monroe.

Sheneek Lloyette Haggins and Willie Bryan Jackson, both of Lancaster, were married Aug. 13, 2016, at First Washington Baptist Church in Lancaster.

The bride is the daughter of Willie Lloyd Haggins and Gussenia D. Haggins, both of Lancaster.  She is the granddaughter of William and Rena Mae Thompson of Washington, D.C., the late Gussie and Geneva McIlwain and the late Jim Howard “Shorty” Gaither.