Local

 Reece Murphy

rmurphy@thelancasternews.com

York Technical College announced Wednesday, June 11, it will open a new Indian Land instructional site in August.

Located on the first floor of the Verian Technologies building at 1245 Rosemont Drive, the center will initially offer classes for 120 students. To celebrate the opening, the college is giving scholarships to the first 100 students who sign up

 SCDNR release

Results of the 2013 Deer Hunter Survey conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources indicate that the statewide harvest of deer last season totaled 225,806, an increase of 4 percent from last year.

An estimated 124,482 bucks and 101,324 does made up this total, according to Charles Ruth, Deer and Wild Turkey Program coordinator for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Concern over future spending needs among Lancaster County Council members led to a narrow approval of the county’s 2014-15 budget during an agenda-packed meeting Monday, June 9, that lasted more than four hours.

A Lancaster man is facing weapons and drug charges after a couple reported him for threatening them with a gun as they drove on south Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521).