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The Lancaster Police Department released more information on the circumstances of a manhunt in the city limts Saturday, May 3, in which the suspect, Sammy Lee Baskins Jr, shot and seriously injured his daughter and her grandmother in separate shootings before killing himself. 

 University of South Carolina Lancaster

Medford Library at the University of South Carolina Lancaster will host author Mary Ann Medford Claud as she signs and reads from her  new novel, “The Dancin’ Man” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 4.

A Lancaster native and daughter of WIlliam Medford, for whom the library is named, Claud now lives in Tryon, N.C., with her husband, Olin Sansbury.

When it comes to the officer-involved shooting death of 55-year-old Ingrid Mayer on April 24, Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said Deputy Glenn Reams had little choice.

Despite the exhausting 26-hour journey to China he embarked upon earlier this month, Larry McCullough was upbeat about the positive impact the trip could make on Lancaster County’s long-term economy.