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Mike Bailes said he's as frustrated as residents in trying to figure out why a particular contaminate keeps showing up in higher than usual numbers in the county's drinking supply.

Bailes, Catawba River water treatment plant director for the Lancaster County Water and Sewer District, said the plant has been testing new chemicals in the treatment process. It could be another week before utility officials know if the process is working.

Chucky Cairnes paced back and forth on Green Road, awaiting details about his father's murder and the man suspected of killing him on Wednesday.

His father, Ronnie Cairnes Sr., was shot in the head about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday while standing outside his business, Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle Shop, at Blakley Crossroads, not far from the Chester County line.

Cairnes was 55.

He was buying horse feed from a vendor when Darren Winchester, 46, who lived across the road from the store, fired the shot, said Lancaster County Coroner Mike Morris.

A Lancaster County man who sheriff's deputies say shot and killed store owner Ronnie Cairnes on Wednesday morning was also found dead.

Cairnes, 55, who operated Cedar Creek Tackle, at the intersection of Cedar Creek (S.C. 97) and Green roads in the southwestern part of the county, was shot about 10 a.m. outside the business.

For several hours after the shooting, the area was blocked off while county and state authorities searched for the shooter, whom Cairnes' family members say was Darren Winchester.

Thomas Belcher waited more than three months to eat a Burger King double cheeseburger.

When the fast food restaurant closed in March to be torn down, the Lancaster resident said he reluctantly ate at other local burger joints.

At first, Belcher didn't know if Burger King was going to be rebuilt, but once he saw the company signage installed on the building, he knew that his beloved flame-broiled double cheeseburger would soon be in close range.