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Today's News

  • Volunteer firefighter charged with embezzlement

     Christopher Sardelli
    csardelli@thelancasternews.com  
    A volunteer firefighter was arrested last month on an embezzlement charge, according to newly released information from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.
    Joshua Phillip Cauthen, 21, 994 Suttle Road, was arrested Oct. 12 on the charge of embezzlement of public funds less than $10,000, according to a sheriff’s office press release.  

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  • Daddy’s Home

    Jesef Williams
    jwilliams@thelancasternews.com
     If you ask fans who were at Williams-Brice Stadium on Oct. 6, they’ll likely tell you Tammy Faile had the most impressive run that afternoon.
    Yes, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in dominating fashion that day – led, in part, by 109 yards on the ground by star running back Marcus Lattimore.     `
    But that effort doesn’t compare to Faile’s enthusiastic sprint across the football field to hug her husband.

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  • Council considers incentive committee

    Christopher Sardelli
    csardelli@thelancasternews.com
    An idea to review economic incentives for prospective companies before they are offered will be discussed at Lancaster County Council’s Monday, Nov. 12, meeting.
    Council Chairwoman Kathy Sistare has proposed the creation of an economic incentive review committee to consider incentives prior to offering them to clients who are interested in setting up shop here.

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  • Mulvaney ready to get back to work

    Reece Murphy
    rmurphy@thelancasternews.com
    Lancaster County residents joined others across South Carolina’s U.S. House District 5 Tuesday night in agreeing to send incumbent Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney back to Washington D.C. for a second term.
    Mulvaney, a Republican from Indian Land, maintained a sizable lead against Democratic challenger Joyce Knott of Rock Hill throughout Tuesday night’s returns.

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  • Bellavance defeats Ferguson by one vote in Fort Lawn election

    Denyse Clark
    Landmark News Services
    FORT LAWN – The Board of Canvassers of the Chester County Elections Commission certified results on Thursday, Nov. 8,  for the town of Fort Lawn election.
    In Tuesday’s election, this particular race offered three candidates vying for two open council seats.
    After a recount of absentee ballots, the official results showed Councilmen Al Bellavance and Thomas Reddick were the winners in this election.

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  • Let’s thank our veterans on Saturday

    While the official Veterans Day is not until Sunday, Lancaster County residents have a chance to honor their local veterans on Saturday. That chance will be at the annual Veterans Day Parade slated to begin at noon on Main Street.
    With the election finally behind us, we have the opportunity to focus on thanking and honoring those who risk their lives to protect our freedom both here and on the foreign fields. Many of them have made the extreme sacrifice for our freedom.

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  • Emergency center does double duty

    Gregory A. Summers
    gsummers@thelancasternews.com
    Most Election Days, the three phones in the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office ring non-stop.
    Those phones did ring on Tuesday, Nov. 6, but the volume of calls election workers were fielding in the county administration building wasn’t as bad as usual.
    But that didn’t mean nobody was answering them. Those phones were still ringing, just not in that office.

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  • Panhandle carries measure on Sunday alcohol sales

    Final election numbers on Lancaster County’s ballot measure regarding Sunday alcohol sales at local restaurants show Indian Land voters played a major role in the measure's approval.

    According to final vote tallies, Lancaster County residents overall approved the measure by a 16-percent margin with 18,526 votes for the proposal and 13,412 against. 

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  • Emergency center does double duty

    Most Election Days, the three phones in the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office ring non-stop.

    Those phones did ring on Tuesday, Nov. 6, but the volume of calls election workers were fielding in the county administration building wasn’t as bad as usual.

    But that didn’t mean nobody was answering them. Those phones were still ringing, just not in that office.

    The calls were rerouted to a temporary call center set up in the Lancaster County Emergency Management Office on White Street.

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  • Council chairwoman loses re-election bid

    Steve Harper was fast asleep early Wednesday morning when he awoke to a good-news phone call – he had won the Lancaster County Council District 5 seat.

    It was about 2:30 a.m. Nov. 7, when a supporter let Harper, a Republican, know he had clinched the council seat by 288 votes, defeating Democratic incumbent Kathy Sistare. 

    “It was a relief,” Harper said Wednesday afternoon. 

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