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Learning Lancaster classes

Spaces are available for “Learning Lancaster,” a free 14-week civics course offered to county residents. The course gives participants an opportunity to learn about the multi-faceted services of Lancaster County. Topics include tax dollars, court systems, county services and more. Registration is available at www.mylancastersc.org/learnlancaster and space is limited. Applications are due Dec. 28. For details, call (803) 416-9744 or e-mail jkennington@lancastercountysc.net. 

County’s largest drug bust ever

The takedown of a major drug-trafficking ring has netted four suspects and a huge cache of narcotics, guns and cash – the largest drug bust ever in Lancaster County, authorities said Friday.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force recovered more than $420,000 worth of drugs during Nov. 30 raids on four different locations.

Great Falls store owner found...

Landmark News Service
The body of missing Great Falls store owner Doug Sumner was found Monday in a wrecked vehicle along U.S. 21 in Fairfield County.
Sumner, who was reported missing Oct. 22, appeared to have run off the highway and down a 60-foot embankment, where his vehicle struck a tree, according to Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill.
Sumner, owner of Sumner’s Deli & Grocery on Ridgeway Road, was last seen driving his black Dodge Ram truck in Rock Hill on Oct. 22.

2-vehicle Riverside wreck kills...

A Lancaster man died early Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision on Riverside Road.
Identified by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, James Plyler, 51, was driving his 2000 GMC pickup north on Riverside near Industrial Park Drive shortly after 4:30 a.m. when the wreck occurred.
Eric Sandor, 24, of Lancaster was also traveling north on Riverside in a 2003 BMW when he attempted to pass Plyler’s pickup, according to Trooper Justin Sutherland of the S.C. Highway Patrol.

S.C. ratings for 8 of 20 LCSD...

S.C. school report cards are out, and the results aren’t flattering for Lancaster County.
The Lancaster County School District saw eight out of 20 schools’ ratings decline, including three of the four high schools, with nine schools showing no change and two getting a higher rating.
The state brought back its rating of individual schools – excellent, good, average or below average – in the 2018 report card. The last time the state issued those ratings was in the 2014 report.

22-year-old shot, leaving few...

A man was brought into Springs Memorial Hospital’s emergency room Sunday night with a severe gunshot wound, sparking an investigation by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.
Doug Barfield, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said deputies were dispatched to the area of Old Lansford and Springdale roads around 6 p.m. in reference to a suspicious person. A few minutes later, the deputies were alerted by Lancaster police that the person had been found and was in the ER with a gunshot wound.

Moving on from Duracell

Steven Strong worked his last day at Duracell on Monday. He had been with the company for 31 years, starting as a mechanic and working his way up to a supervisor position.
On Tuesday, he attended a job fair at USC Lancaster featuring plentiful manufacturing positions across Lancaster County.
Strong, who lives in Lancaster with his family, said he was surprised and encouraged to see so many manufacturing jobs available here. He had been worried that after his Duracell layoff he would have to travel away from his hometown to work every day.

‘I’m sorry – I can’t say it...

Two days into his murder trial, Brent Gay pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Thursday in the 2015 shooting death of Flint McManus and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Gay, 34, confessed to shooting McManus and blamed debilitating drug abuse. He asked forgiveness from the victim’s relatives, who had sat through 14 hours of prosecution testimony before the plea deal was announced.

Desperate moment on a smoky...

Kendrick Thompson knows his memories from 2:30 p.m. Nov. 6 will never leave him completely, not for the rest of his life. And he isn’t the only one.
The 18-year-old Lancaster High senior, a first responder in training, was standing alone beside his grandmother’s grave at Salem Cemetery in Heath Springs. It was Election Day, and he had cast his first ballot.

Punky’s On Main: New décor,...

Punky’s On Main, which opened last month in the old Charley’s Café space on Lancaster’s South Main Street, is off to a bustling start.
The restaurant’s “soft opening” began at 11 a.m. Nov. 26, and soon every table at the newly renovated eatery was filled.
“There wasn’t nothing soft about it!” said co-owner Scott Edwards. “It was awesome. We were packed.”