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Temporary limited visitation at SMH

Springs Memorial Hospital has implemented a temporary limited visitation policy due to the high number of confirmed flu cases in the area. 

Visitation is limited as follows:

- Children under 12 years of age are asked not to visit patient rooms or visit patients within the emergency department. Also, please do not bring children to the waiting room of the Emergency Department unless they are being seen as a patient.

Coming Events

Week Ahead

Grace Bleachery reunion meetings

Grace Bleachery reunion meetings are held from 3-6 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month at Lancaster County Library, 313 S. White St., Lancaster. All are welcome. The next meeting is Feb. 17. For details, call (803) 285-2564 or (803) 286-6291.

Gregory Knight to perform Feb. 17

Church News

Week Ahead

Valentine Pageant set for Feb. 16

St. Paul AME Church, 133 Pleasant Hill St., Lancaster, will host a Valentine Pageant at 4 p.m. Feb. 16. 

Black History Day Program

God’s Holy Temple Church, 120 E. Gay St., Lancaster, will host a Black History Day Program at 8 a.m. Feb. 17. Minister Elmore Frazier will speak. For details, call (803) 320-3810. 

Women’s Day Service at Sand Hill Baptist

Great Falls man dies in S.C. 9...

A Great Falls man died Monday morning in a one-vehicle wreck on S.C. 9 near Grace Avenue west of Lancaster.
The victim was David Wayne Roberts, 63, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Lance Cpl. Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol, Roberts was alone driving west on S.C. 9 shortly before 7:15 a.m. His 2003 Chevy Trailblazer left the right side of the road and hit a guardrail before swerving to the left down an embankment in the median and smashing into a tree.

Murder at party on Arch Street

A Lancaster man was shot dead Saturday night at a party on East Arch Street, and police are searching for a suspect in the killing.

Gunshot just misses cops in drug...

A Lancaster man and woman were arrested Friday after a shot was fired at SWAT team members entering their home during a drug raid, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

Chick-fil-A will close 4-5 weeks...

The line of cars wrapped around Lancaster’s busy Chick-fil-A will cease for at least a month starting March 9, when the restaurant will close for remodeling that will include a double drive-thru lane.
The restaurant, which opened about 20 years ago, will refurbish the dining room and play area, and hire 20 to 30 new employees.

80 teens ready for a special...

Tonight, don’t be surprised if you see teens around Lancaster suited up in tuxes or sparkling in prom dresses.
Prom night has come early.
The Tim Tebow Foundation is sponsoring its fifth Night to Shine, a worldwide prom experience for those with special needs ages 14 and older.
This year, Unity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lancaster will join 650 congregations across the world, creating a night to remember with limo rides, red carpet, hair and makeup stations, shoe-shines and karaoke.

Construction glitches rile...

School board Chairman Bobby Parker, competing in the annual Dancing With the Stars fundraiser early this month, was one of the first people to perform onstage in the new $21 million Lancaster High School multipurpose building.
At first, there was no sound from the audio system. Then there was way too much.
“A repair was made and the volume of folks speaking was amplified, but it was more feedback than I’ve ever heard in my life. It was horrible, and we are certainly not satisfied with what we heard,” recalled Superintendent Jonathan Phipps.

Senate OKs firing squads,...

Responding to the unavailability of lethal-injection chemicals, the S.C. Senate has voted to reinstate the electric chair for death-row executions and to add the option of firing squads.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sens. Greg Hembree of Horry County and Shane Martin of Spartanburg County, passed 26-13 in the Senate last Wednesday, and is now in committee in the House.
Lancaster County’s two senators, Republican Greg Gregory of Lancaster and Democrat Vincent Sheheen of Camden, did not vote on the bill.