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A second teen has been arrested in last Thursday’s Kershaw murder, and another is being sought by authorities.

Lancaster County School District officials placed South Middle School on lockdown at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office was looking for a suspect in the area of Springdale Road, school officials said, and because of the proximity to South Middle, officials locked down the school.

In its third-annual fundraiser, the Sun City rescue group Lancaster Animal Shelter Supporters raised $15,000

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Lancaster County will receive $33,613 in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs.
Deborah Boulware, United Way of Lancaster County’s executive director, said the county has been receiving an annual FEMA allotment for many years. Recipients have included HOPE, the Lancaster County Council on Aging, The Citadel House, KARE and Christian Services.

IRMO – As Indian Land High School Principal David Shamble prepared for the Class AAA girls state championship post-game awards ceremonies, he clutched the state runner-up silver medals.
He said he wished he was going to present gold medals, like the Lady Warriors won last spring, but he wasn’t disappointed in the ILHS girls soccer team.
“The Upper State champion isn’t too bad,” Shamble said. “These girls had a fantastic season.

Another Kershaw school fire caused students to miss half a day of school on Monday, causing minimal damage due to the quick work of local firefigh

A teenager has been charged in last Thursday’s shooting death of Vincent Barry Lambert Jr. on the outskirts of Kershaw.
According to a statement from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, Dorian Tyrese Clyburn, 16, was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Chick-fil-A parking lot on S.C. 9 Bypass West after a foot chase with a deputy.
Currently jailed at the Lancaster County Detention Center,
Clyburn is charged with murder, two accounts of attempted murder and resisting arrest.

Authorities are combing the Shiloh Unity/Craig Farm roads area for a suspect wanted in connection to a Thursday shooting death in Kershaw.  
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Doug Barfield said investigators received a tip Monday that the unnamed suspect was at a home on Hood Park Lane, which is off Craig Farm Road just south of Shiloh Unity Road.
Deputies approached the house about 1 p.m., but the suspect ran out a back door and fled, possibly into the woods.