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Four volunteer fire departments raced to New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Buford at mid-afternoon Friday when a fire destroyed a storage shed and spread to nearby woods.

Everyone likes to hear a good story, and Donald Davis has lots to tell. This Sunday, he will be spinning his yarns at Lancaster’s Cultural Arts Center.

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Andrew Jackson Middle School’s opening has been pushed back another week to April 24 because of scheduling for the final inspection of the extensive fire repairs.

As Lancaster mourns John Howard’s passing, city officials must put in motion the process for filling the mayoral seat he left behind.
The seat was already up for re-election Nov. 6, but City Administrator Flip Hutfles said state law doesn’t allow the city to wait until that election.
“When a vacancy occurs in the mayor’s office more than 180 days from its election, then a special election must be held,” Hutfles said.

Reporters call a politician like John Howard a “quote machine.”
There was almost never a question he wouldn’t answer, often with a home-spun quip or outlandish analogy. He was passionate – often fiery, sometimes indignant – about how the city conducted business.
Howard gravitated to olfactory references.

Three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer, Lancaster Mayor John Howard died Tues

Former residents of Palmetto Place Apartments returned last Sunday to treat a new generation to an Easter egg hunt, games, snow cones and hot dog

Wanda Johnson
Clemson University

CLEMSON – An impressive lineup of nationally and internationally known speakers will share their knowledge and experience with thousands of young boys and men during Clemson University’s 2018 Men of Color National Summit.
The summit returns to the TD Convention Center in Greenville on April 12-13, with more than 45 sessions designed to encourage students to evaluate themselves and discover their full potential.

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The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an Easter morning homicide – the county’s first of the year.
Wendell Paul Price Jr., 29, of Airport Road, Pageland, was shot multiple times at very close range, said Sheriff Jay Brooks.
Price was found slumped in the driver’s seat of his car at the intersection of S.C. 145 and Sandy Plains Road, near the border with North Carolina about 7:45 a.m., Brooks said.