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After more than two years of public discussion and often contentious debate, Panhandle residents this week will voice their opinions on Indian Land incorporation in the only way that really matters – at the ballot box.

Two Kershaw men were arrested on multiple drug charges Friday after sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at the

Lancaster County is targeting a $112,000 grant to build sidewalks near Indian Land Middle School on River Road, a move to address student safety.
A 300-signature petition pushing the S.C. Department of Transportation to install sidewalks was given to the school district in November. Signatures were collected by concerned Indian Land Middle parent Pam Houge.
SCDOT got involved and the Lancaster County School District was on board with the petition.

Last fall, Larry Honeycutt got word that longtime golfing buddy Dr.

Most people never forget their first car, and that is surely true for 17-year-old Daquan Stevenson of Kershaw.

KERSHAW – It’s going to cost $5 million to get the initial infrastructure in place at Kershaw Commerce Park.
The town has applied for state economic-development grants that might pay part of that cost, but expects to borrow the rest by issuing $1.5 million to $2 million in 20-year revenue bonds.
Town officials say it’s an investment in Kershaw’s future that they are willing to make.  

The mascot of the new Van Wyck Elementary School will be the Eagles rather than the Braves, after the Catawba Indian Nation and other community members objected to the school board’s initial choice.
The board voted unanimously Tuesday night to change the mascot after a meeting with Catawba Chief Bill Harris and the school’s naming committee.
“[We] realized our effort to honor and pay tribute to the Catawbas would actually do the opposite,” said Superintendent Jonathan Phipps.

More than a dozen Lancaster County deputies surrounded a house in the 1000 block of Greenbriar Drive Wednesday afternoon while serving family court orders on an occupant.