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Counseling Services of Lancaster is rolling out a new campaign aimed at getting the public involved in the statewide crusade against the opioid epidemic.
The campaign, called Just Plain Killers, is a project of the S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) under which Counseling Services of Lancaster operates as a local substance-abuse commission.
The goal, both statewide and locally, is to raise and deepen public awareness of opioid use and abuse in the state while reducing the stigma placed on addicts.

An Indian land man faces numerous charges after a traffic stop yielded stacked bins containing cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs, 16 cell phones, four computers, $4,100 in cash and a stolen handgun with the serial number filed off.

Four months after being hospitalized with a stroke, Lancaster Mayor John Howard has been diagnosed with lung cancer, city officials said Tuesday.
He was admitted to Springs Memorial Hospital on Jan. 16 suffering from pneumonia, after dealing with a respiratory illness for the past few weeks, according to City Administrator Flip Hutfles.
Doctors found a tumor in one of his lungs, and he was transferred to the intensive care unit at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville last Thursday. 

I arrived at Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce’s annual soiree at 6 p.m.

A Lancaster woman has died after a vehicle struck her Tuesday night on Baker Street near Springdale Road in Lancaster.
The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 43-year-old Patricia Morgan Pate.
According to Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Gary Miller, the victim was trying to cross Baker Street when she was struck by an SUV driven by 56-year-old Kendra Joy Melton of Lancaster.
Gooches Volunteer Fire Department and Lancaster County EMS responded to the scene shortly after 7 p.m.

Eleven new playgrounds, 7,350 Chromebooks, at least 1,432 doors, and 12 parking lot and pick-up areas.
That’s some of what the Lancaster County School District’s $199 million bond referendum is funding.
And then there are the bigger projects – two new schools, three multipurpose buildings and three new artificial-turf athletic fields.

A Lancaster man suspected of taking an infant from its grandmother led deputies on a massive chase Friday, wrecking his car in Van Wyck and running through the woods to elude a horde of officers, only to be nabbed later 5 miles away eating breakfast in Indian Land.