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The Lancaster Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying whoever is fishing checks

Community Playhouse of Lancaster County and See Lancaster Live presented “Princess ‘Die’aries” at a murder mystery dinner theater event at USC Lancaster March 30.

Three Kershaw residents were arrested March 30 on drug trafficking and weapons charges at a home on Fork Hill Road.

County election officials spent Friday fending off complaints that it was disrespectful to schedule a special election so quickly to fill the rest of the late Mayor John Howard’s term.

Henry Johnson, who served eight years as Lancaster’s mayor in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 95.
He was elected in 1974 and ’78, serving two terms between Reece Funderburk and Joe Shaw.

The Lancaster County School District has installed a new emergency alert system that can send information to parents, teachers and students instantly via text message.
“It’s very similar to what’s used on university campuses. That’s the model we’re after,” said Bryan Vaughn, the district’s safety director. “This give folks immediate info, and it’s good because I can access it anywhere… whether I’m on the side of the road, in a classroom or in the middle of a situation.