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James Brooks was arrested for methamphetamine possession Feb. 17 during an Indian Land traffic stop, his second drug arrest in a month and the fourth since the November 2016 charges that cost him his county school board seat.

A Lancaster man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for selling heroin laced with fentanyl to a man who later died of an overdose.
Jonathan Thomas Lewis Terry, 25, was sentenced in Lancaster County General Sessions Court on Friday after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of heroin.
“Handing over heroin laced with fentanyl is the same as shooting a bullet,” Circuit Judge Dan Hall said before sentencing Terry.

Eric Tucker took a knife to a gunfight.
The Lancaster man died from a single gunshot wound Sunday after an argument at his home with his nephew, and witnesses told investigators the younger man fired in self-defense.

A Lancaster man died from a gunshot wound Sunday afternoon.

The man, identified by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office as 54-year-old Eric Tucker, died around 5:30 p.m. at Springs Memorial Hospital after being treated for a single gunshot wound.

HEATH SPRINGS – In another cost-cutting move, Heath Springs officials voted this week to start the process of eliminating the town’s municipal court.
Town council unanimously voted Tuesday night to move ahead with that plan and ask the county magistrate’s office to handle any cases that arise. 

KERSHAW – Town officials voted Monday night to increase garbage fees 37 percent – from $16 a month to $22 – for 60-plus residents who live outside the city limits but use the town’s garbage service.
“Our citizens in town now pay more” than the out-of-town customers had been paying, said town administrator Mitch Lucas in his recommendation to council.

The Lancaster County School Board unanimously approved the 2018-19 school calendar this week, with first semester not ending until after winter break.
The board was not happy about that.
“All we would need is five days,” said board Chairman Bobby Parker. “I wish I had said this before, but talk to your legislators – we need them here.”

The Lancaster County school board has approved changes in elementary attendance zones needed to accommodate the new Van Wyck Elementary School.
The zones split the Panhandle among Harrisburg, Indian Land and Van Wyck elementaries. The proposed zones were originally brought before the board Jan. 16.

Lancaster-born documentary photographer Catherine Bauknight received two international awards Thursday and was named a United Nations goodwill ambassador.