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Mayor John Howard is in good spirits and his medical condition is improving, according to a website his daughter created to update the community on his progress.
Shelley Robinson wrote that Howard, surrounded by family, is using both a breathing tube and a feeding tube, and he has lost 50 pounds since entering the hospital Jan. 16. But he has been able to maneuver out of bed into a chair and begin physical therapy, she said.

The town of Van Wyck has more than doubled in size since its creation in November through voluntary annexation of its neighbors.
Monday night town council members gave final approval to a bundle of annexations totaling 882 acres.
The council also made substantial moves to preserve the traditional activities of hunting and farming in the community.

All Lancaster County school lobbies have been reconfigured to prevent unauthorized entry, school officials said Thursday, and one-button lockdowns are in place at all Indian Land and Buford campuses.

Former House Majority Leader Richard Quinn Jr. has been sentenced to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to misconduct in office.
Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen delivered the sentence 9 a.m. Monday at a hearing in Beaufort. In addition to probation, Mullen sentenced Quinn to 500 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Special Prosecutor David Pascoe, who argued for Quinn to receive the maximum sentence of one year in prison, objected to Mullen’s sentencing, but the judge didn’t let him get far.  

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents to be on guard for possible card skimmers on local gas pumps.
Skimmers are electronic devices that “skim” information from credit and debit card magnetic strips when the cards are swiped.
The sheriff’s office issued the “skimmer alert” on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon.

On this Valentine’s Day, we bring you a love story with a 26-year hiatus in the middle.
Crystal Bradley and James “Mac” McInvaille have a wedding scheduled for July 14 – the second time they’ve made such plans.

Indian Land incorporation organizers have reported that about 100 roadside political signs are missing, and the group’s spokesman blamed a “coordinated effort” by the opposition.
But the main anti-incorporation group rejected that assertion, saying they would never do such a thing.
Voters for a Town of Indian Land President Richard Dole told a sheriff’s deputy Feb. 2 that he’d received numerous complaints about his group’s “Vote Yes” signs being missing.

Four months after refusing to let Lancaster County run environmental tests on the historic Springs Block, Humana has sold the downtown landmark to a German investor.
The property was purchased for $60,000 by a company called STB on Main LLC, according to the Lancaster County Register of Deeds office.
The German investor behind that company is Ingo Kübler, according to City Administrator Flip Hutfles and County Administrator Steve Willis.

Eight-year-old Railee Brown of Lancaster had a whirlwind week in New York City with her mom and grandmother while taping several episodes of the new ABC game show “Child Support.”