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Through her 17-year battle with ovarian cancer, Heather Steele never let the disease cheat her out of a single minute.
“She always said her goal was to thrive, not to survive,” said her husband, Bliss Steele.
Heather Steele died early Tuesday. She was 43.

The Lancaster County School District held its annual celebration of excellence luncheon Tuesday, inducting three new members to the Lancaster County School Hall of Honor

In some ways, Casey Swails is a typical 22-year-old. He just graduated from college and plans to get married in June.

Lancaster County’s opioid crisis is not only bad – it’s getting worse.
“It’s sad, and it’s frustrating, because it’s only gaining momentum,” Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese said.
“In 2016, we had five opioid deaths and none of them contained illicit fentanyl,” Deese said. “By the time we closed out 2017, we had 25 deaths, and 18 of those contained fentanyl. So we had a 400 percent increase in opioid deaths in just one year.”

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office arrested five Lancaster residents Thursday and Friday on multiple drug-trafficking charges.
Christopher Michael Rollings, 36, his wife Natasha Jean Rollings, 33, and William James Gainey Jr., 55, all of 2120 Barnett St., were arrested Thursday morning.

Lancaster business owner and former civic leader Chris Tillman has been arrested again, this time on sex-offense charges involving two young girls, both under age 15.

County officials are moving ahead to build a new animal shelter at a cost of $1.25 million to $1.75 million, and they will select the site this month.
The list of possible locations has been trimmed to two. The preferred site is near the public works complex on Pageland Highway.  
The other option is on the southern side of S.C. 9 Bypass West between West Meeting Street and Grace Avenue near the air rail park.