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Voters in Heath Springs and Kershaw will head to the polls Tuesday to have their say on council terms that start in January 2018.
Both elections are nonpartisan, which means candidates don’t have to register with political parties. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Heath Springs

Locking down a school to protect it from outside intrusion took nearly 10 minutes using the Lancaster County School District’s old technology.

Talk about an endorsement.
At one time, if you were talking to an out-of-towner and mentioned Lancaster, you would often get back: “Lancaster? That’s where the fish camp is.”

The Lancaster Rotary Club gathered this week to honor S.R.

From release

The Department of Veterans Affairs has once again teamed up with Walgreens to give free flu shots to all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health-care system.

To get the vaccinations anytime through March 31, 2018, vets simply need to present a Veterans Identification Card and a photo ID at any participating Walgreens Pharmacy. The Group ID is VAFLU.

A Lancaster man was arrested last Friday after he was accused of knifing a woman in a hotel room and holding her and another man against their will.

Kennis Crawford, 58, of 1955 Steel Hill Road, is charged with second-degree assault and battery and two counts of kidnapping.

Brian Garner

Landmark News Service

Gregory A. Summers 

gsummers@thelancasternews.com

A bizarre incident Saturday night included a threatening pickup, a shot from a security guard, a two-agency police chase topping 100 mph, a rammed house, an attempted escape on foot through some woods, and finally a DUI charge for a Lancaster man.

Keith Tunnell has reached a settlement with two of the parties he sued last year over his departure as president of the now-defunct Lancaster County Economic Development Corp.

Tunnell accused the S.C. I-77 Alliance and York Tech President Greg Rutherford, among other defendants, of defamation, breach of contract and civil conspiracy.