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CHARLOTTE – Talf Wrenn, 23, has been a fighter since he was diagnosed w

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, the Women’s Enrichment Center and the Fatherhood Project are partnering to host the internationally acclaimed pro-life speaker and strategist Obianuju “Uju” Ekeocha next week.

With the rejection of the proposed Indian Land incorporation, the pressure on the town of Van Wyck to aggressively annex has finally subsided.
But local officials say there is no plan for the town to stop its continuing annexation push.
“It definitely has relieved the pressure,” said Town Administrator Linda Vaughan. “But we still have people interested in annexing, and as long as we have anyone to petition to annex, we’ll do that.”
Councilman Xavier Kee agrees.

USC Lancaster

USC Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center has received a $10,000 donation from OceanaGold/Haile Operation, which will sponsor four speakers for the monthly Lunch and Learn programs, held the third Friday of each month in the center’s galleries.  
The four Lunch and Learn programs include:
◆ April 20: Dr. Katherine Osburn, Arizona State University, “The ‘Identified Full-Bloods’ in Mississippi: Race and Choctaw Identity, 1898-1918.”

Changes could be coming this year to the lane configuration on part of Main Street.

The revamped playground at Stevens Park in Kershaw opened Thursday afternoon.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the Tuesday afternoon murder of Lancaster resident Mardarius Bailey.

A Lancaster man was killed in a shooting Tuesday in York County.

S.C. Department of Transportation

The S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is recognizing National Work Zone Awareness Week in conjunction with state transportation departments across the nation.
National Work Zone Awareness Week started April 9. The recognition is held at this time each year to bring attention to motorists and highway workers, who are both at risk in work zones when safety is not practiced.
SCDOT has launched a year-long work-zone safety campaign called “Let ’Em Work, Let ’Em Live.”