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A teacher’s aide at Indian Land Elementary School was charged Monday with stealing about $8,500 from her second job at a cupcake shop in Fort Mill.

A Lancaster County man died before dawn Saturday in a hit-and-run incident on Jefferson Highway near Taxahaw Road, and authorities are asking the public for help finding the driver of the car.

The victim, 36-year old Chad Russell Hill of Ross Cauthen Road, suffered severe head injuries when hit by a vehicle, according to Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese.

Cpl. Bill Rhyne of the S.C. Highway Patrol said Hill had been walking in the eastbound lane of Jefferson Highway at about 5:45 a.m. when a vehicle heading east struck and killed him.

Samantha Phillips knows how lucky she is to be alive.
The 27-year-old Lancaster native made it to New York City on Friday after an 11-day nightmare in the Caribbean. She hoped to arrive back in South Carolina on Saturday.

As you stroll Lancaster’s Main Street, your nose may be drawn to the roasted pork from 521 BBQ or the dogs and burgers at Hot Dog King, but curiosity pulls you toward the Shops on Main antique emporium.

A Lancaster man has been arrested after a rattled neighbor told sheriff’s deputies she saw him exposing himself and committing a lewd act in front of her home. 

Lancaster City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to appoint Brenda Thompson to the Lancaster City Housing Authority Board.
She will fill the position left open by the July 20 resignation of board member Lorenzo Small. Mayor John Howard and council member Hazel Taylor cast the dissenting votes.

Six people are in jail and sheriff’s office investigators are looking for two more after a roundup Thursday of suspects in a six-month undercover drug operation.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Doug Barfield said drug distribution warrants were prepared against the suspects for selling illegal drugs to undercover sources between February and August.

A Lancaster teen charged with murdering a 42-year-old man two years ago was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to lesser charges in Lancaster County General Sessions Court.