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The advertising staff of The Lancaster News and its sister papers won 25 awards in the S.C. Press Association’s annual PALMY Advertising Contest.

The ad team of 10, who sell and create ads for The Lancaster News, Carolina Gateway and Pageland Progressive, won seven first-place, six second-place and 12 third-place awards.

The measure that allows Sunday off-premises alcohol sales in Lancaster County may be legally invalid, and continuing those sales might require another referendum by county voters.

As written, the referendum that passed in 2016 could expire June 30, 2018.

“This has become a convoluted thing and a misrepresentation of the law,” said Dean Faile, president of Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce. “I can tell you we are siding with our businesses and the 65 percent of voters who approved Sunday alcohol sales here last year.”

For Mandy Lyles, it was a marketing no-brainer.

“What kind of dog is that?” I asked my cousin that question in amazement as I noticed his dog’s extraordinary ability to flush rabbits through the thickets and how it bayed on the trail.
I then learned about a re-discovered type of primitive dog roaming the Southeastern United States, masquerading as an everyday stray.

On the night of Aug. 12, Phillip Pegram and his family noticed that cars were slowing in front of their house. They found an adult barred owl lying in the middle of the road.
“She was beautiful,” Pegram recalls. “She looked fine. We couldn’t see any blood or any obvious signs of damage.”

The county will front Rich Hill Volunteer Fire Department $250,000 from the General Fund so that planned upgrades at the department’s rural fire station can move ahead.
County council unanimously approved the expenditure Monday night.
“This is a good way for us to show our support of the fire service,” said Lancaster County Councilman Larry Honeycutt, noting that the money is ultimately coming from the resale of 18 used fire trucks owned by the county.