Lancaster News

For the young and old of Lancaster, a brush with the national limelight has given them that moment, a time to respond with passion and authority to shout pridefully, "We are Lancaster." It was CNN that turned its spotlight on Lancaster, arriving in the city just days before the state's first-in-the-South GOP primary.

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Purpura of Florence announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Ashley Purpura to Carson Allen Steen, son of Mr.

"There are a lot of good people in Lancaster. It's just a few that choose to act this way," said police chief Harlean Howard.

LANCASTER, SC - A South Carolina man has been arrested after police say he shot and killed a former Major League Baseball player near an elementary school early Tuesday morning.

For the young, and old, of Lancaster a brush with the national limelight has given them that moment, a time to respond with passion and authority to pridefully shout, "We are Lancaster." It was CNN that turned its laser-like spotlight on Lancaster, arriving in the city just days before the state's first-in-the-South GOP primary.

LANCASTER, SC - A Lancaster man is facing charges after police say he dangled a five-year-old child over an aggressive, chained pit bull.

LifelongA Lancaster CountyA resident Ryan Payne announced today that he will seek the Republican nomination for South Carolina House District 44.A Payne, a Heath Springs resident, graduated in 2009 as class Valedictorian from Andrew Jackson High School.A He attended the University of South Carolina at Lancaster where he graduated in 2011 with an ... (more)

Pottsgrove High School graduate and increasingly popular national singer-songwriter Dustin Tavella is now a television star, too.

Sally Renee Sherrin, of Lancaster, South Carolina, and Willis Vaughan Rainey, of Athens, Georgia, were married at 5:30 p.m., December 17, 2011 at Mulberry Methodist Church in Macon, Georgia.

Jenika Jones, 23, appeared to have been shot to death at her home at 1963 Roseanna Lane Thursday when deputies arrived there in response to a 9-1-1 call that came in shortly after 10 p.m., Sheriff Barry Faile said.

LANCASTER, SC - A Lancaster County deputy has been busted for stealing from a home under construction while he was on duty, the Sheriff's Office says.