Lando News

The S.C. Highway 901 bridge over Fishing Creek between Edgemoor and Lando was closed Monday night because of a sinkhole "as big as a Volkswagen." The sinkhole was not at the bridge, according to the S.C. Department of Transportation.

Mrs. Elsie "GG" Ramsey Bowers of Chester, SC went home to be with her God on Monday, September 21, 2009, in the Brian Center in Columbia, SC.

Three house fires are straining the resources of the local chapter of the American Red Cross within the past two weeks.

Fire officials today were still investigating the cause of a blaze at a warehouse behind an abandoned plant in Great Falls that caught fire last night and burned to the ground.

A family of 10 was put out of their home Thursday when their single-story wood frame home caught on fire.

Friends have set up a bank account to help an Edgemoor man who is going to Texas for aggressive treatment of a cancer.

Friends have set up a bank account to help an Edgemoor man who is going to Texas for aggressive treatment of a cancer.

Hundreds of road signs are being torn down in Chester County lately and County Supervisor Carlisle Roddey has gotten fed up.

An Edgemoor man got up at 6:30 in the morning the other day and walked around in his yard,. "admiring the beauty." It was Brian Blanks' yard, but a friends and family came together to do some work on it for him, to make it a retreat, a place where he can get some solace, away from the cancer that has come back.

With his wife of 48 years, Beverly, Ernandez will meet with friends from England and then attend a memorial service at the Normand9 American Cemeter9 and Memorial near Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Chester County Council will give final approval to removing a detailed public notice requirement from the county's land development ordinance.

Buddy Ernandez doesn't get seasick. This son of Lando takes pride in it, telling a yarn about a deep-sea fishing trip he took once with a jet fighter pilot.

Two Chester County fire departments are applying for grants to improve their operations.

Firefighters sometimes describe their co-workers as brothers. They team up side-by-side as a brotherhood, often risking their own lives, to save the lives and property of others.