Editor’s note: Sisters KaLeya and KaSyah Stover won first place in the 2022 Sickle Cell Essay Contest. This is their winning essay.
There was a period in the late ’60s when the Beach Boys, desperate for a hipper identity, reportedly considered shortening their name to Beach.
Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant.
Yokima “Yoki” Cureton Perez is your candidate for mayor of Lancaster. She is a fourth-generation Lancastrian and a proven leader with the qual…
There’s an unfortunate trend continuing in South Carolina and across the nation that must be stopped — the bad behavior of coaches, parents an…
Teachers were busy preparing inviting classrooms and parents were checking off the school lists. Businesses, organizations, churches and schoo…
When I was in graduate school, I had two close classmates — Jannie and Cozette. We were very supportive of each other and fully committed to a…
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On July 17, a mentally disturbed young man shot and killed three customers and wounded two other customers in a mass shooting at the Greenwood…
It’s hard to believe Robert Howey is leaving The Lancaster News sports department. He has been the source for Lancaster County sports informat…
It’s hard to believe Robert Howey is leaving The Lancaster News/Carolina Gateway sports department. He has been the source for Lancaster Count…
“Mr. Lancaster News” — that is what I think of when I think of Robert Howey. When you mention The Lancaster News, everyone has something to sa…
He was there when I went to work for The Lancaster News in 1988. And he was there when I retired Dec. 31, 2015.
There are few constants in the journalism world. Things are always changing. Presidents, elected officials, students, weather, sport scores. E…
I have heard it and I know many of you have heard it. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. Now, imagine if the shooter in Highland Park…
I have been praising God since I first heard that a location has been chosen for the homeless shelter that our town so desperately needs. With…
You have the power to make a positive impact in Lancaster County.
Editor’s note: Brent Burgin, who died June 20 after battling ALS, wrote this letter, to be read at his funeral on July 10.
After two years of cancellations and alternative celebrations, cities across the country are getting ready to bring back fireworks, parades, b…
I am deeply concerned about the implications of the June 24 ruling of the Supreme Court striking down 50 years of established case law in Roe …
Abortion. The word alone will silence a room.
A couple of weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman had an op-ed in the paper in which he stated that this country was facing a moral and spiritual …
Charles Lynch (1736-96) was a Virginia planter, politician, senator, judge and American revolutionary who had an irregular court in Virginia t…
Dear Members of Congress,
From the grocery store to the gas pump, South Carolinians are feeling the pinch of rising costs of many of the products we rely on every day.
Once again, William St. Louis has demonstrated that his “knowledge” in respect to firearms comes directly from Democratic talking points and n…
I want to go on record as endorsing Mary Rathel as Lancaster County’s probate judge.
Hello. I am Mary Rathel, your current judge of probate, and my office is on the Republican primary ballot.
In Congress, I’m certainly accustomed to crass, uncouth and often uninformed comments. In fact, there was a textbook example of this from Will…