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Will new Pennies bypass in Lake Wylie do more harm than good? Some residents think so.

One Clover, South Carolina resident thinks a new road from U.S. 321 to Barrett Road in Lake Wylie will do more harm than good.

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School starts Thursday, allow a bit more travel time

School starts Thursday morning for more than 60,000 public school students in York, Lancaster and Chester counties.

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A Fort Mill hotel. Lake Wylie restaurant. Retail, homes, industrial. See what’s next.

York County, South Carolina planners have several large projects in discussions with property owners in the Fort Mill and Lake Wylie areas.

Local

Winning Powerball ticket sold in Fort Mill

If you bought a Powerball ticket for last Saturday’s drawing at Miller’s Produce, check your numbers. A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at at the store on S.C. 51 in Fort Mill.

Education

Clover schools name district teacher of the year

The Clover community and educators have named a sixth-grade science teacher as District Teacher of the Year.

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Greater Lake Wylie Progressives say they organized to impact elections and policy

Members of the recently formed Greater Lake Wylie Progressives say they are frustrated with seeing mostly Republican candidates run unopposed in South Carolina elections.

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Fort Mill hasn’t seen the likes of this since James Withers’ beard

Fort Mill, South Carolina doesn’t have much history with total solar eclipses. The history it does have goes way, way back.

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Where are you watching the eclipse? The public is invited to Fort Mill’s ASC Greenway

The Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill and the Settlemyre Planerarium in Rock Hill, both in South Carolina, will hold eclipse viewing events Aug. 21.

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Food for thought in Indian Land. A thriving area still has plenty in need. And help.

Churches in the Indian Land, South Carolina area are partnering to help feed their neighbors in need.

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Family organizes barbecue and dessert competition to give back to Clover riding center

As a Special Olympics Equestrian Training Center and a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship member center, Rideability Therapeutic Riding Center trains riders with physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities.

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This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?

1977: Fort Mill’s Chief of Police for the past five years, Floyd Foss, resigned effective Oct. 15

Local

Loaf of bread, rack of ribs and pot of water in midst of Fort Mill domestic squabble

Deputies in York County, South Carolina were called to a domestic argument Sunday involving a rack of ribs, a boiling pot of water, and a loaf of bread opened on the side.

Local

Rep. Ralph Norman on Charlottesville: Focus on tragedy

He defended President Donald Trump despite criticism that Trump’s denouncement didn’t go far enough

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Two Tega Cay mayoral candidates file; Other seats up for grabs there and in Fort Mill

Incumbents in Fort Mill and Tega Cay, South Carolina are running to keep their seats, running for new ones or stepping aside to let others take a turn. Candidate filing began Aug. 9.

Education

S.C. third-grade retention law worries Lancaster County parent of dyslexic children

Starting this school year, South Carolina third-graders who struggle to read on grade level could be forced to repeat the grade. The law worries a Lancaster parent whose children have dyslexia.

Indian Land churches team up with Second Harvest to feed residents in need

A Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry came to a church in Indian Land, South Carolina Monday to help low income residents. A near decade old partnership made it possible.

Fort Mill Sports

And now there are two: Field narrows for Nation Ford starting quarterback job

The quarterback battle to lead Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina has been whittled to two as the team nears its first game of the season against Irmo.

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At Rideability in Clover, horses are therapists

A horse farm in Clover, SC is where Rideability offers horse-based therapy that helps people with an array of conditions.

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Marr wins Fort Mill High quarterback competition

The Fort Mill, South Carolina varsity football team has its man to start the season after junior JT Marr was named starting quarterback.

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Where is Austin Tice? McClatchy marks 5-year anniversary of journalist’s disappearance

Austin Tice was reporting on the war in Syria when he disappeared in 2012. He has not been seen since, save for a video clip of him blindfolded and being held by armed men.

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Indian Land churches team up with Second Harvest to feed residents in need

Aug 14, 2017

A Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry came to a church in Indian Land, South Carolina Monday to help low income residents. A near decade old partnership made it possible.

By John Marks Fort Mill Times reporter