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Several different power companies from across the country are working around the clock to restore power in Lancaster County South Carolina.

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - Sunday’s winter storm left thousands of people without power in South Carolina.

Lancaster County’s Emergency Management Agency has been keeping tabs on power outages across the county.

At 10:30 a.m. Monday, the agency said more than 5,500 people were without power but the number dwindled to 2,558 by 5:52 p.m. on Monday.

Larry Duncan lives in Heath Springs and is one of the thousands of people waiting for their power to get back on.

“A tree had fell on a power line and the neighborhood and it hadn’t got back on yet but I called and they said it would be turned back on sometime tomorrow,” Duncan said.

WBTV met Duncan around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, and he says his power had been out since Sunday morning which is why he’s staying with family.

“I was alright, I got two aunts that stay in Heath Springs that I can go to,” Duncan said.

A family in Kershaw told WBTV off camera they spent Sunday and Monday waiting by candlelight and wrapped in blankets.

Mark Turner lives on the other side of Heath Springs in the Pleasant Plain community where he patiently waited nearly 30 hours for the power to be restored.

“They just turned it on,” Turner said around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

Turner stayed patient and used generators not just for his house but for his barn.

“Luckily, we’ve got a few generators so a generator for the barn to take care of the freezers and our water source as well as a generator for the house to make sure general lights, keep the fridge going, things like that,” Turner said.

A representative with Duke Energy said they called in 4,000 additional workers before Sunday’s storm and they were working with contractors from Pike Electric Corporation.

Lynches River Electric Cooperative also had extra help from Santee Electric out of Kingstree, SC, Horry Electric out of Conway, SC, and Williams Electric out of Shelby, NC.

Other companies from across the country also traveled to Lancaster County to work on power restoration and tree removal.

So far today I’ve seen crews and companies who travelled from NC, KY, WY, IL, PA, FL. It’s an all hands on deck effort to restore the power to thousands of people. @WBTV_News pic.twitter.com/RYkrop2Kur

— Courtney Cole WBTV (@imcourtneyjcole) January 17, 2022

Lynches River says the most affected areas in Lancaster County are Taxahaw, Flat Creek, and McIlwain.

“Crews have been fighting freezing temperatures, heavy wind gusts, and a large number of downed trees. Your patience is appreciated and we are working hard to restore power to you as quickly as possible,” a Lynches River representative said on the company’s Facebook page.

As crews continue their work, Turner says he’s lending a helping hand to his neighbors.

“We’re kind of in a fortunate spot that we’ve got a little bit of equipment to go around and be able to move some trees off the road, get a chainsaw, cut some stuff away, generally keeping each other’s back,” Turner said.

Duke Energy says the expected time of restoration is 11:45 p.m tonight. The Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency says Lynches River Electric Cooperative is trying to get power fully restored by tonight but it may take until tomorrow.

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HEATH SPRINGS, S.C. — A rotten-smelling and dirty eyesore is only getting worse in the town of Heath Springs. Several people contacted Eyewitness News after they watched a huge dumpster slowly fill up with trash for months until it overflowed.

About 800 people are fed up with the sight and the smell.

"It's horrible. You can smell it yourself," said Elizabeth Harden, who runs a day care about 50 yards away from the dumpster. "The children are our safety concern. I mean, you know, this is two doors down from children and you don't do anything about it?"

The dumpster was placed in front of the old S & G Minimart after it caught fire and was destroyed last summer. The dumpster was filled with debris when the store was torn down. Now, it's an illegal dumping site for household trash with bags littering the ground around it.

"You know, everybody rides by, and instead of going to the dump, just throws it over there," Shirley Adams said.

The gas pumps and one large sign are all that's left of the Minimart. The property appears to be abandoned, and neighbors said there was once a for sale sign on the property, but it's no longer there.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control told residents there's likely asbestos from the old store beneath all of the trash in the large dumpster.

Heath Springs Mayor Eddie Moore told Channel 9 the town is committed to solving the problem, but the owners, who live out of state, haven't been cooperating, Moore said.

"The owners have failed to work with us. This does not represent Heath Springs at all. This has always been a very clean town," Moore said.

The owner of the dumpster apparently told residents he can't move it because of the asbestos material that may be in there. After several calls from frustrated neighbors, someone painted over the phone number on the side of the dumpster. It's been blotted out with red paint.

The town of Heath Springs sent a letter to the property owners in the first week of June giving them 20 days to get the dumpster moved off the property. There are only a few days left, and the mayor said the owners have not responded.

Channel 9 tried reaching the property owners Wednesday, but the town's business license lists only the business name, not the names of owners or any contact phone numbers.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control sent Channel 9 the below statement Wednesday:

DHEC has been in contact with the owner and his agent to inform them that an asbestos abatement permit is needed to remove the dumpster. To date we have not received a permit application. This matter has been referred to DHEC’s Bureau of Air Quality Enforcement Section for resolution.

A new soccer complex, roads into a major apartment center and the addition of quadraplexes are what’s proposed in Lancaster County.

Here are the items county planners have on the table, all up for initial decisions when the planning commission meets Oct. 15:

▪ Lancaster County is pushing the ball forward on plans for a new soccer complex in Heath Springs. The county applied to rezone almost 13 acres off Boyd Faile Road, east of its intersection with Kershaw Camden Highway. Heath Springs officials also will review the project. The soccer complex site is surrounded by an industrial park.

Last year county voters approved a $19 million bond that included the Heath Springs and a Harrisburg Road soccer sites, adding to the Indian Land Recreation Center, renovations to the Barr Street Auditorium and construction at the Lindsay Pettus Greenway.

▪ Red Ventures wants to change two road names leading into the SoBa@Redstone apartment complex. The secondary entrance east of Charlotte Highway would change from Vermeill Lane to Crimson Court. The main entrance, also east of the highway, would swap from Soba Court to Fast Lane.

The site allows for up to 260 apartments. Plans for the apartments show four, four-story buildings with amenity and garage buildings. It’s beside the main Red Ventures office complex.

▪ Two construction projects will have to pay for rare mussels. A Jenkins Drive office building and the Gateway Retail project are located in the Carolina Heelsplitter Overlay District. The projects have to pay for mitigation credits for their impact on the rare Heelsplitters.

The office building on Jenkins Drive will be 2,550 square feet at the intersection of Jenkins and U.S. 521.

The Gateway site is a proposed 20,000-square-foot commercial building at 9456 Lancaster Highway.

▪ The county will consider a rule change allowing triplex and quadraplex housing in more places. The county currently allows single-family homes, two-family homes and townhomes. On large properties along major roads, zoned for large business or mixed-use projects, apartments are allowed.

The change would allow for three-unit (triplex) and four-unit (quadraplex) residential development in smaller or more rural areas.

More than an acre east of McIlwain Road could be rezoned to allow handicap-accessible quadraplex apartments. The plan involves four, single-story units with shared walls. Typically that type of multi-family residence requires 25 or more acres on a major roadway.

The application for the property south of Lancaster, between McIlwain intersections at Ross Road and Evans Drive, lists the units as one-bedroom apartments.

▪ Another rule change would require sketch plans from developers asking for a major subdivision, or any property with more than 40,000 square feet of new construction. Yet another rule could make development agreements more common across all residential zoning districts. Development agreements are a way for the county to get concessions from developers, such as land for schools or public facilities or money for roads.

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Albert Isom Clinton, Sr. and Evangelist Vicky Meeks Clinton, community and civil rights activists, renewed their marriage vows in a royal affair themed ceremony and dinner reception in recognition of their 42nd wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Kershaw, South Carolina, and in Heath Springs, South Carolina.

The Clintons chose the historic Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in Kershaw, and the historic Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church in Heath Springs, for their 2019 wedding venues in honor of the achievements and legacy of Mr. Clinton’s great-grandfather, ex-slave, South Carolina State Senator Frederick Albert Clinton and his brother ex-slave Bishop Isom Caleb Clinton, the 23rd Bishop in the line of succession of the A.M.E. Zion Church worldwide.

Historically, Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion in Kershaw, is named for Bishop Isom Caleb Clinton and started as a brush arbor and it is the first African-American congregation established in Kershaw. The present church was built in 1909, has a historical marker and was added to the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places on February 16, 1990.

Bishop Clinton and Senator Clinton are founders and organizers of Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church founded in 1866 and Bishop Clinton established one of the first public schools in 1866 at the church. They organized the church campground in 1870 and it still flourishes today with hundreds attending the week-long camp meeting in September.

The campground has historical markers bearing Bishop Clinton and Senator Clinton’s names, a complex of 55 cabins and a large arbor. The campground was added to the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places in May 1979. The church, campground and church cemetery is situated on Clinton Plantation land where Bishop Clinton and Senator Clinton were born and the plantation was gifted to the Clinton family by Irwin Clinton, who was a lawyer, slave master and plantation owner who taught the brothers how to read, write and become productive citizens.

The Clinton’s Royal Vow Renewal Ceremony was held on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the historic Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in Kershaw, named for Bishop Isom Caleb Clinton. The Rev. Mondray Stevenson, pastor of Clinton Chapel, officiated the ceremony. Music selections were provided by Nicholas Stevenson, American Idol contestant; Mechese Crawford, singer and songwriter; Rickko Seegars, singer; Alexus Cornelius, musician and singer, and the Rev. Mondray Stevenson, singer.

On behalf of H. Mark Dorman, mayor of Kershaw, Mayor Pro Tem Jody Connell attended the ceremony and presented a key to the town of Kershaw to the couple. City Councilman Michael Cook presented a proclamation from the town to the Clintons in recognition of their 42nd wedding anniversary declaring Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, “Albert and Vicky Clinton’s Royal Vow Renewal Day.”

After their vow renewal ceremony, the Clintons departed in a motorcade for a reception at the Historic Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church in Heath Springs. Upon arrival, the procession was serenaded by artist Shonie Brooks. The Rev. Herald Jones, pastor of the church, officiated at the reception. Dinner music was provided by the church. Heath Springs Mayor, the Rev. Eddie Moore, attended the reception and presented the Clintons with a key to Heath Springs and a proclamation.

Several of those attending asked how the couple met. Evangelist Clinton said, “I was first introduced to my husband-to-be on a cold December evening in 1976 by my nephew who came to visit. My nephew simply said, ‘Hello Aunt Vicky, I brought you your husband and you don’t have to look any further.’ We dated for one year to get to know one another and we got married on Dec. 31, 1977 on New Year’s Eve in York, South Carolina. We have four adult children, 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.”

Mr. Clinton acknowledged the roots and origin of his first name Albert came from Senator Clinton, his middle name Isom came from Bishop Clinton and his late name adapted from Irvin Clinton, plantation owner. He said: “It was truly a spiritual experience walking the same grounds that Senator Clinton and Bishop Clinton walked. It was a though I could feel their presence.”

The celebration continued on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at the couple’s home in Gastonia, hosted by their families.

The couple attributes their longevity to guidance from Jesus Christ. They thank God for blessing their marriage of 42 years, their family and their parents, the late Hazel Clarence Clinton and Edna Wingate Clinton, and the late Ervin Leon Meeks and Dora Smith Meeks.

HEATH SPRINGS, S.C. (WBTV) - Skeletal remains found near Lancaster, S.C. on Dec. 11 have been identified as those of a man who went missing a year ago.

Thomas Edward Hannah Jr., 59, was last seen Nov. 21, 2021. He had been seen the day before on railroad tracks near his home off Kershaw Camden Highway in Kershaw.

A K-9 unit, drone and several rescue agencies were used to try and find Hannah.

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Deputies were called to Beaver Creek Road in Heath Springs after finding skeletal remains, which were later identified as Hannah’s.

County Coroner Karla Deese said Hannah’s medical conditions may have left him disoriented before falling victim to the elements and low temperatures.

“While we all hope for a different outcome when a loved one is missing, there is such relief in being able to locate a family’s loved one and provide closure for them,” said Deese. “I am incredibly grateful for the forensic partnerships I have with all agencies involved. These partnerships are pivotal in resolving cases for the citizens of Lancaster County.”

Sheriff Barry Faile also expressed appreciation for all those who participated in the search for Mr. Hannah and the recovery of his remains.

“Events such as this produce a multifaceted response. Different agencies and organizations with different areas of expertise are called upon to make sure everything possible is done to locate a missing person,” he said. “We’re always disappointed when we don’t find the person alive and well. We grieve with Mr. Hannah’s family but are thankful he was found and the family now has some answers.”

Anyone with information about this or any other case should call the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office at 803-283-3388 or contact Midlands Crimestoppers in one of the following ways: Dial 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372), log onto midlandscrimestoppers.com and click on the “Submit a Tip” tab, or download the P3 Tips App for Apple or Android devices.

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