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River Hills/Lake Wylie EMS now believes it has a "long-term, sustainable" business model that will keep the ambulances rolling without charging patients for transport. In fact, they're confident enough to present that plan to the community.

Becky Stevenson, who has run Lake Wylie's thrift store, Stuff Unlimited, for a decade, has shut the doors for the last time. What began as a private business later turned into a nonprofit providing clothes, shoes, toys and household items to local residents in need.

As it gears up for another countywide vote to fund road improvement projects, the York County Engineering Department wants Lake Wylie to get a good look at what it's done already and what may be coming.

The Lake Wylie Pilot and Clover School District have been teaming up for The Herald's third annual school supply drive for six weeks. The drive has been extended but ends Thursday, July 29.

Almost 400 people stroked, pedaled and ran their ways through Lake Wylie on Saturday in the second annual YMCA Camp Thunderbird Triathlon at Lake Wylie.

The York County Council decided Monday night to consider amending the county's 14-month-old smoking ban. The problem with the ban, councilman Paul Lindemann said, is that it's hurting some private businesses.

A new website and a series of community meetings are two ways York County officials hope to spread the word about the county's sales tax road-building program.

Tega Cay's City Hall building will be going on the market soon, the second attempt by the town to sell the aging building in recent months.

The third annual Herald, Lake Wylie Pilot and Clover School District school supply drive is finally gaining momentum, thanks to a cart load of boxes. The drive, slated to end this week, has been extended to end July 29.

Tega Cay's law about where signs can go could get a facelift.