Perry house fire near S C 389 claims man believed 63
Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend said a man around 63 died in a second shift fire at a completely burned Perry home on secondary road 111 off S C 389 east of Perry. The victim’s name remains withheld pending identification and the fire is considered accidental after he reportedly poured liquid into a stove and lit his clothing. The body was found outside the house.
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Perry
S.C
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Aiken Standard Corrects Misspelling in Your Views
The Aiken Standard apologizes for mis spelling Tommy Hibbitts name in the Your Views column from Wednesday edition. The correction notice states the error and expresses regret.
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Tommy Hibbitts
Aiken Standard
Medlock Pushes Statewide Grand Jury for Drug Crackdown
South Carolina Attorney General T Travis Medlock seeks a constitutional amendment to create a statewide grand jury to pursue drug conspiracies across counties. He notes potential opposition and stresses oath taking and recorded testimony to curb perjury, with court oversight to prevent abuse. Local officials including Robert Harte back the plan for cross-county drug cases.
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S.C
T. Travis Medlock
General Assembly
Medlock
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Second Circuit
Robert J. Harte
Endowment Passes 1 Million at USC Aiken
USC Aiken’s endowment reaches over 1 million dollars as private support grows. Chancellor Dr. Robert E. Alexander says state funds alone cannot sustain quality facilities and cites the Aiken Partnership and annual giving as essential to becoming a top state assisted institution in the Southeast.
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USC Aiken
Robert E. Alexander
Alexander
Aiken Partnership
USCA
Aiken University
Southeast
Harry E. Shealy Jr
USC Educational Foundation
Dr. Shealy
Shealy
National Library Week Highlights Aiken Library Reserve List
The Aiken County library marks National Library Week with a reserve list featuring Ar cher Bradford Krantz Cosby Krantz Sheldon titles and more. Librarians celebrate demand while staff plan relocation from Banksia to the old Aiken Elementary School doubling capacity from 50 000 to 100 000 volumes.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Betsy P. Bistroph
Banksia
Bistroph
Aiken Elementary School
Area Leaders Share Their Favorite Readings
Area leaders reveal their preferred books and authors as busy schedules limit reading time. Mayor Odell Weeks and Aiken officials cite newspapers and magazines while Carrol Busbee enjoys National Geographic and Readers Digest. Windham praises the Bible and poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Bohling cites Gone With the Wind and John Jakes series.
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Odell Weeks
Aiken
Windham
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Bill Bohling
Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
John Jakes
Southeast Asia
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Trenton
James Washington Lovett Jr
South Carolina
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U.S. 25
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Ridge Spring Council
Ridge Spring
C. David Sawyer Jr
Sanitation
Meritt Avenue
Clemson Extension Plans
Ezell
Clemson University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wakin
Houndslake Country Club
Dennis E. Daye
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Daye
City of
Kirk Martin
Martha Norris
Etherredge Center
Edu
University
National Library
Julie Patrick
Jeffrey Archer
Barbara Taylor
Bradford
Bill Cosby
Manhattan
Judith Krantz
Sidney Sheldon
The
Aiken County Library
Aiken County Board of Education
Aiken Elementary
Friends of the Library
Priscilla Boatwright
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