Peach yield hopes amid freeze damage across South Carolina
Fruit growers expect to make money with as little as 10 percent of blooms left after a March freeze. State estimates range from 125 million to 400 million pounds, with Aiken County hit hardest at 80 percent loss. Counties report varied damage by variety and location.
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Charles Walker
South Carolina Peach Board
Aiken County
Terry Mathis
Mathis
Edgefield County
County
Saluda County
Piedmont
Cherokee
Chesterfield
Greenville
Spartanburg
York
Grenade Attack Kills 18 in Northeast Thailand
AP reports a grenade thrown into a crowd after a Buddhist ceremony in northeast Thailand killed 18 people including four women and four children and wounded 50, with 12 in critical condition.
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Thailand
Bangkok
Aiken Public Safety logs multiple incidents and arrests
Police logs show numerous incidents from 7 a.m. April 12 to 7 a.m. April 13 including thefts burglaries assaults and weapon offenses. Arrests include James Jackson 18 Terry Holmes 19 Jeffrey Croft 18 and more by Aiken Public Safety.
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Aiken Public Safety Department
James Jackson
Terry Bernard Holmes
Jeffrey Maurice Croft
Tyrone Walter Davenport
Ladele Tiler Skipper
Aiken County
Shert
Rachel Marcine Dinkins
Sher
Sylvia Baskett Ready
Barbara Jotitson
Washington
Sheri
Delia Stevens Peel
John Henry Knight
Aken County
Sherit's
Norman Shanton Council
Sherit
Kate Barrs Morrison
Terry Matin Washington
Eugene Spann
Sheri's
Donald Gene Cook
Community Alcohol Survey Highlights Youth Risk in Aiken
White male students show higher alcohol use with 11.6 percent reporting marijuana use in the past year. Only 1 percent report crack cocaine dealings in Aiken County. Community leaders urged vigilance as parents churches and officials note broad based youth risk patterns.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Aiken County
Dr. Brooks
Hitchcock Center Seeks 2 Million for New Aiken Facility
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center must raise two million dollars as part of a four point three million dollar project in Aiken. Dr Clark Moore says the agency has outgrown its current space and plans a forty three thousand square foot facility with expanded services including physical therapy and a preschool for five year olds. The center pioneered a preschool program now required to be supported by health departments and public schools. Aiken Sunrise Rotary heard about the campaign from assistant director Billman and watched a fundraising video.
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Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Aiken
Mike Williams
4Illman
Hook
Hilman
Moore
Hitchcock
Aiken Sunrise Rotary
Houndslake Country Club
State conducts extensive SC youth survey after 17 years
The South Carolina survey is among the most extensive youth studies for any state and is the first conducted here in 17 years, according to education and alcohol and drug abuse officials.
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South Carolina
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