McVee Death Penalty Set After Prolonged Prosecution
Morgan prepares to oversee the execution of Jerry Bidwell McVee, captured as the first capital defendant she prosecutes, with the lethal injection scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. in Columbia. The case follows Morgan and high profile capital prosecutions, including Hastings Wise and Donnie Council, while clemency requests to Gov. Sanford proceed.
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Morgan
Aiken County
Barbara Morgan
Jerry Bidwell McVee
John
Perry
Columbia
Arthur Hastings Wise
R.E. Phelan
David Mark Hill
DSS
North Augusta
Donnie Council
Elizabeth Gatti
Jerry McVee
Mark Sanford
McWee
Plane crash near nursing home kills three in North Augusta
A Cessna 1828S crashed in woods near the Anne Maria Rehab and Nursing Center shortly after takeoff from Aiken Municipal Airport bound for Greenville Mississippi. Victims identified as William C Cuntz 70 and his sons William IV 41 and John F 39, all pronounced dead at the scene. NTSB investigators will recover wreckage as authorities secure the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Cockerille
North Augusta
Anne Maria Rehab and Nursing Center
Aiken
Greenville
Miss
Old Edgefield Road
Federal Aviation Administrator
Christopher White
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
William C Cuntz
Golden
Colo
FAA
Cuntz
William C. Cuntz IV
Colorado Springs
John F Cuntz
Evergreen
National Safety Transportation Board
Thornton
NTSB
Charities fear car donation changes may cut donations
Charities worry new rules to curb inflated tax deductions on donated cars will deter donors. Congress and the Treasury aim to narrow the gap between sale value and claimed deduction after audits showed charities earn far less than claimed.
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Congress
Washington
Treasury Department
House
Senate
Bush
Earl Copus Jr
Melwood
Upper Marlboro
Faces of Hunley crew named in reconstruction effort
Experts assign identities to two Confederate Hunley crew members George Dixon and Arnold Becker based on skeletal analysis and military records. Forensic specialists from Smithsonian and genealogists release facial reconstructions amid funeral planning and public lectures as the 1864 submarine sinks are remembered.
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Charleston
George Dixon
H.L. Hunley
Arnold Becker
Hunley
Housatonic
Dixon
Becker
Smithsonian Institution
Doug Owsley
Confederate States Navy
CSS
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City Editor
Jerry McWee
N.A
Carlton
Newberry
Public Safety Headquarters
Georgia
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Unveregd
Gree
Tim O'Brian
Ginny Southworth
Mary Dalrymple
Associated Press
Friends of the Hunley
Lee Confederate
Ruth Evelyn Warpness
Alger
Harley Ill
Columbus
Jethro R. McCain Sr
Thomas Black
Rutland
Abby
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