Judge Keesley pauses murder trial for daughter's Phi Beta Kappa ceremony
Edgefield jurist William Paul Keesley halted a murder trial in Aiken to attend his daughter Kylie 22 as she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He told jurors the moment was a once in a lifetime milestone and invited letters of complaint if anyone objected.
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Paul Keesley
Edgefield
Keesley
11Th Judicial Circuit
Aiken
Kylie
Phil Beta Kappa
Jean ‘Toa
Law aims to enforce 180 school and 190 teaching days
A proposed South Carolina bill would end forgiving weather days, pushing public schools to complete mandated instructional days. The Aiken County example shows districts delaying holidays to make up snow days, highlighting pressure to avoid any instructional loss amid accountability and PACT exam stakes.
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S.C. General Assembly
Aiken County
Aiken Standard Credits Leadership Team
Aiken Standard lists staff roles including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace production director Phillip Yates circulation director Deborah Dyche systems manager R. David Boyd and associate Letitia Jefferson.
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
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Reparation scam drains billions from U.S. taxpayers
An IRS fraud wave has produced over 100,000 bogus slave reparations claims totaling 2.7 billion dollars in two years, with more than 30 million in checks issued. Treasury and IRS actions include new detection programs, pending fines, and lawsuits against claim preparers while critics warn that some claimants knowingly exploit a victim narrative.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Senate
Inspector General For Tax Administration
David C. Williams
Washington Post
the Post
Essence Magazine
Sam
United States
Johnnie Cochran
John Conyers
Hodges Criticized Over Plutonium Exit Plan Dispute
The letter cites Gov. Jim Hodges demanding a court ordered guarantee that the Department of Energy will provide a final resting place for plutonium away from South Carolina and accuses him of double talk on cleanup funding. It references a prior call to raid Barnwell Nuclear waste funds and cautions against disrupting national security and local cleanup finance.
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Barnwell
Tom
Arnold Palmer
Jim Hodges
Savannah River
Gov. Hodges
Department of Energy
South Carolina
Jay Reiff
Gary Abraham
Thas
DOE
Aiken Standard
Barnwell Fund
Myrtle Beach
Mark Kelley
SRS
Camwell
Fund For Future
Bob Peeler
Jim Miles
Miles
Nichole DuBois
Columbia
Aiken urged to build agri center for horse shows
Aiken residents advocate a new air conditioned agri center to host 1000 horses, arguing it would boost the local economy and elevate the city as Horse Country while criticizing the tennis center and education funding. Letters also discuss Medicaid and school funding debates and politics.
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Aiken
Asheville
N.C
Perry
Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor
The Aiken Standard welcomes letters to the editor with brief length, signed by the writer, include a mailing address and daytime phone number for verification. Letters may be edited and condensed and should be sent to Letters to the Editor, P O Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 or via email to Jwallace at aikenstandard.com or fax 803-648-6052.
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