Woman Leaves Kids in Car at Hobby Lobby Parking Lot
A brief public notice recalls an incident where a woman left two very young children in a running SUV in Hobby Lobby's lot while shopping. Police were alerted and arrived moments too late. The letter also rails at loud music and thanks Aiken Public Safety for professional handling of a family tragedy.
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Hobby Lobby
Aiken Public Safety Officers
Three Georgia men arrested in Aiken fraud case
Three men from Georgia were arrested on fraud charges after a Belvedere branch flagged a possible scam at an Aiken bank. Waya Nwaki Alphonsus E Osuala and Douglas A Hudson, all Lithonia or Atlanta residents, face multiple charges with more pending. Police say a stolen check led to the investigation and a driver found with cash and a separate crack cocaine possession. The case may go to the Secret Service.
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Belvedere
Waya Nwaki
Atlanta
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Lithonia
Douglas A. Hudson
Aiken Public Safety
Wendell Hall
Secret Service
Aiken County Detention Center
Put Parents in Charge faces criticism from Inez Tenenbaum
Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina State Superintendent, denounces the PPIC plan as unproven and unaffordable. She says the bill would funnel $600 million into tuition tax credits and SGOs, risking a two-tier private school system and reduced accountability.
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Inez Tenenbaum
Aiken County
Democratic Party
Tenenbaum
BEA
Board of Economic Advisers
House
Ways and Means Committee
State Department of Education
Bill Clyburn
Daiken
PPIC
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Bush
Washington, D.C
White House
Prom themes and planning across South Carolina high schools
Audrey Donath leads the junior executive committee for South Aiken High School prom as the theme Southern Nights features palmetto trees and a mural. South Africa High's prom moves to St Mary Help of Christians Hall while Aiken High dresses its cafete ria for Dreaming of You with a moon and stars motif. Silver Bluff plans Mardi Gras Rendezvous on Bourbon Street and Wagener-Salley opts for This Magic Moment with 10-foot lighted stars and shooting stars.
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South Aiken High School
Audrey
South Africa
St. Angela’s Hall
St Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Rob Lovejoy
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Aiken High School
Benita
Bourbon Street
Patty Powell
Wagener-Salley High School
Lawmaker questions why abused women return to abusers
Victim advocates rebut state Rep. John Graham Altman saying women stay with abusers due to fear and lack of options. They note 75 percent of women who leave face high death risk and cite shelter barriers, income loss, and family separation. Activists urge criminal domestic violence penalties and careful use of pretrial intervention.
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Columbia
House Judiciary Committee
Altman
Charleston
Aiken
Cumbee Center
Kay Mixon
Mixon
Laura Hudson
South Carolina
Hudson
PTI
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