Dillard's Sells 26 Mercantile Stores and Expands Others
Dillard's plans to divest 26 stores from its Mercantile purchase to slim its market footprint while Proffitt's buys 15 stores across Florida Louisiana Minnesota Mississippi North Dakota South Carolina and Tennessee. The Spartanburg SC JB White remains with Dillard's. Belk will swap many SC JB White stores for Dillard's assets. May Department Stores will acquire six Dillard's stores in several midwest and western states.
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Aiken
Proffitt’s Inc
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Dillard’s
Belk
Charlotte
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Proffitt’s
R. Brad Martin
Orlando
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Duluth
Dillard's
Mercantile
Deaths listed in regional obituaries
Obituary notice lists John V. Ison of Simpsonville Audry Johnson of Aiken Robert E. Seay of Columbia Dorothy Ward of Little River and Claude G. Wright of Graniteville among the deceased with locations.
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John V. Ison
Simpsonville
Audry Johnson
Aiken
Robert E. Seay
Columbia
Dorothy Ward
Little River
Claude G. Wright
Granitevill
Lottery Draws and Prize Numbers Brief
Local lottery update shows Cash 3 results for Monday with numbers 49 0 and 8 47 for Evening 4273 43. Fantasy 6 draws list 41018 1816 and related details.
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Cash
Broad South Carolina sex offender list released
About 2 600 offenders are registered in the state and live in more than 300 towns. A new law allows public access to the registry data, with SLED offering printed lists for 25 cents a page or computer disks for five dollars. The Charleston Post and Courier hosts the data at Charleston.net while SLED seeks a federal grant to post it online.
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Charleston
South Carolina
SLED
Post and Courier
Charleston.net
Richardson confirmation seen as boost for Savannah River Site
Area legislators express confidence that Bill Richardson as energy secretary will sustain DOE support for current and future SRS missions. The 50 year old ex ambassador and ex New Mexico congressman faces retirement of Pea this month. Local leaders expect fair treatment and note Richardson’s ties to Derrick and SRS familiarity.
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Bill Richardson
Department of Energy
Savannah River
Richardson
United Nations
New Mexico
Clinton
Energy
Federico Pea
Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
Clearwater
Senate
S.C
Butler Derrick
Congress
SRS
Moore
Pefia
Rudy Mason
R-Aiken
Economic development sets record in Aiken Edgefield counties
The Economic Development Partnership of Aiken and Edgefield Counties reports a record year with $622 million in public sector capital investments and 2,245 jobs. Bridgestone Firestone South Carolina and Excel announcements led the surge, boosting South Carolina totals and highlighting Aiken County as a regional economic leader amid a shift from Savannah River Site job losses.
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Aiken
Edgefield
Fred Humes
EDP
Bridgestone
Firestone
South Carolina
Excel
Aiken County
Humes
David Beasley
Avondale Mills
Ferguson Industries
Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions
Dial America
Burns and Roe and Carlisle Engi
Savannah River
S.C. Department of Revenue
Elephant site eyed as potential industrial park revival
A 1600 acre Barnwell County nuclear site once called a white elephant may be revived as an industrial park. Allied General Nuclear Services has been dormant 15 years and is being cleaned up. Local Rep Wilbur Cave says it could become a useful industrial site if purchased, though no price is discussed.
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Columbia
Barnwell County
White Elephant
Allied General Nuclear Services
Wilbur Cave
D-Allendale
Barnwell plant mothballed under 1977 executive order
The fuel would be stored for safekeeping as officials note an executive order from 1977 effectively mothballed the $250 million Barnwell plant planned to employ about 250 workers. Allied General has since conducted some research and development for the Energy Department.
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Barnwell
Allied General
Energy Depart
Jail escapee faces additional charges in Aiken County
Jail escapee John Travis Mace faces 17 charges from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office and Aiken Department of Public Safety. Charges include three counts burglary first degree three counts larceny escape grand larceny for a Toyota RAV4 failure to stop for blue light malicious damage to county vehicles attempted assault with intent to kill resisting arrest during a high speed chase and related injuries to deputies and homeowners.
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John Travis Mace
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Mace
Aiken County
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