Capital Projects Thawed by State Board
The Budget and Control Board authorized a 13 million first installment for 63 capital improvement projects and new equipment requests held due to high bond rates. None of the approved projects are in Aiken County. Treasurer Grady Patterson Jr says interest rates have not fallen significantly since initial approval.
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Columbia
State Budget and Control Board
Grady L. Patterson Jr
Aiken County
Patterson
General Assembly
Industry Activity Encouraging in South Carolina
South Carolina shows growing industrial activity says State Development Board Executive Director Robert Leak. He cites three prospect calls in recent weeks and a company seeking an immediate site to be ready for an economic upturn. Investment through July totals 1.5 billion, up 23.6 percent from last year, but jobs created lag by 43 percent at 4,086.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Development Board
Robert Leak
Leak
Assistant pastor given life for suffocation murder
Richard Johnson 35, an assistant pastor at First Missionary Baptist Church in North Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to life in prison after a Horry County jury found him guilty of murdering his wife Renee Johnson by suffocating her with a pillow at their Atlantic Beach apartment on June 10, 1981. The sentence was handed down by Circuit Judge Marion Kinon after more than three hours of deliberation.
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Johnson
First Missionary Baptist Church
North Myrtle Beach
Renee
Atlantic Beach
Principal Killing Suspect Charged in Columbia Slaying
A suspect in the slaying of a retired Columbia elementary school principal was arrested in Pennsylvania. Anthony Eugene White, 32, of Pennsylvania, is charged with murder by a Richland County warrant sent to Pennsylvania. he is held at an undisclosed location.
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Columbia
Pennsylvania
Anthony EU
Gene White
Richland County
Bill Brasington
Sheriff’s Department
Burial Near Home For WWII Soldier Hartley
Veterans groups will fund and arrange Pfc. Joseph M. Hartley’s burial closer to his James Island home. He will be laid to rest Wednesday at Live Oak Memorial Cemetery in Charleston County near his parents, who had planned a Beaufort funeral. The Disabled American Veterans offered to help cover the costs prompting the change.
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Columbia
James Island
Joseph M. Hartley
Live Oak Memorial Cemetery
S.C. 61
Charleston County
Ella Hartley
Ella
Clevy
National Cemetery
Beaufort
Cable Tax Sparks Strong Opposition From Operators
In Columbia AP report cable television operators statewide oppose a new 4 percent sales tax on service starting September after the Tax Commission secured an attorney general ruling. Bob Scott of the SC Cable Association says a delay is needed to adjust billing systems for thousands of customers. The group estimates the levy could raise over a million dollars.
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Columbia
Tax Commission
Cablevision
Commission
Bob Scott
South Carolina Cable Television Association
Scott
Hilton Head
Representative Indicted in Food Stamp Fraud Case
South Carolina State Rep. Theo Mitchell of Greenville has been indicted on four counts of food stamp fraud in a state and federal probe that has already charged 32 people. U.S. Attorney Henry Dargan McMaster expects more charges and possible prosecutions of other public officials. If convicted Mitchell faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine per count. He has served in the House since 1975 and is currently unopposed for re election.
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Columbia
Theo Mitchell
Greenville
U.S
Henry Dargan McMaster
Mitchell
South Carolina
Legislative Black Caucus
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