Fatal Sunday crash blamed on faulty tire in North Augusta
Further investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol found a faulty fire caused the Sunday afternoon accident that killed a North Augusta woman and left three others hospitalized. Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend said she received information from Highway Patrol that the right rear tire on the Ford Bronco driven by Amanda Davis separated.
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South Carolina Highway Patrol
North Augusta
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Highway Patrol
Amanda Davis
Joe Jacksons Bat Black Betsy Sells In Internet Auction
Rob Mitchell of Pottsdown Pa won a 30 year old battle for Black Betsy Shoeless Joe Jacksons famed bat paying 57610 dollars in a 10 day eBay auction. The sale drew only two bidders and may set a record price for a baseball bat.
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San Jose
Calif
Joe Jackson
Pottsdown
Rob Mitchell
Deaths: Flossie Ray James Wagener Obituary Notice
Flossie Ray James of Wagener is remembered in a death notice printed on the 5A obituary page. The item lists names including Sybil Campoet and Rhoden and Blake and Kirk as part of the notices in this section.
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Flossie Ray James
Wagener
Sybil Campoet
Rhoden
Jackson
Blake
Tator” Kirk
Iken
Redistricting plans split Aiken County
Senate Judiciary staff release splits Aiken County between U S House districts with a line from Lexington border to Georgia. House plan splits differently. Colleton, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and Orangeburg changes. Georgetown kept by Senate plan. State Senate maps show Midlands and Lowcountry shifts. Richland County changes noted.
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Columbia
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
U.S
South Carolina
House
Senate
Nis
Senate Judiciary
Aiken County
Lexington County
Georgia
Aiken
Colleton
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Orangeburg
Jim Clyburn
D-S.c
Georgetown County
Clyburn
Henry Brown
R-S.c
Midlands
Lowcountry
Richland County
Perry returns controversial payment from state contractor
Aiken Sen. Perry returned a disputed payment he had received from a state contractor. The Aiken Standard previously claimed he offered no comment. Perry says he did call the paper with a remark, but it was not printed. He spoke with the reporter after returning to town.
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Perry
R-Aiken
Aiken Standard
Two year old killed by truck in Edgefield Road incident
A two year old, Jaylin Kirk, died when a pickup rolled over him at a residence on Edgefield Road in Aiken County. Sue Townsend said the death is an accidental traffic fatality with no foul play suspected. He had joined a grocery trip group earlier and slipped under the truck during unloading. He was pronounced dead at 9 10 p m.
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Eureka
Sue ‘Townsend
Aiken County
Jaylin Kirk
Edgefield Road
Townsend
Jaylin
Secretary of Energy to visit Savannah River Site Thursday
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham will visit the Savannah River Site on Thursday per Sen. Strom Thurmond’s office. He will tour the tritium and defense waste processing facilities, view environmental restoration projects, and meet community leaders. Thurmond cites ongoing discussions on nuclear-material handling, oxide fuel program, Site infrastructure, and environmental management, plus potential co location of civilian nuclear plants on Energy Department reservations.
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Secretary of Energy
Spencer Abraham
Savannah Wr
Strom ‘Thurmond
Abraham
Thurmond
Srs
Energy Department
Five Aiken County school projects pass site inspections
Officials from Aiken County Public Schools announced that five major construction projects passed on site inspections by the Office of School Facilities. Deputy Superintendent Gallman thanked principals staff parents and builders for completing work in time for the start of school.
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Aiken County
Office of School Facilities
State Department of Education
A.L. Corbett
Allman
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Adams
Clyde English
Bill 3Allman
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Jefferson Elementary
Langtey-tsam-Sharwater
Paul Knox
Greendale
Galiman
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