Woods Seizes Control with Record-Tying 263 at PGA
Woods matched the major championship record with a 263 total at the PGA Championship on Friday, climbing to a commanding lead. The performance ties the event record and signals a strong move toward the title.
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PGA
Rescuers Find No Signs of Life in Mine Cavern
Rescue teams report no life signs after drilling into the suspected cave where miners were trapped. They hold to the possibility the drill may have penetrated a neighboring chamber rather than the target area.
Fire tears through junkyard near Graniteville causing large blaze
Flames towered over 50 feet as junked buses trucks and cars at the B and W Auto & Truck Parts yard on Jefferson Davis Highway burn fiercely. Emergency crews including more than 100 firefighters battled the blaze with portable tanks and long hoses as winds fanned the flames toward nearby homes along the Aiken Augusta corridor. A train sparked the initial grass fire around 2 15 p m prompting road closures and swift dispatch of responders.
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Relief expected as heat eases from triple digits
After days of record heat a small relief arrives with a forecast high near 98 today and a heat index around 102. Meteorologist Tony Petrolito of the National Weather Service in Columbia notes drier conditions and explains heat index calculations while predicting highs in the mid 90s by early next week as a weak front cools the region.
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National Weather Service
Columbia
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Relatives Arrested in Aiken Shooting case
An Aiken man and his son are in police custody on assault and cruelty charges after a teen allegedly killed a dog and shot the dog owner Carlton Cantrell at his Muddy Branch Road home. Cantrell was transported to the Medical College of Georgia trauma unit and listed as no information.
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Derrick M. Moore
Cumbee Trail Road
Walter M Moore
Carlton E. Cantrell
Muddy Branch Road
Aken
Aiken ‘County Ems
Medical College of Georgia
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Law could burden taxpayers in property tax reform
South Carolina Superintendent Jim Rex warned that property tax reform will raise taxes on business and strain taxpayers while aiding poorer districts like Aiken County by providing higher minimum funding levels. He spoke at a workshop on school issues as the General Assembly advances the measure.
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Aiken County
Jim Rex
S.C. General Assembly
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