Aiken County wins 135000 contract for street upgrades
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation awards Satterfield Construction Co. Inc. a 135192 dollar contract to resurf ace 4.0 miles of county roads in Belvedere Johnston and Ai ken. Work must be finished by October 31 and is funded from the county's share of motor fuel tax funds.
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Aiken County
Oakdale Avenue
Whatley Drive
Sheffield Avenue
Piedmont Avenue
Belvedere
Townsend Street
Johnston
Pine Drive
Aiken
Vaucluse Road
Abbeville Avenue
Park Road
Edisto Avenue
Valley Road
Vaucluse
Laverne Avenue
Belvedere Terrace
Beaulah Avenue
Bryant Avenue
Satterfield Construction Co. Inc
Greenwood
County
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Highway Commission
Ridge Spring Boy Killed in Dirt Road Crash
A 13 year old boy, Christopher Morris, died when the car he rode in left a dirt road near Monetta on S C 23. The driver, Mary Lee Hardeman, 29, escaped with minor injuries as the car overturned and landed on its side around 7 a.m.
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Monetta
Ridge Spring
Christopher Morris
S.C. 23
Mary Lee Hardeman
Miss Hardeman
Thieves Steal Cash and Goods From Bowman Trucking
Two men in a car stole nearly 2000 dollars in cash and merchandise from Bowman Trucking in North Augusta. Police say the break in occurred overnight between 9 50 p m Tuesday and 6 a m Wednesday with footprints and tire tracks found but no arrests yet.
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North Augusta
Bowman Trucking
Aiken County
University of South Carolina
SC Low country group to hear grant funding report
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments executive committee will hear a report on additional community development block grant funding for the region. LSCOG director Eric P Thompson will present the report along with several committee and staff updates. The session starts with a 6 p.m. light dinner at LSCOG offices on Wagener Road in Aiken.
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Lower Savannah
Eric P. Thompson
LSCOG
Savannah
Wagener Road
Aiken
Aiken Students Reach Basic Skills Milestone
Reading scores show Aiken 79.2 and state 82.3 with grade level gaps. Grade 6 results list Aiken 76.1 versus state 72.2, highlighting benchmark achievement across districts.
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Aiken
Test Scores Rise Yet Growth Slows Across Grades
Basic Skills Assessment Program results released to the state Board of Education show many students meet reading and math standards. In Aiken County, first and second graders exceed 77 percent meeting reading, math, and similar figures appear across grades six to 10. The state notes 41,000 more students meet standards than in prior years.
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Paul Sandifer
State Department of Education
State Board of Education
Sandifer
Aiken County
Robert Hill
Jim Martin
Aiken
Robert W. Paskel
Board of Education
Holston Replaces Clyburn Appointment Is Temporary
Aiken County Indigent Care Commission member Marion Holston was named by the state governor to fill the District 8 vacancy on the Aiken County Council after William Clyburn resigned. Holston will serve until the November 4 general election to fill the seat. Willar Hightower and Owen Clary seek the post in November, with Hightower on the Democratic ticket and Clary on the Republican.
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Holston
Clyburn
Aiken County
Marion Holston
Savannah River
S.C. Industrial Commission
Willar Hightower
Aiken City
Owen Clary
Hightower
Clary
Wrecks Include Sheriff's Captain On Slick Roads
Captain George McCormick of the Aiken County Sheriff's Department was hospitalized after a collision on S C 19 when his car could not avoid a turning vehicle. Judy B Ogden, 19, was trapped for 20 minutes after a van struck her car near Richland and Hayne avenues, and was later treated for multiple injuries. A three car derailment involving eight cars occurred near Aiken during the day, with no injuries reported. Ashwini Kumar, 25, slid off the 118 Bypass when a vehicle stopped suddenly.
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Judy Ogden
George McCormick
Aiken County
New Ellenton
Richland
Hayne Avenues
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Judy B. Ogden
Kalmia Plaza
Shah Gi Chern
Georgia Tech
Chern
Michael Hunt
Ms. Ogden
HCA
Neil Monroe
Ashwini Kumar
Aiken
Plane crash near Lynchburg kills two couples and pilot
NTSB investigators, probing a July 1 Beechcraft crash southeast of Lynchburg Municipal Airport, examine engines and props while awaiting weather, ATC, and toxicology reports. The victims include Dr. Michael R. Drinkard, his wife Gayle, Robert and Janice Roland, en route from Toronto to Lynchburg.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Aiken
Michael R. Drinkard
Lynchburg, Va
al Dickinson
NTSB
Washington
Drinkard
Gayle
Robert David Roland
Janice
Martin
Roland
Creek Plantation
Dickinson
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Ginny Southworth Company
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Kelly
Dr. Drinkard
Mrs. Drinkard
Virginia Carson
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