Prep Rivals Meet In Jamboree
A brief page 11A report covers multiple small items. It notes a runaway parole violator from Chicago linked to a 1993 shooting case in Fort Mill, plus Lancaster County police action against video poker at Tripp’s Convenience Store and a Bojangles coffee burn settlement case in Rock Hill. Names tied to these items include York County Juvenile Justice, Margaret Barber, and Jack Leader.
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Aeenager
Chicago
Juvenile Justice Department
Steven Spratt
Fort Mill
Columbia
Margaret Barber
York County
Lancaster (Ap
Lancaster County
Sheriff's
Tripp
Scott Lewellen
Lewellen
Rock Hill
North Carolina
Jack Leader
John Rainey, Jr
Mecklenburg County
N.C
Ken Carter
Rainey
Carter
Deaths of Emmie Boatwright Jones and Others in Three Towns
Obituary notices report the deaths of Emmie Boatwright Jones of Batesbury Leesville Eula Mae Barfield Poole of Warrenville and Ulysee Corbitt Kimble of Aiken. The brief notices list the individuals and their towns with no further details.
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Emmie Boatwright Jones
Batesbury
Leesville
Eula Mae Barfield Poole
Warrenville
Ulysee Corbitt Kimble
Aiken
Felix Trop Storm Dawdles Off North Carolina Coast
Felix slowed from 14 mph to 3 mph as it hovered near the North Carolina coast delaying impacts. Residents in Nags Head spray painted "Felix You Cat Scram" on plywood while forecasts suggested a possible landfall near the North Carolina Virginia border late Friday night, with winds weakening and uncertainty remaining about the storm center.
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Manteo
N.C
Felix
North Carolina
Fran Crutchfield
Nags ‘Head
Nags Head
Outer Banks Islands
North Carolina- Virginia
Martin Nelson
National Weather Service Hurricane Center
Miami
Aiken visitor threatens suit over unlawful imprisonment
Gary Michael Owens, 44, of Elkheart Indiana, spent 21 days in the Aiken County Detention Center after arrest on July 24 in a case tied to criminal sexual conduct charges that were dismissed when the key witness could not be located. Owens said he plans to sue local authorities for false imprisonment.
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Indiana
Aiken County
Gary Michael Owens
Elkhart
Ind
Owens
Augusta
Second Judicial Circuit
James Dismore
William J. Dryer
Dismore
Augusa
Baltimore
Power Use Sets Record Highs As Heat Bites South Carolina
South Carolina Electric and Gas customers set an all time electricity use record Monday with 3 683 megawatts at 4 PM and Tuesday topped 11 175 megawatt hours, as heat drives bills up. Spokesman Bennish Brown notes the weather advisory remains in effect with temperatures near 100 rising to 110 with humidity.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas
Bennish Brown
Weather Service
Afternoon Storm Hope Amid Heat Wave Across counties
Weather service cites a slight chance of storms Friday with statewide heat. SCEAC urges energy savings with high thermostat settings around 78 degrees, fans to circulate air, closed drapes, window caulking, and HVAC checks. Attic insulation should meet at least R-80.
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The
Weather Service
Aiken
Barnwell
Edgefield
SCEAG
HVAC
Final Adams Appeal Goes To High Court
Sylvester Adams faces an imminent execution after the state Supreme Court weighs last minute appeals. Adams, convicted of strangling a 15 year old neighbor during a 1979 robbery, awaits lethal injection at 1 a.m. Friday. His lawyers argue trial counsel failed to reveal Adams' alleged mental retardation and illness. Governor Beasley rejected clemency. Adams thanked supporters and his victim's mother in a statement to reporters.
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Columbia
State Supreme Court
Sylvester Adams
Adams
Rock Hill
Bryan Chambers
Fea
Broad River Correctional Institution
Bryan
Florence Thompson
David Beasley
Supreme Court
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Ginny South Ware
Melissa Kennedy
Richland Avenue
Brown
High
Ginny Southworth
James A. Taylor
Aiken High School
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