Granite Memorials Mark Site Of Boys Drownings
Three weeks after Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison for killing her sons, no granite markers were erected by the boat ramp where the car and boys entered John D. Long Lake. Community members hope the monuments will memorialize Michael and Alex and aid healing. Workers prepared heavy stone foundations as a small crowd gathered by the lake.
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UNION
Susan Smith
John D. Long Lake
Paula Richburg
Lexington
Michael
Alex
Poem Honors Smith Children At Lake Memorial Markers
A poem by Cynthia Greene and Paula Richburg accompanies two granite memorials for Michael and Alex Smith near Long Lake. Local donations totaling about 800 dollars funded a 4000 dollar project with engraved depictions and a Bible verse. Union County Sheriff Howard Wells is thanked among agencies and volunteers who aided the search.
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Jack Stribling
Joey
Stribling- Baxley
Michael
Alex
Alex Smith
Union County
Howard Wells
SCE&G Power Deal Boils Down to Core Business Costs
WSRC officials argue the SCE&G proposal is more economical because it leverages their transmission network and substations with a smaller on-site staff. They note Westinghouse would need a larger maintenance core, raising costs, and recount DOE discussions years ago about on-site facilities in Orangeburg.
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Sce&g
SCEAG
Watkins
Westinghouse
SCEG
DOE
Lawmen From Four Counties Join Forces To Fight Crime
The Columbia Police Department leads a Metro Law Enforcement Task Force with St. George Harleyville and Ridgeville joining. The Friday meeting included 13 mayors and chiefs from Chester and Richland counties as Calvin Clark called the collaboration unprecedented. The pact gives the task force jurisdiction for all crimes in participating towns.
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Columbia Police Department
Columbia PD
Metro
St. George
Harleyville
Ridgeville
Togeth
Chester
Richland
Calvin Clark
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