Father Testifies in Aiken DSS Wrongful Death Suit
Troy Williams, tearful at times, told an Aiken jury why he sues the Department of Social Services for damages over his daughter Brittany Inez Tindal's death in a Dec 6 1996 car school bus crash near Wagener. He alleges DSS failed to remove Brittany from her alcoholic grandmother Linda Tindal despite his pleas.
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Aiken
Department of Social Services
Williams
Kelley Braithwaite
State Social Agency
Aiken County
DSS
Brittany
Tina Mauldin
Linda Motes Tindal
Brittany Inez Tindal
Wagener
Tindal
Patrick Nance
Ms. Braithwaite
Linda Tindal
Guard shot in store shootout ends in robber's death
North Augusta police recount a failed robbery at Bryant's Discount Beverage Center on E Buena Vista Avenue. A security guard Charles Valdness was shot in the head while sheltering at an ATM. the suspect Dexter Wooden, 25, was later found dead by a bloodhound search. No customers were harmed. the store planned to reopen within hours.
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Yi Bryant
Discount Beverage Center
Aaron McKie
Buena Vista Avenue
North
Augusta
North Augusta
Lee Wetherington
Bryant's Discount Beverage Center
E. Buena Vista Avenue
Atomic Road
Maden
Liberty
Charles Valdness
Valdness
Dexter Wooden
Edge
Field County
Offcers
Wetherington
Wooden
Wardness
Pair heading to Turkey to aid in recovery efforts
Two Aiken men plan a weeklong mission to assist earthquake victims in Turkey. Mike Taylor, 42, a physician assistant, and Ron Crofts, 51, an engineer, are Grace Brethren Church members with prior mission experience in Africa and Europe. Myra Taylor and Kathy Crofts accompany them. Taylor will keep helping in the CAR twice yearly.
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Turkey
Mike Taylor
Aiken
Ron Crofts
Grace Brethren Church
Myra Taylor
Kathy Crofts
Taylors
Central African Republic
France
Grace Brethren International Mission
CNTA seeks new executive director in nuclear tech group
The Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness board discussed resignation of Executive Director Mike Butler whose PR firm was acquired by Professional Management Inc. The group will seek a nuclear-knowledgeable successor by internal recommendation, as Butler and firm shift to major league sports.
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Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness
CNTA
Mike Butler
Butler
Professional Management, Inc
Fred Davison
Davison
Family unity fades as Gorham Bronze closes in Aiken
Gorham Bronze will shut its Verenes Industrial Park site in Aiken as part of a company consolidation. Many workers have spent over a decade with the firm and value colleagues as a second family, citing benefits and pay as factors alongside loyalty.
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Gorham Bronze
Verenes
Aiken
Rain could harm crops as storms threaten South Carolina farms
In Batesburg Leesville farmers face a drought with experts warning heavy rainfall from a tropical storm could damage corn soybeans and cotton. John Oxner extension agent says heat already harmed yields while impending rain may help soybeans but hurt cotton and bring runoff from strong winds. Bernie Palmer of the NWS notes the rain could be too much too fast.
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Batesburg
Leesville
South Carolina
John Oxner
Lexington
Richland
Midlands
Oxner
Bernie Palmer
National Weather Service
Columbia
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