Deaths and Funerals Georgia Goodman Benton Aiken
Aiken Mrs Georgia Goodman Benton will be honored with a home going celebration August 29 2017 at 11 00 AM at St Peter Baptist Church Elko South Carolina. Burial follows at St Peter Memorial Garden. Visitation August 28 2017 at 9 30 AM at the church. Simmons Funeral Home of Williston handles arrangements.
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Georgia Goodman Benton Aiken
Georgia Goodman Benton
St. Peter Baptist Church
Elko
Anthony Gadson
Freddie L. Bush
St. Peter Memorial Garden
Simmons Funeral Home of
Williston, Inc
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Couple saves beached whale only to lose it next day
On Daufuskie Island Joanne and Mike Loftus aided an 11-foot pygmy sperm whale back to sea but found it dead next morning. Experts warn beached whales may carry disease and recommend calling authorities. A NOAA analysis is planned with tissue samples.
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Daufuskie Island
Joanne
Mike Loftus
Mike
Amber Kuehn
Daufuskie
Hilton Head Islands
Kuehn
Fort Johnson
Charleston
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Island Packet
Beaufort Gazette
Hilton Head
Beaufort County
Hunting Island
Stonewall Street Renaming Debate in Charlotte Faces Hurdles
Historians link Stonewall Street to Confederate General Thomas Jackson in Charlotte. The city weighs renaming amid transit station and Crescent development named Stonewall Station and 550 Stonewall. Opinion split among mayoral contenders as residents unsure of the historic tie.
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Charlotte
N.C
Stonewall Street
North Carolina
Charlotte Street
Martin Luther King Jr
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Charlotte Observer
Hill Street
Daniel Harvey Hill
York
South Carolina
North Carolina Military Institute
Bank of America
Jennifer Roberts
Kenny Smith
Crescent Communities
Stonewall Station
Stonewall
Crescent
Dan Merrill
Mary Anna Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Robert Hall Morrison
Davidson College
General Hill
Vance
Lee
Zebulon Baird Vance
U.S
Robert E. Lee
Pickup hits moped. woman dies. two injured near Swansea SC
A pickup struck a moped from behind on U.S. 321 near Swansea early Sunday. Jessica Dunn, 26, died at the scene. Zachery Wingard of Gaston was airlifted to a Columbia hospital. Gerald Lundy of Neeses went to a nearby hospital. The crash remains under investigation.
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Swansea
South Carolina
Columbia
U.S. 321
Lexington County
Margaret Fisher
Jessica Dunn
Dunn
Lance
Matt Southern
Zachery Wingard
Gaston
Gerald Lundy
Neeses
Subscriptions Push for Aiken Standard Amid Withholding Allegations
The Aiken Standard faces scrutiny after allegations it withheld information from investigators about a shooting linked to Belk. Unclear if Belk or Clinton have lawyers. In Greenville a distributor WYMT closes its South Carolina headquarter, impacting 140 jobs. The National Hurricane Center issues tropical storm watch along the South Carolina coast with potential storm by Monday.
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Belk
Clinton
Greenville
South Carolina
New York
WYMIT
Pete Richichi
WYMT
Syracuse
Richichi
Fitbit
Canon
Microsoft
Hewlett-Packard
Columbia
National Hurricane Center
North
Santee River
McClellanville
Duck
North Carolina
Virginia
Aiken County Crime Blotter Highlights Local Incidents
Reports from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office document multiple incidents including unlawful use of a telephone in Aiken Arbor Court, domestic assaults in Warrenville and Beech Island, and thefts involving tires, vehicles, trailers, and a stolen four wheeler. Also noted are burglaries, credit card fraud, motor vehicle violations, and a vehicle vandalism case. The ailing list includes residences across Graniteville, North Augusta, Windsor, Wagener, Elgin, and Beech Island with arrests for uninsured or suspended driving and detentions at the local jail.
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Aiken County
Graniteville
Peeler Drive
Jacksonville
Florida
State Park Road
Windsor
Jasmin Drive
North Augusta
Audubon Road
Aiken
Rebel Road
Beech Island
Pinewood Park Circle
Fairmont Drive
Good Spring Drive
Aiken County Detention Center
Rockwell Court
Dunbar Court
Augusta
Windsor Drive
Wagener
Wagener Road
Hamilton Branch Way
Black Oak Road
Amos Court
Dicks Drive
Congaree Avenue
Triangle Drive
Brookhaven Drive
Elgin
Ryan Lane
Warrenville
Hubert Street
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State News
Georgia
Atlanta
Wabe Radio
Center For Budget and Policy Priorities
WABE
Michael Mitchell
Lancaster
Quinterius Clinton
Travis Belk
Daquan Blackmon
Scott Grant
Blackmon
Target
Wal-Mart
Minnesota
Carolinas
Gey
Edisto Road
ICAM
Richland Avenue
Peaceinaiken.com
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