Two Die In Aiken County Car Crash At 4:50 A M
Two young Aiken women died in a single car wreck on New Holland Road near Cooks Bridge in the early hours. The Honda left the road, overturned, and slid down an embankment killing both occupants. Names were not released. coroner suspects they may have been returning from Columbia. no cause determined.
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Aiken
New Holland Road
Cpl
Jones Gamble
S.C. Highway Patrol
Cooks Bridge Road
Honda
Lamble
Sue Townsend
Columbia
Deaths Annie H Beck and Evelyn M Hild Obituaries
Obituary notices report the deaths of Annie H Beck of Monroe North Carolina Evelyn Margaret Hild of Aiken and Margaret E McConnell of Aiken. The notices provide basic identifiers and locations, noting their passing and hometowns without further embellishment.
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Annie H. Beck
Monroe
N.C
Evelyn Margaret Hild
Aiken
Margaret E. McConnell
Salvation Army seeks volunteers for Christmas drive in Aiken
Capt. Timothy Carter of the Aiken Salvation Army urges more volunteers as the charity ramps up its Christmas collection. Last year the branch raised 13 064 46 and helped over 500 families with food and toys, giving away more than 3 000 toys to 685 children in the Pease area.
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Salvation Army
Timothy Carter
Aiken
The
Aiken Salvation Army
Carter
USC Clemson Put Big Money on Coaches to Rebuild Programs
The State reports USC offered Lou Holtz about 1 million to salvage the Gamecocks and Clemson tabled roughly 830,000 for Tommy Bowden to restore the Tigers. Beamer remains in the mix as Carolina and Clemson search for a names coach after 1-10 and 3-8 seasons. Bowden toured Clemson and did not commit. Holtz has not accepted or rejected.
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USC
Holtz
Tigers
Bowden
South Carolina Offers to Lou Holtz At $1 Million A Year
South Carolina reportedly offered Lou Holtz a $1 million per year contract as a college football head coach, while Brad Scott was fired after earning $500,000 season. Beamer remains a possible candidate for the job as Tulane’s Tommy Bowden is also involved with offers up to $830,000 annually. Bowden and family visited Clemson campus. Tulane seeks to keep Bowden in New Orleans.
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University of South Carolina
Clemson University
Notre Dame
Lou Holtz
Gamecocks
Clemson
Tulane University
Tommy Bowden
Holtz
Carolina
Holt
N.C. State
Arkansas
Minnesota
New York Jets
Bowden
Florida State University
Bobby Bowden
Tulane
Green Wave
Gamecock
Brad Scott
Tiger
Tommy West
Columbia
Mike McGee
South Carolina
Virginia Tech
Frank Beamer
New Orleans
Court denies Hicks efforts for new trial
Condemned killer Willie Hicks lost attempts to secure a new trial or federal relief. The state Supreme Court, in a 4-1 decision led by Chief Justice Ernest Finney, rejected Hicks’ claims that the trial judge failed to properly instruct jurors during questions about life sentence terms. Hicks, sentenced for the December 1989 knifing death of retired Aiken policeman Andrew Hagan, must pursue civil action for a new trial.
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Willie Hicks
Supreme Court
Hicks
State Supreme Court
State Court
Ernest Finney
Questins
Finney
Aiken
Andrew Hagan
Hagan
South Boundary
Danny Bernard Felder
Aiken World AIDS Day Tree Signals Local Impact
Red ribbons totaling more than 500 adorn a Christmas tree at the Aiken Center for the Arts on Laurens Street to mark World AIDS Day. The display honors HIV and AIDS in Aiken County and will stay through December. Cash prizes were awarded to winners of a local AIDS awareness poster contest with 40 students entering and 10 honorable mentions.
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Aiken Center For
Aiken
Mike Burkhart
American Red Cross
Center For the Arts
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Abby
Ginny Southworth
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Park
Pease See
Ation
Holtz and Bowden
Beamer
Virginia Tech Hokies
AIUKS
Sharon Taylor
Aken
Aed Vinella
Aiken Center For the Arts
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