Strom Thurmond High to adopt live dog mascot Rebel 1
Edgefield County School Board approves changing Strom Thurmond High School mascot from Kentucky general to a live hound named Rebel 1. Booster club presented the plan after months of debate. 6-1 vote with George Smith dissent.
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Statesman
Johnston
Strom Thurmond High School
Edgefield County Board of Education
Strom Thurmond
Thomas Holmes
Boosters
University of Tennessee
Smokey the Blue Tick Hound
Rebel 1
Holmes
George Smith
Suspect claims self defense in Abbeville County standoff
In Abbeville County a family is charged after a police standoff that left sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Wilson dead. Steven Bixby 36 his mother Rita 71 and Arthur Steven Bixby are accused of murder and conspiracy with Rita charged as accessory before the fact and misprision. Steven defended the action as self defense claiming officers entered the property without warrants.
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Greenwood
Abbeville
Ruby Ridge
Idaho
Waco
Texas
Steven Bixby
Rita
Bixby
Sheriff
Danny Wilson
Wilson
Transportation Department
Bixbys
Ment Division
Robert Stewart
Arthur
Rita Bixby
Graham sees opportunity in base closings for Charleston
U S Sen Lindsey Graham visited Naval Weapons Station and Charleston Air Force Base to discuss defending local military presence as bases potentially close. He urged telling the stories of facilities to attract new missions and DOD presence, noting Charleston’s post closure resilience and role in Iraq.
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Graham
Goose Creek
South Carolina
Charleston
U.S
Lindsey Graham
Charleston Air Force Base
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Defense
Charleston Naval Base
Iraq
Witness testifies in murder trial of Copeland and Ledford
Stephanie Smith, a codefendant, testified she watched Eric Copeland shoot and stab North Augusta Mayor Kim Ledford in June 2002. She described involvement with all three defendants, possible deal to drop charges, and her use of crack with the group.
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Stephanie Smith
Eric Copeland
North Augusta
Kim Ledford
Cean. Smith
Copeland
2Nd Circuit
General Sessions Court
Smith
Ledford
Bill
Soldier heads back to Iraq as family milestones pass
Aiken resident Terry Luton a staff sergeant with C Company of the 22nd Engineers in the South Carolina Army National Guard departs on a 15 day shore leave before another deployment to Fallujah Iraq. Mobilized Feb 10 unit went overseas in April. Luton 51 joined the Guard in 1971 during Vietnam. His daughter Chrissy graduates last spring and son Clay was set to graduate Clemson at 11 am Dec 18.
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Terry Luton
Gatewood
Chrissy
Clay
Clemson
Luton
Iraq
Aiken
22Nd Engineers
South Carolina Army National Guard
Graniteville
Kuwait
Fallujah
Baghdad
Guard
Jeremy Schoolfield
Boo
South Carolina Army Guard
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Field County
Quintella Lee
Valarie Powers
Tadiana Johnson
Riffs
Johnson
Daniel Wilson
Stewart
Deborah Graham
Donnie M. Outts
Outts
R. Bixby
S. Bixby
Harold McKevie
Augusta Grace Woodhead
Hilton Head Island
Abby
Lee
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