Flames Leave Family Homeless in New Ellenton
A Thursday morning mobile home fire on Camel Street left Stephanie Green and her five children homeless. Firefighters battled flames at about 9 am as the family escaped. the cause was an electrical malfunction, not arson. Clothing donations for the mother and five kids are being collected at New Ellenton City Hall on Main Street, with relatives hosting the family nearby.
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New Ellenton
Camel Street
Silver Bluff
Hugh Ray
Ray
Shantravie
Brianna
Shanequa
Lykeria
Devonte
Stephanie Green
City Hall
Main Street
Karen Daily
Cattle Rancher Faces Arson and Burglary Charges Tied to Bull Slaying
An interstate investigation leads to multiple arrests in a case involving the mutilation and slaughter of a local Jersey bull owned by Susan and Otto McCarty. Barbara J. Rogers, 37, allegedly orchestrated the theft, while Brent Aiken, aka Derrick Turner, 19, Jerry R. Bell, 20, and Henry A. Green, 17, face charges including livestock theft, arson, and burglary.
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Jersey
Susan
Otto McCarty
Aiken County
Michael Hunt
Barbara J. Rogers
Croft Avenue
Aiken Stan
Rogers
Hunt
Brent A. Aiken
Derrick Turner
Aiken
Jerry R. Bell
Henry A. Green
Space station crew ordered to cut calories amid shortage
NASA says two crewmen on the international space station must reduce food intake until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks. If the Christmas delivery fails, NASA may abandon the station and bring them home in early January due to shuttle grounding. Bill Gerstenmaier warns the cargo ship is crucial to the effort.
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Space Station
Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
NASA
Space Agency
Bill Gerstenmaier
Columbia
Gerstenmaier
Aiken County Schools to Use Title I Flexibility
The South Carolina Department of Education will help Aiken County School District avoid spending about $600,000 in Title I funds on nonbudgeted uses. The district failed 100 percent of No Child Left Behind objectives for the second year, triggering a 10 percent budget reallocaction for staff training while funds remain part of existing allocations.
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State Department of Education
Aiken County
Inez Tenenbaum
Aiken
Jim Foster
SDE
Frank Roberson
Roberson
U.S. Department of Education
New Ellenton Middle Excels In Academics
New Ellenton Middle School eighth graders took part in a mock trial at the University of South Carolina with Jordan Jones as prosecutor and David Estep as defense lawyer. Darius Parker testified as an elderly witness and 266 students attend, the smallest enrollment in Aiken County, yet students see no issue with it.
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New Ellenton
Jordan Jones
University of South Carolina
Darius Parker
David Estep
David
Aiken County
Jordan
Renee Johnson
Rob Novit
She Jackson
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Johnson
Michael Gibbons
TVET
S.C
Tenenbaun
New Ellenton Middle
Darius
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