Private partners push northern Aiken industrial park growth
City leaders, SCANA and Rep. Charles Sharpe tout a new industrial park near Aiken. Officials expect three firms to locate there within 100 days, with two spec buildings planned and fast-foundation capability. A $25,000 SCANA grant funds planning and infrastructure.
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Cavanaugh
Aiken
Charleston
SCANA
Charles Sharpe
Sharpe
Savannah River
the Park
Aiken County
South Carolina
Video gambling study cites tests and testimonies
Cathy Pike of the University of South Carolina helps lead a study on video gambling funded by plaintiffs lawyers. Surveys in gaming venues and county interviews cost about 8300 dollars with total costs pending completion. Filings include undercover photos and personal testimonies of harm, including a mother watching her infant while gambling and speakers describing severe losses and suicidal ideation. The state court has rejected fast reconsideration of lottery legality, while the Revenue Department cites nearly 500 million dollars in operator revenue last year.
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Cathy Pike
University of South Carolina
Charles Marvin III
Vice
Greenville
Buster Floyd
State Supreme Court
Condon
Reggie Lloyd
Revenue Department
Manhunt Ends With Suspect Detained After Chase
A man hid in a car during a manhunt after a deputy spotted a gun in his jacket. He fled and prompted a perimeter on Old Aiken Road. Bloodhounds helped track him, then North Augusta Public Safety arrested him following a woods chase near U.S. 1.
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S.C
Aiken Road
U.S. 1
North Augusta
Developer ties to area drive major expansions in South and North Carolina
Thomas Smith reports on David Fields whose real estate ventures began with a Tulsa factory purchase in 1970 and grew into Sandhills Industrial Park in North Carolina, Summerville Business Center in South Carolina, and a new Summit Business Center in Aiken. Fields, who worked at the Savannah River Plant, returns home to create jobs and expand parks, with the Aiken project expected as one of the state’s largest.
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SCANA
Scana Western District
Mike Cherry
Summerville
Pat Canning
Savannah River
Aiken
David Fields
Fields
Tulsa
Okla
Fields Real Estate Securities Corporation
Highway 5
Aberdeen
Pinehurst
N.C
Sandhills
Varn Realty
Summit Business Center
Aiken Park
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