Medical emergency cited in three vehicle crash near church
An 82 year old man died within an hour after a three vehicle crash on Silver Bluff Road behind South Aiken Presbyterian Church. Aiken Department of Public Safety says the driver lost control due to a medical emergency. Coroner Tim Carlton says death was natural with an extensive medical history.
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City Aiken council sets goals for 2014 on safety and infrastructure
Mayor Fred Cavanaugh anchors priorities on public safety tax base finances and city services. Council member Reggie Ebner emphasizes monitoring the city budget, infrastructure renewal and SCDOT projects for Silver Bluff Hitchcock Parkway and downtown wooden bridges.
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Area Deaths Notice Highlights Three Local Obituaries
A brief obituary column lists James Wilson Jackson of Trenton Loren Dale Fair of Aiken and Willis Pope of Aiken among recent area deaths with funeral notices in 6A.
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James Wilson Jackson
Trenton Loren Dale Fair, Aiken
Family reunites for Christmas after Typhoon Haiyan
Jennifer Sevilla brings her parents Norberto and Tonio Go Soco from Tacloban City to Aiken for Christmas. Haiyan struck the Central Philippines on November 8, killing over 6,000 and leaving more than 4 million homeless, with an estimated 12.9 billion dollars in damage.
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Family remembers victims of Pinecrest house fire
Mary Childs 82 and Arbrielle Douse 3 died in a late December blaze at Pinecrest Avenue. Jennifer Childs and relatives mourn at Linda Childs’ Brucewood Street home. A joint funeral is set for Friday at 11 a.m. at River of Life Church on Columbia Highway North.
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Linda Childs
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Columbia Highway North
Carolyn Childs
State Finance Report Triggers Local Officials’ Alarm
A 2012 local government finance report from the Budget and Control Board’s Office of Research and Statistics sparks concern as county audits diverge from state figures. Aiken County’s Gary Bunker and Finance Director Tammy Strange flag discrepancies between 2011 revenues of about 104 million in county records and 94 million in the state tally, prompting questions about data sources and interpretation.
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Office of Research and Statistics
Aiken County
Gary Bunker
Tammy Strange
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