Hill case heads to Aiken for jury selection
York Circuit Judge Marc Westbrook expects to seat a full jury for the David Mark Hill trial by late afternoon tomorrow. Twelve jurors and two alternates will be chosen from a pool of 35 York County residents starting about 2 p.m. Westbrook moved venue due to pre trial publicity in Aiken County. Hill faces a possible life sentence for the September 16 1996 killings of three Department of Social Services workers Jimmy Riddle Josie Curry and Michael Gregory at the North Augusta DSS office.
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Marc Westbrook
David Mark Hill
Westbrook
York County
Aiken County
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Department of Social Services
Jimmy Riddle
Josie Curry
Michael Gregory
DSS
North Augusta
Nausea crowns Paul Knox sixth grader spelling champ
Ten of Aiken County’s top spellers competed at North Aiken Elementary School with sixth grader Kathryn Elisabeth Conyers of Paul Knox Middle School winning the county spelling bee on the word nausea. Loren Toda, an eighth grader at Langley Bath Clearwater Middle, finished second after mising soluble. The contest featured tough words like slav ish hibernation vertigo concurrence and amnesia. organizer Michele Conner praised the students and noted Katie’s future potential.
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Aiken County
Kathryn Elisabeth Conyers
Paul Knox Middle School
Katie
North Aiken Elementary School
Loren Toda
Langley Bath
Clearwater Middle
North Augusta
Steven Kathleen Conyers
Loren
Clearwater
Howard Todd
Terry
Aiken Couple Walks With Penguins In Antarctic Journey
Deborah and Patrick Brooks traveled to Antarctica in December, inspired by Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance voyage. The tale of Shackleton’s 1915 expedition details a year and a half adrift after their ship was trapped in ice and later rescued.
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Deborah
Patrick Brooks
Antarctica
Obituary notices for five residents listed in Warrenville Monetta Johnston Etowah
Death notices announce the passing of Jewell Willing Carter of Warrenville Tommy Collins of Monetta Mary Clark Cullum of Johnston Eva Lota Kohl Flynn of Etowah NC. The brief obituary item records their names and locales, reflecting a local funerary notice.
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Jewell Willing Carter
Warrenville
Tommy Collins
Monetta
Mary Clark Cullum
Johnston
Eva Lota Kohl Flynn
Etowah
North Augusta High band director placed on leave amid fund raise scrutiny
North Augusta High School band director David Faulk is on administrative leave while an investigation examines possible policy violations in band fundraising. Superintendent statements note ongoing inquiry and parallel probe into softball coach Verne Ruston’s leave over fundraiser questions. Concerns focus on a parent-run booster group handling fundraisers and checks that did not clear, with district safety officials involved and questions about student supervision and certification in band.
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North Augusta High School
David Faulk
Area II
Nancy Smith
Linda Eldridge
Aiken County
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
Faulk
Band
McCain Tops Bush In South Carolina Poll After NH Win
Arizona Senator John McCain leads George W. Bush in a South Carolina poll amid post New Hampshire momentum. The Zogby survey of 517 likely Republican voters shows 44 percent for McCain and 39.3 percent for Bush with a 4.4 point margin of error. A Time CNN poll had Bush at 52 percent and McCain at 32 percent in SC.
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Arizona
John McCain
New Hampshire
Texas
George W. Bush
McCain
South Carolina
Zogby International
Bush
John Zogby
Time
CNN
Yankelovich Partners
Tucker Eskew
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Bath
Addie Powell
Charlie R. Smith
Augusta
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Lorraine B. Stone
Lucille George Terwilliger
Rosanna Mims Ware
Joshua Doyle Westall
Williston
Mary Ann Wright
Norway
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Ed Jones
Nahs Band Booster Club
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