North Augusta biker dies in crash
North Augusta man William S. Marshall Jr. 20 died at the scene after his 2004 Triumph motorcycle lost control and struck a 1997 Chevy Tahoe driven by 51 year old Niles V. Toole on Fox Creek Drive about 3:45 p.m. Authorities say the collision occurred one and a half miles north of North Augusta.
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Darryl Ables
Aiken
Tim Carlton
Triumph
Robinson
Niles V. Toole
North Augusta
Fox Creek Drive
North
Train crew blamed for switch error terminated
Norfolk Southern fired the three man crew from Columbia area who failed to flip a switch that could have diverted an incoming freight train from parked cars. The Jan 6 Graniteville crash killed nine, injured hundreds, and caused a chlorine leak and evacuations. Names in lawsuits include Benjamin Aiken, James Thornton, and Mike Ford.
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Columbia
Graniteville
Norfolk Southern
Aiken County
Benjamin Aiken
James Thornton
Mike Ford
Aiken Council weighs SRS contract changes and impact
Aiken City Council discusses possible breakup of the Savannah River Site contract to multiple contractors. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh cites risks to accountability and benefits packages, comparing with Hanford where one contractor split into five units.
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Savannah River
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
DOE
SRS
Hanford
Wash
U.S. Department of Energy
Cavanaugh
WSRC
DuPont
Guard unit gets new commander
Captain Jamie Fowler handed command of the 122nd Engineer Battalion Charlie Company to 1st Lt. Mike Moyer at a Saturday change of command ceremony on Bettis Academy Road. Fowler, commander since 2002, led Charlie Company through a one year Iraq deployment and will join the South Carolina Army National Guard at Fort Jackson to assist in deploying units.
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Graniteville
Jamie Fowler
122Nd Engineer Battalion
Charlie Company
Mike Moyer
Bettis Academy Road
Fowler
Iraq
S.C. Army National Guard
Fort Jackson
Southeast
Charlie Company 122nd Engineer Battalion Iraq deployment record
Charlie Company of the 122nd Engineer Battalion activated February 10 2003 deployed to Iraq on April 14 2003 for its first postwar tour. The unit notes achievements including destroying over five million pounds of material and other long list of accomplishments despite dangerous conditions in Iraq.
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Iraq
Charlie Company
122Nd Engineer Battalion
Bill Bryant
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Ginny Southworth
John Moore
Gladys B. Brackett
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