Aiken Council weighs van Pattis resolution and annex plans
The Aiken City Council meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the municipal building to consider a van Pattis resolution and a plan for electing council, plus annexations on Silver Bluff Road and Dougherty Road and neighborhood zoning.
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van Pattis
Park Avenue
Pattis
Iran
Silver Bluff Road
Hitchcock Plaza
Silver Bluff
Dougherty Road
Parkways
Downtown Merchants Association
City of
Gatewood
South Airien Executive Office Park
Kershaw St
Barnwell Ave
New Ellenton Council to Hear Subdivision Ordinance Reading
The New Ellenton City Council will hold a 7 p.m. meeting at the town hall on Main Street to hear the first reading of a proposed subdivision ordinance. A cable representative will discuss complaints about service. Appointments to planning and zoning bodies will be made and a budget amendment considered. Bids for cleaning and janitorial services may be received.
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New Ellenton
Main Street
Lynn Jeancake
Planning and Zoning Board
Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment
Civic Center
Jeancake
Double Pharmacy Robberies Suspect Tied to Both Thefts
Authorities link two Friday afternoon pharmacy robberies in Aiken County to the same man. A slender white male with glasses brandished a silver pistol and demanded drugs at Bath Pharmacy around 2:30 p.m. and at the Aiken Medical Center pharmacy shortly after 3 p.m. An assortment of drugs was taken with no dollar value released. Investigations are led by the Aiken Department of Public Safety and the Aiken County Sheriff's Department.
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Bath
Aiken Medical Center
Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County Sheriff’s Department
Retrial of Perry Bush Smith in Edgefield uncertain
It remains unclear if Perry Bush Smith will face a retrial this week in Edgefield County Circuit Court. The schedule conflict for Eleventh Judicial Circuit solicitor Donnie Myers may delay proceedings while he also prosecutes the Larry Gene Bell case. Smith was convicted in 1985 for murder of Johnston Postmaster Charles McGee and for shooting postal worker Allen Thomas. his 1986 reversal sent the case for a new trial due to an improper question to a defense psychiatrist.
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Edgefield
Perry Bush Smith
Edgefield County
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Donnie Myers
Johnston
Charles McGee
Allen Thomas
Smith
Julius Ness
S.C. Supreme Court
Ness
Solidtor Myers
Windsor Plans Dedicating New Post Office Meeting
Windsor town council meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m in town hall to discuss dedication of the new post office per town clerk Thelma Blackmon Johnston council hears from Gerald Jones Rocky Lease and others at 7 30 p m in Jean Hutchins of Trenton agenda includes board of appeals and revenue item Salley council votes on drought response ordinance and reviews department reports per Mayor E W Clamp
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Windsor
Thelma Blackmon
Johnston
Jean Hutchins
Trenton
Gerald Jones
Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority
Rocky Lease
S.C. Electric and Gas Co
Irene Shealy
Board of Appeals
Salley
E.W. Clamp
Wagener Groundbreaking Delights Carroll Warner
Carroll Warner expressed joy at the Wagener library groundbreaking noting the town’s few buildings and the concurrent start on a second community building marking a first for Wagener. He called it a pleasure to break ground twice at once.
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Caroll Warner
Wagener
Representative Derrick Uninjured After Auto Crash in Aiken
South Carolina Representative Butler C. Derrick escaped injury after a Friday evening crash near Rutland Drive and York Street. Aiken police report 18 wheeler Donnie Harris failed a right turn and struck Derrick. Derrick was checked at HCA Aiken Regional Medical Centers and released with no injuries. Harris faces improper turning charges.
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Rutland Drive
York Street
Derrick
Donnie Harris
Greenville
Ing
Rep
Cpl
Steadman
Starvin’ Marvin
Rep. Derrick
Harris
NAACP backs single-member wards in Aiken council plan
Michael Smith of the local NAACP says partial single-member districts are a start but a 6-1 ward plan is preferred. He cites current at-large elections as limiting representation and notes DOJ delays on annexations tied to the existing structure. Smith aims to mobilize the Aiken chapter around ward-based reforms.
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Aiken
NAACP
Michael Smith
S.C
Smith
U.S. Justice Department
City of Aiken
Pet dog alert helps Glover family escape fire
A golden retriever woke the Glover family in Langley at 12:30 a.m. by banging a screen door. Barry Glover said smoke poured from the utility room as they fled, with exits blocked by flames. The fire, likely from the dryer, damaged the dining room kitchen utility room and garage, destroying a Bonneville Bonneville Brougham in the garage.
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Glover
Langley
Barry Glover
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