South Carolina Speaker warns roads threat to jobs growth
S C Speaker Jay Lucas warned business investment will halt if road funding is not found. He said South Carolina must fix crumbling roads to keep up with North Carolina and Georgia and avoid jobs moving to neighboring states. He criticized the Senate plan to raid 400 million from the General Fund and urged action.
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S.C
Jay Lucas
Lucas
R-Hartsville
Aiken
North Carolina
Georgia
Senate
General Assembly
Early deadline shifts coverage of select scores
An early press deadline prevents featuring certain NBA, NHL and college scores in print. Full coverage of those games is available online at aikenstandard.com with detailed box scores and game reports from the updated post deadline period.
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Area Deaths list names of recent passings in Aiken and surrounding areas
Deaths and Funerals notice lists individuals including Mary Ahern Yvonne Christopher Ronald Crofts Polly Durban Lorraine Garzzillo Mary Gibson James Jackson Cheryl Key and Ruth Robertson from Aiken Ft Washington Windsor Warrenville Warrenville area.
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Mary Ahern
Aiken
Yvonne Christopher
Ft. Washington
Ronald Crofts
Polly Durban
Lorraine Garzzillo
Windsor
Mary Gibson
James Jackson
Cheryl Key
Wagoner
Ruth Robertson
Warrenville
Aiken Police Tackle Gang Related Shootings
Aiken Public Safety Chief Charles Barranco outlined steps with state and federal partners to address a spike in gang related gunfire. He cited a Jan 27 shooting at South Aiken High School and two other shootings plus an attempted robbery as recent incidents and warned gangs are growing more sophisticated.
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Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Charles Barranco
Public Safety
Barranco
South Aiken High School
Christina Cleveland
Center
Residents debate agricultural water use in Edisto Basin
Eastern Aiken County residents pressed the South Carolina House Legislative Oversight Committee in late January about regulating water withdrawn from the Edisto River. They cited large nearby farms and questioned safe yield, noting Walther Farms and City of Aiken withdrawals, and calling for impact studies and tighter controls.
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Aiken County
Edisto River
South Carolina
House Legislative Oversight Committee
Windsor
Ray Mansur
Walther Farms
Timony
Aiken
Doug Busbee
Edisto Basin
Busbee
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