South Aiken names Pippin as new football coach and AD
Months of speculation ended Tuesday night when the Aiken County School Board approved Daniel J. Pippin as South Aiken High School's football coach and athletic director. Pippin replaces Butch Nelson from Tawas Area High School in Michigan after 14 applications and 12 interviews.
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South African coach Pippin chosen for Tawas Area football job
Interview committee members South African principal Bill Gasman Assistant Principal Lynn Landis and athletic director Karen Carter selected Pippin to head the Tawas Area High football program in 1996. Pippin previously coached wrestling and assisted football at Georgetown High School in South Carolina and would become the third SA coach since Larry Nelson’s 1994 resignation. Bruce Hill then Butch Nelson led at South Aiken.
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Bill Gasman
Lynn Landis
Karen Carter
Pippin
South Carolina
Georgetown High School
Tawas Area High
South Africn
Larry Nelson
Bruce Hill
South Aiken
Butch Nelson
Aiken motorists face rising local gas prices
Aiken shows high gas costs with regular at about 1.27 and premium 1.37 per gallon. AAA Carolinas official cites tight supply, growing demand, and winter heating use boosting prices. OPEC cuts and refinery reductions blamed for tighter oil supply amid cold weather.
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Tom Crosby
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Shealy to enter GOP bid for S C District 83 seat
North Augusta attorney Arthur Shealy, 44, announced his plan to seek the District 83 House seat in South Carolina. He will file during the official filing period beginning Friday February 11, following the resignation of Scott Beck to join a new position.
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Arthur Shealy
S.C
Shealy
Scott Beck
Gun case headache for schools
School leaders say federal disability law complicates discipline in incidents like Kennedy Middle School where a student found with a live loaded starter pistol triggered discipline and legal debates. The student was arrested for weapon possession on school grounds, highlighting tensions between expulsion rules and special education protections.
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Linda Eldridge
Aiken County
Aiken Department of Public Safety
John Bradley
Hill convicted in DSS killings risks death sentence
David Mark Hill sat in the Aiken County Judicial Center and refused to mount a defense as jurors convicted him of three counts of murder, kidnapping, burglary and gun charges for the Sept. 16, 1996 shooting spree at the North Augusta DSS office. The same jury will determine his punishment, possibly the death penalty, with a hearing set for Thursday.
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Aiken County Judicial Center
Department of Social Services
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Michael Gregory
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Augusta
Marc Westbrook
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Scott Webster
Aiken County Court
Blue Cross and local doctors stall contract talks in Aiken
PCI Inc led doctors at Aiken Regional Medical Centers in a dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina over in network access. Blue Cross pulled its three year offer, planning to contract individually with area physicians, leaving WSRC employees in doubt. Eric Hiner of PCI warns negotiations halted and no further meetings scheduled.
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Aiken
Blue Cross Blue Shield
South Carolina
Blue Cross
PCI
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
PCL
WSRC
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