McCormick County Train Derailment Brief
A CSX train carrying hazardous materials derailed in rural McCormick County near Highway 10 and Wideman Cemetery Road. No serious injuries or environmental damage reported. two engine cars and several cars derailed, but hazardous materials cars remained intact. No national headline, officials say.
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McCormick County
CSX
Graniteville
U.S
Chris Doolittle
Train derails in Minnesota no injuries. coal cars spill
Burlington Northern Santa Fe crews clean up a 29-car derailment near Sauk Rapids on Feb 2. All derailed cars out of a 115-car coal train. No injuries reported.
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Kansas
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe
Wellsville
Kan
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp
Minnesota
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Controlled burn spreads to North Augusta home
A controlled burn escaped near North Augusta and consumed brush and damaged a 6,500 square foot Lakes and Streams subdivision home. Fire Chief Phil Napier said the fire spread into an interior wall and attic, rendering the Lake Murray Drive residence uninhabitable. Fire crews from multiple units tackled the blaze late Tuesday afternoon.
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North Augusta
Lakes and Streams
Graniteville-Vau
cluse-Warrenville
Phil Napier
Lake Murray Drive
Napier
Rth Augusta
Karen Daily
Sorensen Eyes Hydrogen Consortium Among SC and GA Universities
University of South Carolina President Dr. Andrew Sorensen announced a planned hydrogen consortium with USC Clemson South Carolina State the University of Georgia and the Georgia Tech to pursue joint alternative fuel cell research. Others call the Monday Aiken reveal premature.
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University of South Carolina
Andrew Sorensen
South Carolina
Georgia
Sorensen
USC
Clemson
S.C. State
University of Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tax credit would hurt South Carolina schools
A Miley and Associates report says Sanford's private school tax credit would remove 354 million from public schools over five years, averaging 4.1 million per district. Miley criticizes a Clemson study and defends the impact of fixed costs in public districts.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Miley and Associates
Harry Miley
Carroll Campbell
David Beasley
South Carolina School Boards Association
South Carolina Association of School Administrators
Miley
South Carolina Policy Council
Clemson
Policy Council
Man pursues veterans funding with Army roots and Vietnam service
James Hallie Holland traces his path from Aiken graded school to Schofield High and Benedict College then Tuskegee University graduate school. He rejoined the Army in 1968 serving with the 5th Special Forces in Vietnam teaching South Vietnamese troops in the Mekong Delta.
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James Hallie Holland
Holland
Aiken Graded School
Schofield High School
Army
Fort Gordon
Metropolitan Defense
New York
Vietnam
5Th Special Forces Group
Mekong Delta
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Hydrogen Consortium
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Dana Faye Bishop
Jackson
Robert Bush Jr
Aiken
Edmond Cooper
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