Traffic light installed at York and Aldrich Streets
A traffic light has been installed at the York and Aldrich Streets intersection, one entrance to Crosland Park. The Aiken Department of Public Safety plans to activate it Monday after long local effort led by Dorothy Sires. She credited Rep. Irene K. Rudnick and former state Rep. C. Marshall Cain for influence in approving the light.
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York
Aldrich Streets
Crosland Park
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Dorothy Sires
Highway Department
Second Charge Added in Porn Case Involving Minors
Ricky D. Kitchens of Belvedere is charged with taking obscene photographs of minors and hiring them for sessions. He is held on a 20 000 bond after a four month probe with the Richmond County Sheriff's Department. A second suspect is in custody and may face Aiken County charges. Three men are tied to producing and selling nude images of North Augusta youths as hundreds of photos are seized. One suspect is former teacher George Steven Hardy.
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Aiken County
W. Ralph Gunnells
Ricky D. Kitchens
Belvedere
Richmond County
North Augusta
Richmond
George Steven Hardy
Trailer Robbery injures teen in North Augusta
An 18 year old girl was hurt during a robbery at a North Augusta trailer last night. Three masked men armed with public safety items forced entry around 1 am, tied residents with coat hangers, and fled in a van. The van was later found on I 20 by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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North Augusta
Aiken
W. Ralph Gunnells
S.C. Highway Patrol
Recreation chief Wille J Boyd charged in Aiken funds theft
The Aiken Recreation Department director Willie J Boyd, in office since 1979, was arrested on grand larceny charges for $8 852 76 missing from department funds. He posted 10 000 bond and was suspended without pay as SLED and auditors investigate.
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Willie J. Boyd
Recreation Department
Boyd
Graniteville
Raymond A. Holley
S.C
Aiken
Roland H. Windham
SLED
George C. Baird and Co
Era Ends Belvedere Couple Ends 20 Years With Water System
Belvedere residents bid farewell to Water Distributors Inc as the City of North Augusta takes over the water system. Mr. and Mrs. R H Harris mark 20 years of service with a final bill and talk of a March 11 public hearing on bonds to fund the system purchase by condemnation. The Harrises plan to relocate to North Carolina, leaving behind a job with early hour calls and a focus on growth and customer satisfaction.
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Harris
Ms. Harris
Aiken
Belvedere
PSC
Public Service Commission
AGNS disputes DOE feasibility report on Barnwell plant
Allied General Nuclear Services vice president George Stribling denounces a DOE feasibility study as containing errors and unfounded opinions. He defends the Barnwell plant as well designed and warns public concern may be unfounded. Rep Butler Derrick released the report. DOE seeks $10 million for continued federally funded research, while Derrick opposes new funding.
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Barnwell
George T. Stribling
Regulatory
Allied General Nuclear Services
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
Stribling
Robert Lesch
Lesch
U.S
Butler Derrick
Rick
AGNS
Carmichael Wins as Senate Drops Charges Split Vote
The South Carolina Senate voted 23 to 22 to drop charges of improper conduct against Sen. Eugene Carmichael in Dillon after five hours of debate. Carmichael cast the deciding vote for dismissal while offering a conditional resignation tied to his appeal.
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Columbia
S.C. Senate
Eugene Carmichael
D-Dillon
Carmichael
Thomas Moore
Aiken
Ryan Shealy
Lexington
Norma Russell
Nikki Setzler
Sen
Dillon County
State Senate
Paul Cantrell
Charleston
Shealy
Sen. Carmichael
Sen. Cantrell
John Lindsay
D-Marlboro
Cantrell
Lindsay
Sen. Lindsay
Sen Carmichael
Sen. Moore
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Willie Boyd
Ellen Brooks
Alicia Brooks
South Aiken High
Ginny Southworth
Ellen
Tony
South Africa
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