Aiken readers weigh in on local issues and theater service
Readers call about road hazards on Richland Avenue near Laurens Street and urge closer drain holes to street level. They critique red light placement near McDonald’s and Race Track, urge evaluation of traffic signals, and praise law enforcement work over the holidays. The letter segment includes a civil defamation suit involving St Mary’s Help of Christians School and the Hurshmans, with details of evatt indictment and ensuing legal actions.
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Richland Avenue
Laurens Street
St Mary's Help of Christians School
Aiken Circuit
Jean Cook
Robert M. Cook
Regina
Dennis Hurshman
Rainbow Terrace Motel Partially Reopens Under Code Orders
Aiken County allows six rooms at the Rainbow Terrace Motel to reopen after electrical fixes and safety upgrades, while 16 remaining units stay shut. Operator Anita Bali must complete further improvements before those rooms can reopen. power to them remains cut.
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Clearwater
Rainbow Terrace
Aiken County
Pen
Anita Bali
Knight
Plant worker sues over claimed wrongful termination
Aiken County plant worker Reynolds filed a wrongful termination suit against Advanced Glassfiber Yarns alleging FMLA interference after taking time for his wife’s surgery. He says he was pressured to retire in July or face dismissal, faced discipline for absences, and claimed a supervisor threatened him with harm while management did not act.
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Reynolds
Charles Thompson Jr
Columbia
Aiken
Simla
Man sues driver in wreck that killed passenger three years later
Tyrone Durham, son of Ernest Durham, files negligence suit in Aiken Circuit Court against William L. Roberson, alleging Roberson failed to yield, kept improper lookout, and lost vehicle control after a Jan. 2, 2000 collision with Jimmy Ray Wise on Highway 394. Roberson has 30 days to answer.
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Ernest Durham
Jimmy Ray Wise
William L. Roberson
Aiken
Durham
Tyrone Durham
Leon E. Green
Wise
Roberson
Renaer
North Augusta seeks suspect in New Year's Day gas station robbery
North Augusta police search for David Jackson after a Grege's Gas Plus robbery on Edgefield Road just before 7 30 p m New Year s Day. Investigators used surveillance video and a photo lineup to identify the 47 year old suspect who may be in the New Ellenton area. Tips to police or Crime Stoppers offer up to 1000 in reward.
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North Augusta
Grege
Edgefield Road
Tim Thornton
Aiken County
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Aikenstandard
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Charleston
Thomas Evatt
Hurshmans
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