Police blotter notes multiple Jackson area crimes and arrests
An anonymous call led to the arrest of a Jackson man on drug and weapons charges after police on Sumter Street stopped him for a prior warrant and found crack cocaine and two guns in the trunk. The blotter also reports multiple burglaries and thefts across Aiken, North Augusta, Belvedere, and Woodside Country Club during December and early January, including a $2,000 mink stole missing from Woodside, a mobile home stereo theft, and a rifle stolen from a truck on Monterey Avenue. A 33-year-old Aiken man faces criminal domestic violence, assault, and vandalism charges for beating an elderly man.
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Jackson
Aiken
East Boundary
Cherokee Drive
North Augusta
Cocks Ridge Street
Aiken County
Charles Street
Mustang Drive
Croft Mill Road
Millon Street
Longwood Drive
Monterey Avenue
Belvedere
Owens Street
Beasley floats idea of letting local governments decide car tax rates
Voters push for relief prompt Republican Gov. David Beasley to consider allowing local governments to lower or eliminate car taxes. One option is for residents to decide if their government can cut the 10.5 percent car tax assessment. Beasley’s 1998 99 budget may include immediate funds, but most of the $408 million car tax is already allocated. Local governments now set a common millage across property types, complicating selective tax cuts.
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Beasley
Columbia
David Beasley
Gary Karr
Karr
Budet
Thurmond Returns to Work at 95 After Hospital Stay
Sen Strom Thurmond 95 returns to Washington after a Georgia hospital stay with a lighthearted mood. He jokes about nurses and Clinton while confirming recovery from a respiratory infection. Thurmond, elected in 1996, begins his eighth term and has served about 43 years, the longest in Senate history.
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Washington
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Clinton
South Carolina
Georgia
Thurmond
Senate
Arbitration chosen in Rockdale Pipeline suit over New Ellenton sewer
Rockdale Pipeline of Conyers Georgia seeks 103000 from New Ellenton for work on a five million dollar sewer project halted amid a criminal investigation. Attorneys announced binding arbitration after a Aiken County court appearance. James Harrison to review potential owed funds due to complex paperwork. Former mayor Randy Shaw and council involvement noted.
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Georgia
New Ellenton
Rockdale Pipeline
Conyers
Ary Smith
Charles Surasky
Rockdale
Aiken
Surasky
Smith
James Harrison
Richland County
Harrison
Attorney may seek venue change in Whitlaw suit
Former New Ellenton town attorney Francis Draine hints at a venue change if press reports claim defendants cannot cover potential damages. The suit by Jackson businessman Louis Whitlaw concerns a $5 million sewer project corrupted by stolen bond funds. The case, settled after Whitlaw paid $8,000, stems from alleged wrongful payment disputes and a partially completed system still maintained under court consent.
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New Ellenton
Francis Draine
Draine
Jackson
Louis Whitlaw
Whitlaw
William Keesley
New Ellen
Doula helps ease birth pains for new mothers
Christal Lutz, a certified doula with Exodus Doula Service, offers emotional support, education, and house visits for 300 dollars through pregnancy and birth. She emphasizes comfort from a woman’s perspective and notes doulas supplement doctors and breathing coaches, while not performing medical exams. Cassidy Gentry credited Lutz with guiding rights in hospital settings during Tyler’s early birth at University Hospital.
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Christal Lutz
Ms. Gentry
Tyler
University Hospital
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Coca-Cola
Ginny Southworth
Williamsburg Street
Jovial
Rey
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Shaw
Sharon Taylor
Doula Christal Lutz
Tyler Gentry
Suzanne Ware
Michaela Alexander
Cassidy Gentry
Michelle Taylor
Joseph
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