Vandals desecrate two Aiken cemeteries injuring many graves
In Aiken over the weekend vandals toppled and broke more than 125 graves at Graniteville Cemetery on Gregg Highway. A marble cross worth 515000 was torn from a monument at Calvary Chapel Cemetery on Church Street. Footprints suggest youths were involved. investigation continues.
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Aiken
Graniteville
Gregg Highway
James Whitehurst
Aiken County
James Carter
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Calvary Chapel
Youngee
Augusta Shooting Victim Shot In Shoulder
Laura Bodie wife of Nor Bodie a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the left shoulder in Augusta after two Black men forced her to stop her car in the 800 block of Second Street. One man threatened to kill her and the assailants fled. Police say the case is under investigation.
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Augusta
Aiken County
Laura Bodie
Nor‘rood Bodie
Second Street
Larry S. Vinson
Vinson
Aiken County committees plan joint Jackson meeting and admin session
The Development Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. in Jackson Town Hall with the Jackson Town Council to discuss a series spin expansic. The Administrative Committee opens its organizing session at 6 p.m. in the County Council Building conference room at 736 Richland Ave. W. in Aiken.
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Aiken County Council
Jackson
Jackson Town Council
Jackson Town Hall
Charles St
County Council
Richland Ave
Aiken
Rabies cases in state double in 1988
Statewide tests show more than 127 animals tested positive for rabies during the 1988 calendar year, more than double 1987. About 18 cats tested positive, with Saluda County accounting for nearly half of the Upper Savannah district’s cases. The notice reviews transmission, at risk species, and the virus’s travel to the brain with expert quotes.
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DHEC
Upper Savannah
Saluda County
Johnston
South Carolina
Patricia Wright
Division of Vector Control
S.C
G.W
Bill) Rauton III
Restitution Focus Grows In South Carolina Crime Cases
Victims may be repaid through restitution for stolen items or medical costs. Victim impact statements help set amounts, with judges ordering payments in property and violent crimes. Restitution percentages vary. many defendants pay post release, while probation monitors enforcement and collection.
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South Carolina
Charlotte C. Foster
Aiken County
Ms. Foster
Aiken Resident Named President of National Mental Health Association
Carol W. Garvin of Aiken was elected president of the National Mental Health Association, leading efforts to upgrade psychiatric institutions and advance mental health research and understanding across the United States.
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Aiken
National Mental Health Association
Carol W. Garvin
America
Garvin
Robert G
Bob) Garvin
Mental Health Association
Cy Rmyones
Escapee in Dump Truck Leads Aiken Police Chase Ended by Shots
Paul Wesley Moore, 19, escaped North Carolina corrections custody and was arrested after a chase through Aiken led officers to fire at the dump truck tires. Moore, injured by a ricochet, was treated and held on multiple charges including assault with intent to kill and failing to stop.
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Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Paul Wesley Moore
York Street
South Boundary Street
Old Airport Road
Moore
N.C
HCA
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Richland Memorial Hospital
Columbia
South Carolina
Aiken County Board to review sex education curriculum
The Aiken County Board of Education will vote Tuesday night to schedule a work study session on January 17 to review the Comprehensive Health Education Curriculum. The CHE Advisory Committee has faced parent pressure over curriculum choice for middle school sex education. The board will also consider chairman voting rules and first grade readiness results from 1988. The meeting is at the District Educational Center at 843 Edgefield Ave.
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Aiken County
Sheran Proctor
District Educational
Edgefield Ave
Derrick Sets Office Hours At Aiken District Office
Rep. Butler Derrick of South Carolina will hold office hours in Aiken on Wednesday January 11 from 2 to 4 pm. Residents may call Jill Ryan at 649-5571 to schedule an appointment. The office is in Suite 5 of the Federal Building at 211 York St NE serving Aiken Allendale Barnwell and Edgefield Counties.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Aiken
Derrick
Jill Ryan
Federal Building
York St
Allendale
Barnwell
Edgefield
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Buller C. Derrick
Midland Valley Area Council
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Aiken Council
Park Avenue
Priscilla Boatwright
Rabies Stall County
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Savannah
le Barnwell
Abbeville
Greenwood
Laurens
McCormick
Saluda
Eee
Stephanie Warnecke
Rodney A. Peeples
Mental Health Volunteer Lands
National Post
Denise Stubbs
Mn AL
Governor Aiken Park
North Carolina
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