Winter Storm Strands Aiken Residents Across Roads
Aiken County officials and volunteers battled ice and snow, keeping four lanes passable with extra crews. Roads including I-20 and high 144 29 21 75 49 remained hazardous as melting ice refroze. Schools closed, post offices operated with delays, and residents lined up for bread milk and ice supplies while sledding on Lancaster Street.
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Wate Transportation
Aiken County Emergency Services
Rick Powell
Emergency Services
Powell
The
Red Cross
Public Works Department
Ascanga Lake
Rainbow Falls
Roland H. Windham
Boardman Road
Farrell E. Rodgers
Rodgers
W. Scott Barnes
Istrator
Usc-Aiken
Aiken
Augusta
K-Mart
David Garber
York Street
Dixie
Whiskey Road
Richland Avenue
Storm Moves Out Despite Severe Ice Storm Winds
A winter storm driven ice and snow lashed Texas to New England, killing thousands of poultry and paralysing capitals three states. By Saturday afternoon temperatures warmed. Asheville and Atlanta rose above freezing as crews repaired snapped lines and authorities warned of lingering ice hazards. Forecasters abated fears of further precip, calling the storm largely over with no new major threats expected.
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Texas
New England
Maine
Nova Scotia
Asheville
N.C
Atlanta
South Carolina
Death Row Solicitor Seeks Changes in Capital Trial System
Myers argues death penalty trials are easier than many cases and should be streamlined. He would shorten appeals, allow judges to decide life or death on hung verdicts, give defense longer briefs, and equalize jury strikes for defense and state. He notes he was among first after reinstatement in South Carolina and plans another capital case.
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Myers
South Carolina
Larry Gilbert
J.D. Gleaton
Usu
U.S. Air Force
Lawmakers consider Peeples candidacy amid ethics questions
Legislators faced a tough choice as a judicial committee split over Peeples, with four voting he was qualified and four saying he lied under oath in a dispute over an estate. Mrs. Toal was ruled qualified, prompting lobbying as session nears.
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Peeples
Toal
County Delegation Sets Education as Top Priority
County lawmakers push education as governor Campbell lists priorities ahead of a $3.05 billion budget. They back a 33 percent property tax rollback with optional sales tax referendum and seek 100 percent funding for Aid To Subdivisions. Debate over insurance reform, tort reform, and belt laws, along with Edgefield tax limits and Homestead exemptions, marks a tight fiscal plan.
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James Waddell
D-Beaufort
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
John Courson
Ichland
General Assembly
Courson
Citizens Against Violent Crime
Wilkins
Carroll Campbell
Thomas L Moore
Clearwater
Sharpe
South Carolina Association of Counties
Moore
Aiken
Sen. Moore
Ryan C. Shealy
Lexington
Sen. Shealy
Thomas Isnuff
Kephene
K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
South Carolina
Huff
Edgefield County
John Pettigrew
Edgefield
Board of Education
William H. Jones
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Sharon
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Ron Stone
Two Notch Road
Ginny Southworth
Will Brockington
Tom Ardrey
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Atlantic
Mrs. Teal
David Beasley
D-Dariington
Beasley
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Nick Theodore
Sheheen
Theodore
Campbell
Ways and Means
Robert McLellan
McLellan
State Budget and Control Board
Ways and Means Gomantee
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Glenn McConnell
Charleston
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