South Carolina braces for school report cards rollout
The Education Oversight Committee will travel to counties this month to prep community leaders for the November release of state report cards. Debbie Elmore said about 40 stakeholders will discuss content and aims to engage leaders in guiding schools, while the four page report includes spending per student, dropout rates and teacher salaries.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Education Oversight Committee
Debbie Elmore
Belengthy
Banta Direct Marketing
State Education Department
Mary Anne Byrd
Elizabeth Grossette
Palmetto State Teachers Association
PTA
Rotary Club
Judge Steps Down From Graniteville Summary Court
Judge Joey L Addie resigned from the county summary court in Graniteville. Chief Magistrate Rodger Edmonds said the resignation becomes effective Friday and state investigators from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are probing Addie’s office. Edmonds declined further comment noting Addie was well liked and attentive to duties.
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Graniteville
Joey L. Addie
Rodger Edmonds
Addie
Edmonds
S.C
Aiken activist urges halt of SRS plutonium plant
Donald Moniak of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League asks Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to stop the mixed oxide fabrication facility at the Savannah River Site. He cites inconsistent environmental impact statements and urges immediate design construction and licensing halts.
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Department of Energy
Bill Richardson
Savannah River
Donald Moniak
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Richardson
League
SRS
Judge halts detaining sex offenders under new law
Circuit Judge Rodney Peeples stayed a ruling on a bid by the attorney general to keep two men, William Workman 20 and Don Robert Boyd Sr 42, jailed for mental examination after serving terms for sexual offenses. Workman and Boyd face new indictments and accusations, with Boyd named in 15 indictments in Aiken County.
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Rodney Peeples
Attorney General’s Office
Steven Heckler
William Workman
Don Robert
Boyd Sr
Workman
Boyd
Spartanburg
Aiken County
Peoples
Attorney General's Office
Oyd
Ninors
Spartanburg County
Correctional officers charged in Governor's Mansion sex case
Freddie Priester of Columbia and Dement Gilbert of New Ellenton face misconduct in office and contraband charges for allowing inmates to have sex at the Governor's Mansion and temporary residence. Gov. Hodges and lawmakers reacted with shock while investigations continue and potential personnel changes loom.
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Columbia
Governor's Mansion
Brilliant
Department
Deaths and Funerals for George Blanton Jr and Annie Mitchell
Obituaries list George Blanton Jr of Shelby North Carolina with Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Annie Mitchell of Aiken linked to Jackson Brooks Funeral Home. The notices provide brief memorial references and the associated funeral homes handling arrangements.
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George Blanton, Jr
Shelby
N.C
Cecil M. Burton
Annie Mitchell
Aiken
Jackson-Brooks Funeral
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UDGE
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Senate Corrections and Penology Committee
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R-Aiken
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