Winter weather tempers aiken county ice melt forecast
Aiken County may see a warming trend today with a high in the low 40s under mostly sunny skies after a frigid night in the low 20s. Another freeze is expected tonight with temperatures mid 20s, followed by variable clouds and mid 20s to mid 30s Monday and Tuesday. Showers possible Wednesday with highs low 30s to low 40s. Accuser rape claims and Dallas Cowboys linked case details surface, with potential charges for false report. Sheldon Leonard dies at 89 a Hollywood tough guy turned producer of The Andy Griffith Show and I Spy.
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Aiken County
Dallas
Nina Shahravan
Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys
Erik Williams
Michael Irvin
Sheldon Leonard
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hollywood
Andy Griffith
Leonard
Obituary Notices and Lottery Result Summary
Obituary notices list six individuals including Harmon of Saluda Holman Long of Blackville Martens of North Augusta Schiff of Trenton Shaw of High Point Glover Weigand of Weatherford Williams of North Augusta Young of West Columbia. Also noted is Saturdays lottery drawing with numbers 9 25 18 96 32 7 and Georgia Lotto 36 4.
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Ethersieasoe Harmon
Saluda
Helen Holman Long
Blackville
Robert Martens
North Augusta
Howard R.schiff Sr
Trenton
Effie Shaw
High Point
N.C
Allene
Glover Weigand
Weatherford
Texas
Timothy R. Williams
Helen W. Young
West Columbia
Georgia Lotto
Lawmakers in Columbia face reapportionment push
The state legislature returns Tuesday amid a federal panel’s reapportionment warnings and a crowded agenda. Senators Moore Ryberg and representatives Sharpe Beck Mason Clyburn discuss district maps, video poker, property taxes, elections law and highway plans as they brace for possible court drawn maps and spring sessions.
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Columbia
Charles R. Sharpe
House
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Greg Ryberg
Aiken
James Roland Smith
Langley
T. Scott Beck
North Augusta
Rudy Mason
R-Aiken
Bill Clyburn
D-Aiken
Senate
General Assembly
Aiken Standard
Sen. Moore
Aiken City Council Faces Park and Track Sale
The council in Aiken plans to vote on approving the Commerce Business Park and selling the Aiken Mile Track. The track sale faces internal opposition and horse interests, while the park proposal seeks job growth and tax base expansion, costing up to $3 million with land at Beaufort Street. Critics outnumber supporters at a recent public hearing.
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Aiken
Commerce
Aiken Mile
Maine
Bruce McGhee
Commerce Park
Aiken Corporation
Savannah River
Beaufort Street
Maine businessman presses Aiken track bid deadline
Bruce McGhee of Maine gave the Aiken City Council until noon Tuesday to accept his offer of 650000 for the Aiken Mile Track or he will abandon plans to buy. He said he still views Aiken as a top horse training site and stressed the deadline is not pressure. Council meets Monday to consider the bid amid prior delays and no other public offers.
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Maine
Bruce McGhee
Aiken
McGhee
Florida
Confederates laid to rest for a second time
Ezekiel and Wesley Starnes and fellow veterans were reburied at Steam Mill Bottom Cemetery near Wagener with full Confederate rites by the Barnard E. Bee Camp. The ceremony featured battle flags, gun salutes, Dixie, and Taps as descendants from multiple states attended.
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Ezekiel
Wesley Starnes
Steam Mill Bottom
Wagener
Barnard E. Bee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Starnes
Joshua
South Carolina
Ezekiel Starnes
Cleon Brown
Hanahan
Starnes Brothers
20Th
South Carolina Infantry
Kershaw
South
Brown
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
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Ginny Southworth
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