Graniteville slowly waking after deadly chlorine spill
Graniteville residents return home in stages after a chlorine tanker derailed releasing toxic gas. About 5,400 residents evacuated. 3,500 had returned by Friday with a third group set to regain access within hours. Sheriff Hunt said officials aimed to contain the incident and restore normalcy.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Michael Hunt
Hunt
Mount Author Drive
Aiken Road
Mack Lane
Brooks Street
Seastrunk Street
Arbute Street
Posey Lane
Schools Reopen as Students Return to Byrd Elementary
Graniteville students prepare to return after a train wreck and chlorine gas leak forced evacuations. Byrd Elementary and Leavelle McCampbell Middle School will reopen Tuesday with staff welcoming first graders and other pupils. Sheriff Hunt confirms the reopenings amid the earlier crisis.
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Ginny Southworth
Aiken County
Byrd Elementary
Graniteville
Amy Phibbs
Rosie Berry
Phibbs
Michael Hunt
Byrd
Leavelle McCampbell
Deborah Whatley
ChavCo
Columbia
Norfolk Southern to adopt tougher manual switch rules
Norfolk Southern will exceed new federal switch rules following a Graniteville collision. The NTSB notes the switch was lined and locked for the siding track as investigators review data recorders and question the three man crew.
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Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Graniteville
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Robin Chapman
Chapman
Transportation
Subpoena Possible Over Student File Sharing at USC Aiken
The Recording Industry Association may seek a subpoena to obtain the name and address of a USC Aiken student suspected of storing and sharing copyrighted music and movies on a student computer. Mike Lemons confirms two notices about illicit files in the past month and notes this is the first expected subpoena notice.
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Recording Industry
USCA
USC Aiken
Recording Industry of America Association
Mike Lemons
Information Technology
USC Aiken addresses copyright notices and student policy
USC Aiken officials report that four or five copyright notices have emerged from personal computers in student housing. The university will seek guidance from a university attorney if a subpoena arises. Chancellor Hallman sends reminders each semester about policy and violations.
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University of South Carolina
USCA
Lemons
USC
Tom Hallman
Aiken
Aiken Chamber honors County's best at annual awards
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce held its 86th awards ceremony at USC Aiken Etherredge Center renamed The Greater Good Awards. Honors went to Mayor Fred B. Cavanaugh and Irene K. Rudnick as Man and Woman of the Year with Patricia Catherine Grant Youth of the Year, plus Debbie Johns as Ambassador of the Year. Small Business of the Year went to Eulalie Salley & Co. and Large Business to Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Usc Aiken Etherredge Center
Greater Aiken
Fred B. Cavanaugh
Irene K. Rudnick
Patricia Catherine Grant
Chamber
Debbie Johns
Chamber Hon
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Cavanaugh
Character First
Washington Government Complex
Citizens Park
Rudnick
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Mit
Aura
Federal Railroad Administration
Informa
Ored Eulalie Salley & Co
Deborah Brooks
Lee Chamber
Glynda K. Griffin
Wagener
Boca Raton
Fra
Tony DeLoach
John Johnson
Salley
Elizabeth Billingley Leach
Floyd L. Lowe
Bath
Carrie Moore
Brooklyn, NY
Newton Henry Seebeck
Abby
Grant
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