Snow day dispute across Southeast districts over Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Civil rights leaders urged Georgia South Carolina and North Carolina districts to abandon using the MLK Jr holiday to make up snow days. They argued the move disrespects the civil rights icon while districts cite limited options to meet required instructional days amid winter weather.
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Virginia
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
The long road to a national MLK Day
The timeline traces the push for a King holiday from 1968 assassination through 1986 establishment, votes, and protests. It notes Conyers efforts, signatures, presidential vetoes, state by state adoption, and 1994 national service designation with ongoing debates and school impacts.
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Aiken Woman to Feature on ABC Move That Bus Show
An Aiken resident joins a national ABC reality episode taped in Augusta titled Girl Power. The piece highlights local women volunteers including ASU softball players, the Augusta roller derby team, police and firefighters who helped tear down and rebuild a home for Earnest Graham in a week.
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McCann
ABC
South Augusta
Earnestine Graham
Girl Power
ASU
Aiken
Kathy Rowland
Gold’s
Deaths and funerals list for Justirie Odom Hickson
A funeral notice from Tignal Georgia lists Justirie Odom Hickson among those honored in the town deaths and services. Additional names include Aiken Lillian A Kostura and Warren Edward Harrison with brief memorial details and venue mentions for local rites.
Weekend warm spell to melt remaining snow and ice
The National Weather Service forecasts a weekend warm up with highs in the 50s and overnight freezing, aided by a Tuesday near 60 degree high. Showers are possible late Monday into Tuesday, then clearing by week’s end as highs stay in the 50s and lows stay below freezing.
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National Weather Service
Kim Campbell
Campbell
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard
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Ty Pennington
Aliey Martin
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Odom Hickson, Aiken
Lillian A. Kostura
Warren Edward
Ed” Harrison
Tignal, Ga
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