Postcard from 1949 puzzling Charleston retiree
A retired police chief in Charleston received a faded 1949 water wheel postcard addressed to his great aunt. The sender, Margery Gilreath, wrote from North Carolina, but the card was mailed from Brooklyn via an anonymous online address. The mystery deepens as no explanation for the destination remains.
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Ned Hethington
North Carolina
M.K. Hetcington
King Street
Hendersonville
N.C
Granny
Olie Orr
Margie
Hethington
M.K
May King Hethington
Margery Gilreath
West Ashley
Brooklyn
N.Y
Sex offender fights longer jail term in Charleston
Emory Michau Jr., a twice convicted sex offender who has finished his sentence, remains jailed in Charleston County on a contempt charge for refusing a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. Prosecutors seek civil commitment pending a doctor’s determination of cure. Michau argues his sentence is served and he should be freed. The ongoing contempt case keeps him incarcerated.
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Charleston
Emory Michau Jr
Charleston County
Michau
Bath man dies in single vehicle Gordon Highway crash
Richmond County officials report 27 year old Clay Robinson of Augusta Road died at the scene after losing control while speeding on Gordon Highway Saturday night. Deputy Coroner Charlena Graham said alcohol or drugs were not confirmed.
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Gordon Highway
Clay Robinson
Augusta Road
Richmond County
Charlena Graham
Graham
Robinson
Consultant may violate ethics law over Heritage Tower work
Eric Greenway former York County planning director now heads Coulston Enterprises and helped MorningStar in saving the Heritage Tower once part of PTL ministry He told The Rock Hill Herald the ethics law may not apply but would act to correct if necessary The tower formerly slated for demolition could face fines and magistrate appearances while MorningStar plans to convert it to a retirement center
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Rock Hill
Jim Bakker
PTL
State Ethics Commission
Eric Greenway
York County
Heritage USA
Greenway
Coulston
MorningStar
Cathy Hazelwood
Ethics Commission
Mike Scott
Bakker
Susan Britt
Rick Joyner
Joyner
Police recover WWII era gun stolen in 1976
Aiken Public Safety officers seized a P.38 9mm Walther pistol reported stolen in Ohio in 1976. An Aiken man attempted to pawn the weapon at the Jewelers Loupe on Richland Avenue. The owner said it was his father’s from World War II and bears a German Swastika emblem.
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Aiken Public Safety
Ohio
Aiken
Jewelers Loupe
Richland Avenue
Man claims father never visited Ohio before 1963 death
A man told police his father, who died in 1963, had never been to Ohio. The statement appears in a police interview cited in the case file.
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Ohio
Woman complains after finding maggots in candy bar
A Blackville woman told police she bit into a Hershey’s Symphony bar bought at a University Parkway store and found maggots inside the wrapper. The family hired an attorney and declined further comment to the Aiken Standard.
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Blackville
University Parkway
Aiken Standard
Acura of Augusta Honors NAHS Teachers With RDX Ride
North Augusta High School names its teachers of the month. NAHS history teacher and academic team coach Rick Gill receives a 2007 Acura RDX loaner from Acura of Augusta as part of a dealership program recognizing outstanding faculty.
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Acura of
Augusta
NAHS
North Augusta
Rick Gill
North Augusta High School
Gill
Jim Dupree
Acura
Kyle Smith
First Baptist Church of
Chuck Deen
Susan Davis
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