Tragic Weekend Death in Aiken County Motorcycle Crash
Elmore Johnson Jr. 38 of 12 Sims Wood Road Aiken died Sunday night in a single vehicle crash on Goodman Road while test riding a 1986 Kawasaki 900 He drove off the road through a fence hit a tree and was pronounced dead at 9 55 p m Toxicology pending Coroner Tim Carlton said speed and lack of protective gear were factors with no witnesses and the highway patrol investigating No autopsy scheduled body fluids will be tested at a private lab.
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Elmore Johnson Jr
Sims Wood Road
Aiken
Goodman Road
Johnson
Silver Bluff
Jackson
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Carlton
S.C. Highway Patrol
Bath Man Survives Tree Crush During Chlorine Spill
Avondale Mills employee Mark Broome was trapped in his damaged car for three hours after a tree fell during a Graniteville chlorine gas leak. He describes nearly zero visibility and escaping as fumes filled the vehicle.
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EPA
Mark Broome
Graniteville
Bath
Avondale Mills
Broome
Gregg Plant
Graniteville Train Derailment Displacees Return Home Phase V Starts
Nearly 1,000 residents remain displaced after the Graniteville derailment and chlorine release as Phase V begins. Officials report 2,000 returned Thursday, 1,500 Friday, 700 Saturday, 300 Sunday, with about 1,000 still away and more expected to return.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Michael Frank
Martin Luther King Jr Day events announced in South Carolina
State observes MLK Day with agency closures and a full day of events in Columbia. The Aiken NAACP offers a 7 AM bus to the State House with a 3:30 PM return for speeches by John Hurst Adams and Dennis Hayes among others, plus a daytime program at the Dome featuring religious and political leaders.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Aiken Technical College
Graniteville
NAACP
Dome
Columbia
State House
Aiken Naacp
Hampton Avenue
York Street
Columbia State House
AME
John Hurst Adams
Dennis Hayes
Baltimore Naaci
Brendalyn L. Jenkins
Second Baptist Church
Aiken
Nelson B. Rivers
Baltimore
Richard Riley
South Carolina
Department of Education
Clinton
Inez Tenenbaum
S.C
the Dome
King Day events loom as NAACP rally joins King observances
NAACP college division will join the State House rally with membership sign ups voter registration and educational materials. Friendship Baptist Church hosts the Christian Fellowship of Churches birthday observance with Rev. T C Edwards speaking at 6 p.m. 515 Richland Avenue. USC Aiken MWAC hosts 2005 King Remembrance Seeing the Mountain top noon to 1 p.m. Etherredge Center. contact Stacie Williams for details.
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Naacp College Division
State House
NAACP
Friendship Baptist Church
Christian Fellowship of Churches
King
T.C. Edwards
Richland Avenue
USC Aiken Office of Multicultural Affairs
Martin Luther King Jr
Etherredge
Stacie L. Williams
Staciew
Usca.edu
Relicensing of South Carolina Nuclear Plants Raises Concerns
South Carolina renewals extend seven reactors into the 2030s and beyond. watchdog groups warn about long term radioactive waste storage and criticise the streamlined Nuclear Regulatory Commission process. industry officials argue licenses secure ongoing operation.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear power plants power South Carolina energy mix
A briefing on South Carolina’s electric supply shows about 57 percent of state power derives from nuclear plants. Details cover plant locations, reactor counts, and operation timelines as reported by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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South Carolina
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Nuclear Regulatory Com
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