Aiken TalkBack Opinions Stir Debate On Aging, Welfare, and Local Issues
Readers weigh in on age related political views, preservation of the local hospital, Social Security fears, mail costs, and praise for the county animal control chief. Call in with comments to the Aiken Standard TalkBack hotline or email submissions with brief, pointed notes.
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Lottery numbers and draws reported for multiple games
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Correction: MLK Celebration location announced
The 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Convocation Center at USC Aiken. The Aiken Standard regrets the error about the incorrect location shown in the Want to go box on page 4 Thursday edition.
District backs opt out for inauguration viewing in class
The Aiken County Public School District released a statement addressing complaints about students not watching the live inauguration of President Donald Trump. District officials cited Board Policy IHAC on social studies education, noting written parental opt out and alternative activities for students not viewing the event.
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Former Strom Thurmond principal jailed in NC case
Christopher Clancy, 71, former Strom Thurmond High School principal, pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent liberties with a child in a North Carolina court. He received 16 to 29 months, suspended to 60 days in jail plus 60 months of supervised probation, and will register as a level one sex offender monthly for life. Clancy, arrested in 2016, faced two separate incidents. a relative notes he has health issues.
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Two Edgefield County men sentenced in 2015 meth bust
David Walter Coon and Timothy Wayne Wheeler were each sentenced to 25 years in prison for charges tied to a December 2015 raid on a Rainforest Lane compound in North Augusta Edgefield County. Law enforcement recovered over 700 grams of methamphetamine, stolen vehicles and firearms, marking the area’s largest meth bust to date. The operation involved the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office and ATF executing the warrant.
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