Winter storm prompts school delays and highway salt spread
Aiken County DOT deployed 11 salt and sand trucks to cover bridges and overpasses on primary roads and I 20 as a winter storm moved in. School officials announced a two hour delay for today with Area Four closing for the day and Edgefield County schools canceled. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Aiken County as snow sleet and freezing rain moved south. Temperatures fell to the upper 20s with freezing overnight and motorists were urged to avoid travel.
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S.C. Department of Transportation
Aiken County
Aiken
Linda Eldridge
Area Four
Edgefield County
National Weather Service
Jurors weigh death for Rivera in Richmond County case
In Augusta prosecutors pressed for the death penalty after jurors found Reinaldo Rivera guilty on 14 counts including rape and murder of Fr. Gordon Sgt. Marni Glista. Rivera urged the jury to impose death as the sentencing phase opened, with defense seeking mitigation witnesses.
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Augusta
Reinaldo Rivera
Rivera
Richmond County Superior Court
Albert Pickett
Gordon
Marni Glista
Aiken County
Peter Johnson
Jacque Hawk
Car Fire Destroys Plymouth Breeze At Aiken Mall
A Plymouth Breeze engine compartment ignited and burned a vehicle in the parking lot of the Aiken Mall around 3 p.m. No injuries reported and nearby cars were undamaged. Firefighters from the Aiken Department of Public Safety extinguished the blaze. motorists urged to carry up to date extinguishers.
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Ginny Southworth
Aiken Mall
Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken Public Safety
David Turno
Six killed in Upstate Comfort Inn motel fire
A five story Comfort Inn in Greenville suffered a deadly early morning blaze that killed six guests. Fire Chief Gary Downey said 46 guests escaped hastily while sprinklers were absent, with four victims found on the third floor and two others in separate rooms. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
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Greenville
Comfort Inn
Wade Hampton
Gary Downey
Downey
Comfort Inn & Suites
Opportunity rover sends first Mars images from Meridiani Planum
NASA's Opportunity, six wheeled and unmanned, landed on Mars and began sending back black and white and color pictures. The rover's images show smooth dark red terrain and light bedrock slabs with landing bounce marks visible in the foreground. Scientists, including Steven Squyres and Richard Cook, voiced astonishment at the alien landscape and the mission control celebration followed the first image reception. Initial site is Meridiani Planum, about 124 million miles from Earth.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Opportunity Rover
Mars
Earth
Red Planet
Opportunity
Steven Squyres
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission Control
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Richard Cook
Meridians Planum
Meridians
Spirit
Rover Opportunity
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