Aiken County Roads Stay Open Amid Ice Storm Response
Utility crews in Aiken County worked through Monday and overnight to keep roads passable, spreading salt and sand and removing downed trees. DOT reported all state roads remained open though icy on I 20 and U S 1 in Aiken. About 10 000 SCE&G customers and 13 000 Aiken Electric Cooperative customers faced outages.
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Aiken County
S.C. Department of Transportation
Michael Jara
Jara
DOT
Columbia
Interstate 20
U.S. Hwy. 1
Aiken
Sce&g
Robin Montgomery
Montgomery
Marilyn Gerrity
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Edgefield
North
Aiken and North Augusta Storm Photo Contest Prompt
Fire officials scramble to handle brush and house fires sparked by lines. Images of the ice storm around Aiken and North Augusta requested with a chance to win $50 for best storm damage submission.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Aiken Standart
Winter storm death toll rises in Upstate South Carolina
Six people died in weather related crashes as ice sleet and snow swept South Carolina. The state faced widespread power outages with utilities reporting about 88 000 to nearly 200 000 outages. The Highway Patrol logged over 1500 collisions as crews battled frozen roads and breaking power lines.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Pee Dee
Upstate
Orangeburg
Richland
Laurens County
Department of Public Safety
Sid Gaulden
Highway Patrol
Gaulden
Rivera sentenced to death in Georgia capital murder case
In Augusta, a 12 member jury imposed the death penalty after more than eight hours of deliberation in the Reinaldo Rivera capital murder trial. Rivera, 40, was found guilty on 14 charges including the murder of Fort Gordon Sgt. Marni Glista and was convicted of aggravating factors tied to rape and aggravated battery.
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Augusta
Reinaldo Rivera
Rivera
Richmond County
Danny Craig
North Augusta
Georgia
Fort Gordon
Marni Glista
D.A
Glista
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