Aiken County Schools Closed Amid Winter Weather Crisis
Special winter coverage notes Aiken County schools closed today as thousands cope without power cable and phone service. Smith-Hazel Center offers shelter and residents and businesses manage the weather crisis. Debris disposal guidance provided for branches and limbs. Temperatures expected to rise later in the week.
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Aiken County
Smith-Hazel Center
Aiken
Fires Destroy At Least Three Homes Amid Ice Storm
Dozens of residents struggle to stay warm as an ice storm cripples power in Aiken. Firefighters from Center, Aiken Public Safety, Eureka and Couchton battled flames that spread from a Ranchero Street home to engulf an adjacent two story cabin. Water supply was scarce with a pond over a half mile away, yet crews fought for hours.
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Aiken
Aiken Public Safety
Eureka
Couchton
Public Safety
Clark Smith
Volun
Rivera: Solicitor waits for word on S C trial
Aiken County Solicitor Barbara Morgan awaits word on where to press Rivera after his convictions. Rivera was found guilty of murder in Georgia and sentenced to death by lethal injection. He faces further prosecutions in Columbia County Georgia and potential transfer to South Carolina for remaining charges.
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Aiken County
Barbara Morgan
Reinaldo Rivera
Richmond County Superior Court
Rivera
Fort Gordon
Marni Glista
Columbia County
Augusta
Tabitha Bosdell
Morgan
North Augusta
CSRA
Glista
Bosdell
Tiffaney Wilson
Jackson
Melissa Dingess
Graniteville
Richmond County
Danny Craig
Craig
South Carolina
Georgia
Kerry Wins New Hampshire Democratic Primary
John Kerry overpowered Howard Dean to win New Hampshire Tuesday, a second straight victory propelling him to the Democratic presidential front runner spot. He urged Democrats to unite to defeat Bush and the economy, pledging to reduce poverty rather than taxes on the rich. Edwards and Wesley Clark fought for third, Lieberman trailed in fifth.
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Manchester
N.H
John Kerry
Howard Dean
New Hampshire
George W. Bush
Kerry
Sen
John Edwards
North Carolina
Wesley Clark
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
Iowa
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