Bank Robbery Ends in Shootout Kills Suspect in Jackson
A bank heist at First Citizens Bank on Atomic Road in Jackson led to a gunfight with a Jackson Police officer. Jelani Edwards, 30, was killed in the exchange. Two others, Phillip Perry Paul, 26, and Randolph Wilson, 22, were detained on armed robbery and weapons charges.
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Beech Island
Aiken News Briefs Include Holiday Closings and Events
The Aiken Standard offices close Friday for Independence Day with limited customer service hours on Friday and Saturday. Senator Jim DeMint signs copies of Saving Freedom in Aiken. Aiken Technical College hosts a July 7 job fair and town hall run by the Savannah River nuclear partners. Other items include local death notices.
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Aiken schools tighten policy to ban cell phones
The Aiken County Board of Education moves to bar middle and high school students from possessing phones during school hours with in class sanctions starting at one day in school suspension for a first offense. A third offense could trigger expulsion and monitored enforcement plans are requested from new principal Mason Cummings.
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Skipper
Local lawmakers urge Sanford resignation over scandal
At least four members of the Aiken County delegation call on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign after he disclosed an affair with an Argentine woman and other romantic entanglements. Sen. Shane Massey and Rep. Don Smith voiced strong criticisms, with Smith saying Sanford’s credibility is shattered and he appears unstable.
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