Death Toll Rises With Greenville Car Crash
The death toll in a Greenville County crash climbs to five after a car passenger, 18 year old John D. Sorrentino, dies from injuries. Others killed include 15 year old Stephen Allmond of Travelers Rest, 82 year old Walter Huff of Summerville, 27 year old Velvet Harris of North Charleston, and 25 year old Bryan Pearce of Florence.
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Columbia
Greenville
John D. Sorrentino
Greenville ‘County
Stephen Lorenzo Allmond
Travellers Rest
Walter Huff
Summerville
Velvet Harris
North Charleston
Bryan Willie Pearce
Florence
SC Court Affirms USC Janitor Firing Over Exam Theft
The South Carolina Court of Appeals upholds the University of South Carolina firing a janitor for attempting to steal a makeup exam from a professor's office. Witnesses testified Charles Murrell was not authorized to be there. The court also upholds a ruling in a separate case involving a church excommunication dispute in Charleston County.
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Columbia
South Carolina Court of Appeals
University of South Carolina
Charles Murrell
Oscar C. Fitzhenry
Northside Baptist Church
Charleston County
Fitzhenry
Rigorous Tests Planned For Air Force C-17s
A dozen U S Air Force C 17 cargo jets will undergo a monthlong exercise at Charleston AFB starting Wednesday. The drill will log 2 000 flight hours with a 1 000 hour surge in one week as Pentagon weighs buying 40 more or choosing a different aircraft.
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U.S. Air Force
43Ith
Charleston Air Force Base
Defense Department
Pentagon
Congress
Deaths Evan Z Bussey North Augusta Helen P Gunter
Obituary notices list Evan Z Bussey of North Augusta, Helen P Gunter of North Augusta, Bernice S Phillips of Aiken, and Frances Counts Shealy of Prosperity with brief notices of their passing and locations.
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Evan Z. Bussey
North Augusta
Helen P. Gunter
North
Bernice S. Phillips
Aiken
Frances Counts Shealy
North Augusta Honors Independence Day With Wade Hampton Park
A North Augusta spokesman says the true spirit of Independence Day remains strong in the city through the Wade Hampton Veterans Park. Nathan Wolfe and Tony Carr praise Robert Brooks for maintaining the site which features monuments and flags recalling America’s conflicts from the Revolutionary era to Desert Storm.
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North Augusta
Tony Carr
America
American Legion
Nathan Wolfe
Wade Hampton Veterans Park
Georgia Avenue
Wolfe
Carr
Robert Brooks
Wade Hampton Park
Atlantis and Mir part after historic docking in space
After five days joined as one, shuttle Atlantis and the Mir space station separated in orbit. Seven aboard Atlantis return to Earth while two cosmonauts stay aboard Mir for a three month mission, with a Soyuz crew recording the undocking.
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Space Center
Houston
Earth
Shuttle
Atlantis
Mir
Robert
N Space
Mission Control
Houston Control Center
Gibson
Kaliningrad
Soyuz
Norman Thagard
Fourth of July Concert Opens Hopeland Gardens
The U.S. Marine Corps Band from Parris Island performed at Hopeland Gardens as part of the summer concert series in Aiken with a 1650 crowd. A fireworks show at Aiken Mall lit the sky after a storm earlier threatened the event. Master Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence Jancese emceed. Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Jacob II directs the band on tour.
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Aiken
U.S. Marine Corps
Hopeland Garden
Aiken Mall
Ashey
Hopeland Gardens
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Chilren
Susan Wike
Ms. Wike
Rimsky-Korsakov
Malaguena
State to Air Its Argument in Video Poker Case
The attorney general will seek dismissal of a temporary injunction and overturn a restraining order that bars video poker payouts in Aiken and 11 other counties. A Wednesday hearing in Columbia allows the state to present its case after previous limits on presenting arguments.
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Aiken
Columbia
S.C
Charlie Condon
U.S
G. Ross Anderson
London
Anderson
Robb McBurney
Supreme Court
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Abby
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N.A
Robert Jacob
Spi
Kathie Byrne
Philipload
Scott Webster
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