Motion asks second opinion on murder case of mayor tied riot
Lawyers for FORK mayor Charlie Robertson seek a second judicial review in York County to challenge Judge Emanuel Cassimatis’s ruling that prosecutors showed enough evidence to bind Robertson and eight others for trial in the 1969 killing of Lillie Belle Allen during a race riot.
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Fork
Charlie Robertson
Robertson
Lillie Belle Allen
Aiken
York County Common Pleas Court
Emanuel Cassimatis
Richard Oare
Robert
Oare
Cassimatis
Care
Harold Fitzkee
York County
William Ritter
Grand
Ritter
Allen
Plan to save road snared by legalities in Aiken County
Aiken County resident David Smith offered to buy pipe and pour concrete for a spillway headwall on Henry Smith Road to reopen a damaged dirt crossing over an earthen dam. The county refused, citing safety and maintenance rules, noting decades of tradition separate from county ownership.
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Aiken
David Smith
Henry Smith
Smith
Kneece Mill
Monetta
Bryan
Aiken to Host Second Tax-Free Weekend in August
Aiken residents will enjoy a second full tax-free weekend on August 10 through 12 under a state law approved last July. The event covers back to school clothes and supplies plus other essentials. Local parents Anita Hanna Elaine Varnes and Karen Daniel welcomed the savings and noted teachers often pay for materials out of pocket.
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Aiken
Anita Hanna
Hanna
Elaine Varnes
Karen Daniel
Scot Webster
IG Spree
Marion Engel
Tanya Maier
Creative Prov Iners
Former DHEC employee sues for lost wages and benefits
Lisa T Williams Holloway a former DHEC employee filed in Aiken County Common Pleas a civil case alleging pregnancy and racial discrimination. She seeks compensation for lost wages pension and benefits claiming different treatment including longer case distances scheduling hostile environment denials of full time posts and physician restriction lists during pregnancy.
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DHEC
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Dias
Lisa T. Williams Holloway
South Carolina
Williams-Holloway
Aiken hopes for stable lines in redistricting
Aiken County lawmakers express confidence that realignment will spare the five House districts from major change as a state redistricting committee begins drafting new boundaries. Growth may create a sixth seat if population trends continue to the 2010 Census, with lines possibly shifting within counties and occasional crossovers from Lexington to gain more Aiken County votes.
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Aiken
James Roland Smith
Langley
Horry
Beaufort
Charleston
Richland
Smith
Midland Valley
Aiken County
Charles) Sharpe
Midlands
Lexington
Don Smith
North Augusta
Bill Clyburn
D-Aiken
Sharpe
R Wagener
Skipper Perry
Clyburn
Edgefield County
Edgefield
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