North Augusta man dies in early morning motorcycle crash
Horace Griffin, 25, of Squirrel Circle Road, North Augusta, died after his borrowed Kawasaki 600 left Five Notch Road at Celeste Avenue. Authorities suspect speed and alcohol. Griffin was not wearing a helmet. The Jackson Drag Strip stop and bike access dispute are noted as part of the preliminary report. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.
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Celeste Avenue
Aiken County
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Darryl Ables
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Student wins welding title at Skills USA
Chris Lowe, 17, of Aiken, placed third in welding among 49 competitors at the Skills USA Championships. A rising Silver Bluff High School senior and straight-A student, he plans to study welding engineering at Greenville Technical College after graduation, aiming to become a welding engineer. His instructor John Ball says colleges and industry will seek him.
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Aiken
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Debbie Lowe
Silver Bluff High School
John Ball
Aiken County Career Center
SRS
Greenville Technical College
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Nitrogen spill halts North Augusta traffic after tanker rollover
A tanker trailer toppled near the Fifth Street Bridge in North Augusta causing a nitrogen fertilizer spill. Police and fire officials closed US 1 exit ramps for over an hour as responders absorbed spilled liquid with sand. Driver Joel Hart Demary of Bishopville was charged with driving too fast for conditions and was treated at a hospital.
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North Augusta
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Joel Hart Demary
Bishopville
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Demary
NADPS
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Edgefield
Wise trial delayed by court
Judge Thomas W. Cooper postponed the capital punishment trial of Arthur Hasi ngs Wise, 45, tied to a Sept. 1997 shooting at the Phelan plant in Aiken that killed four former coworkers. A mid August status conference will set a new timetable, with Oct. not practical. Wise, held under guard, appeared in court as pre trial matters, gag order, and related motions proceeded.
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Aiken Re, Phelan
Cooper
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Carl Grant
Barbara Morgan
Grant Gibbons
Vis. Morgan
R.B. Phelon
Aiken
Phelan
Esther Wood
Charles Griffeth
David W.moore
Earnest Filyan
Rodney Peeples
Peeples
Orangeburg
Scattered rains soak Myrtle Beach as drought drags on
Myrtle Beach drenched with 114 inches of rain in 12 hours amid SC drought. Officials note a hurricane like deluge caused by cool air meeting warm moisture from the east while western areas saw little rain. Statewide shower pattern remains uneven with Charleston well below average.
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Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
National Weather Service
Conway
Georgetown
Charleston
NRC briefing outlines MOX facility at Savannah River Site
North Augusta hosted an NRC public meeting detailing the proposed mixed oxide MOX fuel plant at the Savannah River Site. Melanie Gallo explained the NRC's role, licensing process, and public participation options while outlining the agency's safety, defense, and environmental focus and ongoing regulation and research.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
North Augusta
Savannah River
NRC
Melanie Gallo
Special Projects Branch
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