Touch-a-Truck Day Returns in Aiken
The City of Aiken Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism hosts the seventh annual Touch-a-Truck Day at Odell Weeks Activities Center on Saturday from 9 to 11 am. Children will explore bulldozers bucket trucks and more with a hose spray finale and door prize drawings. Aiken Public Safety will join. donations of canned goods or $1 support local hunger relief.
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South Carolina faces budget hit over school funding ruling
State Supreme Court ruling may require the state to reimburse six districts about 6 million dollars annually under a 2006 law that shifted property taxes to a higher sales tax. Department of Revenue argued the law excludes debt tied to school renovations. Senator Larry Martin warned of broader reimbursement claims and possible budget strain.
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South Carolina
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Pickens
Double Jeopardy Claim Rejected in Baum Murder Case
A federal appeals court ruled that a Pickens County murder trial was not compromised by a mistrial. Anno Mattias Baum was convicted in a second trial and sentenced to life after his stepfather's death. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the mistrial decision 2-1, citing potential exoneration and incriminating value of the body as evidence.
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South Carolina
Anno Mattias Baum
Pickens County
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Man charged with threatening judges in emails
Federal charges allege Stephen Rosenberg of Alexandria sent emails to a South Carolina federal judge threatening to kill white judges. He was arrested at his home, indicted July 7 by a federal grand jury in Columbia, and linked to communications following a May civil suit against the U.S. authorities.
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FBI
South Carolina
Stephen Rosenberg
Columbia
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U.S
Officials: Mill fires intentionally set in Rock Hill
Authorities say two fires at the former The Bleachery mill in Rock Hill were deliberately set. Investigators seek the origin and cause while a reward for information leading to arrest and conviction is offered. Firefighters tackled blazes on July 3 and July 10 at the shuttered mill long slated for demolition and redevelopment.
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Rock Hill
South Carolina
Feds Charge Columbia Farms Over Illegal Immigration Hiring
Federal prosecutors say Columbia Farms Inc and two managers at a Greenville processing plant hired 29 illegal immigrants through false documents. The案 indictment, tied to a long probe that included a October raid and over 300 detentions, seeks fines and possible prison time for Croni Crump and the company. The North Carolina based parent House of Raeford cooperates but is not charged.
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South Carolina
U.S
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Columbia Farms Inc
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Greenville
Crump and Cronk
Columbia Farms
House of Raeford
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