Hodges Signs 0.1 BAC Drunk Driving Law In SC
Gov. Jim Hodges signed a long stalled drunken driving bill setting 0.1 percent blood alcohol content as the intoxication level. The law shifts presumptions to drivers with 0.1 or more within two hours of arrest, preserves jury trials, and funds spinal cord research with added fines. Siblings of victims urged passage after a 1996 crash in Sumter.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Harold Watson
South Carolina
Hodges
Medical University of South Carolina
Tragedy on Staten Island Jetty Drowns Saving Toddler
A 14-year-old girl Tina Johnson drowned after leaping from a rock jetty in Great Kills Park to save her 3-year-old stepsister Kristie Terlizzi who was swept off the jetty by a wake. Kristie survived with hypothermia treated. Tina died at Staten Island University Hospital. Kristie remained in critical but stable condition.
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New York
Tina Johnson
Kristie Terlizzi
Great Kills Park
Staten Island
Kristie
Atlantic
Tina
Allen Blanchard
Richard Ter
Lizzi
Jim Foley
Steve Clohessy
Staten Island University Hospital
Terlizzi
Safe Heat Tips In Aiken With Rain Forecasts On The Way
City workers and officials urge workers to pace themselves and stay hydrated during the extreme heat in Aiken. They advise regular breaks, shade rests, and monitoring colleagues for dehydration signs. Aiken expects highs near 96 today and tomorrow with rain chances increasing Sunday through Wednesday. The area has a rainfall deficit of 6 to 8 inches for the year, and about 3.5 inches for July so far.
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Hendrix
Aiken
Mike Goss
City of Aiken
Bill Hamilton
Hunter
Drought policy updated in South Carolina changes drought zones
The Drought Monitor shows half the state in extreme drought with other areas abnormally dry to severe. South Carolina faces rainfall deficits up to 16.5 inches, crops burn, as lawmakers revise the 1985 Drought Response Act to create new regulations, authorizing local drought areas and quicker state action while Governor gains appointment powers.
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Drought Monitor
South Carolina
Hope Mizzell
Mizzell
M. Russell Holliday Jr
Natural Resources Board
Savannah
Santee
Pee Dee
Ashley-Combahee-Edisto
Greenville
York Counties
Columbia
Georgetown County
Cockroach Radiation Warning At Domestic Site
Dozens of roaches captured at a site show no radiation in tests, while workers step up pest control efforts and avoid on site contact. University experts note insects resist radiation due to short life cycles and limited cell division, as the Energy Department monitors road conditions and Westinghouse's role at the former nuclear weapons complex.
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Grant
Radiation Control Division
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ray Noblet
University of Georgia
US. Energy Department
Westinghouse
Energy Department
EDP plans new $20 million plant to create 111 jobs
National announcement details Johnston plant project with 20 million dollar investment and 111 new jobs. Components Manufacturing buys Shaw Carpets facility in Trenton for 4 million, to employ over 150 in a year. Edgefield ventures total 35.2 million investment and 370 jobs.
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Dangerfield
Edgefield County
Humes
Sage Mill
Summit Business Center
Andrew Becker
the Mendel Grau
Becker
Reading program in clinic promotes child health and literacy
Melvin Lewis of the Success by 6 board says the program is in the clinic and stresses that healthy children learn to read. The effort aims to raise early awareness of reading importance and invites donations of children’s books at the United Way Office or the DHEC Health Department. Volunteer readers can reach Kathleen Thomas at 642-7543.
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Melvin Lewis
Nent
United Way Office
DHEC/Health Department
Kathleen Thomas
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