Brief Video Poker Shop Robbed on Whiskey Road
Tons of Fun video poker business on Whiskey Road was robbed Thursday at about 1 20 p m. A black man 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 4 inches, 170 pounds, demanded money and told the clerk to lie on the floor. He fled in a blue older model car toward New Ellenton. No injuries reported. Aiken County Sheriff Office line 642 1761 and Crime Stoppers 642 1798. Anonymous tips may yield cash rewards.
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Whiskey Road
New Ellenton
Aiken County
Police blotter reports multiple in Gloverville and area
Aiken County deputies stopped a car with four unrestrained children on Duplex Lane and found a driver with a suspended license. The driver faced child restraint and driving under suspension charges. the car was towed. Stolen items included tools worth 482 dollars from Tennessee Avenue, a Nokia phone from an unlocked car on Cushman Drive, and assorted burglaries across Buckley Avenue Scarborough Drive and Beech Island. A wallet and a purse were stolen from various locations, with rings cash and a checkbook reported. Vandalism at the Salvation Army on York Street caused 45 dollars in damage. Updated 7 24 1998.
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Aiken County
Shell Station
Columbia Highway
Aiken Auto
Whiskey Road
Kershaw Street
Salvation Army
York Street
Aiken Veterans Memorial Park gains aid after theft
The Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park Coalition receives county help to finish the £825,000 fountain project after more than $30,000 was stolen. Ed Hammons says Landreth Monumentary will engrave bricks totaling $12,000 while a brick sale deadline set for August 31. Donors pay $100 per brick for walkways near the monument honoring local service members.
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Aiken
Ed Hammons
Aiken County Veterans Memorial Park
Bill Shepherd
Hammons
Bates Landreth
Landreth Monument
Pickett
G V W Fire Department expands coverage with new engines
Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville volunteers add a 1979 Ford engine from Avondale Mills for Sage Mill temporary station and a new thousand gallon KME engine with equipment for 170000 plus 11000. now three stations with 35 volunteers. They bill homeowners 23 dollars per year and respond to three or more calls weekly.
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Scott Webster
Phil Napier
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Sage Mill
Graniteville
KME
Breezy Hill Road
Main Street
Ment
Vaucluse-Warrenville
Napier
PALFED faces second lawsuit over merger fraud claims
A PALFED Inc shareholder files a second suit against former PALFED leaders and the merged bank, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duties. Gordon Hart joins Bennett and Solomon in claim that officials misled investors about merger talks with Regions Financial Corp. in South Carolina court.
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Palfed Inc
Gordon Hart
Thomas Bennett
Judith Solomon
Palmetto Federal Savings Bank
Regions Bank
Palfed and
Regions
Bennett and Solomon
Hart
John C. Troutman
Palfed
Howard M. Hickey Jr
Troutman
Aiken County Court
Biking and hiking trail project at Baker Creek State Park
Mecca Trails Association Augusta Freewheelers and 84 AmeriCorps volunteers built a new 10 mile biking and hiking trail at Baker Creek State Park near McCormick. They also improved three old trails. AmeriCorps volunteers nationwide have created or improved 200 miles of trails since 1994.
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McCormick
Baker Creek State Park
Mecca Trails Association
Augusta Freewheelers
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps
AmeriCorps
Baker Creek
Charleston
Craig Gibbs
Kai Imonen
Hawaii
Drew Johnson
Ohio
Celia Cacauski
New Jersey
Tanya Gillespie
Illinois
Zach Folden
Washington
Augusta
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Woodside Plantation Country Club
Veterans Park
East Richland Avenue
W Fire Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Holbrooks
Holbrooks
North Dakota
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