Immunization Push Targets Aiken County Students
About 6 500 public school pupils remain unvaccinated under the April signed regulations requiring kindergarten through 12th grade students to be immunized. Only 3 500 of roughly 10 000 affected Aiken County students have begun vaccines. Jo Ann Proffitt warns lines at the Health Department could stretch to two or three days if refusals persist.
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Aiken County
Jo Ann Proffitt
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Health Department
Four Death Row escapees tracked to North Carolina
Three of the four Georgia prison escapees were captured in Lake Wylie near Charlotte after fleeing Reidsville. The dead escapee, Troy Gregg, was found in the Catawba River in Gaston County. The three survivors Timothy McCorquodale, David Jarrell, and Johnnie Johnson were held for extradition as authorities continued to investigate the breakout and identity was confirmed by fingerprints.
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Georgia
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Georgia State
Reidsville
Mecklenburg County
Edward Brooks
Lake Wylie
Gaston County
Cecil Moses
Brooks
Greensboro
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Logan
Utah
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Catawba River
Troy Leon Gregg
York
Gregg
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Mecklenburg
North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
McCorquodale
Fulton County
Donna Marie Dixon
Newport News
Atlanta
Johnson
Suzanne Elaine Edenfield
Savannah
Surgeon with Green Thumb Delivers Large Tomato to ER Staff
Dr. Harry Pearce of Aiken Community Hospital is known for his gardening. He shared produce with ER staff and this week brought in an estimated two-pound tomato per Dr. Durwood Pridgen.
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Harry Pearce
Aiken Community Hospital
Pearce
Durwood Pridgen
County residents urge closing of Belvedere adult book store
At a public forum in Langley County about pornography residents urged the county attorney to take all possible steps to close the Stage Five Cinema in Belvedere. The forum hosted by Aiken County Citizens for Decency Through Law drew about 75 people including council members and candidates.
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Belvedere
C. Wesley Smith
Aiken
Stage Five Cinema
Cynthia Gordon
Stage Five
Gordon
Marvin Dunbar
Thomas Huff
D-Belvedere
Aiken County
Aiken Technical College
Elizabeth Harrington
Bars Close North Augusta Tavern After Violence and Trouble
Sheriff Grant notes Aiken County sees few violent bar problems though one tavern on Atomic Road had 70 incidents and was shut down after a 27 year old man was killed in the parking lot. The Alcohol Board revoked the Lucky Lady’s beer and wine license marking its public nuisance status.
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Aiken County
North Augusta
Grant
Alcohol Beverage and Control Commission
Noise Costs Walking Tall Its License
The Alcohol Beverage and Control Commission suspends Walking Tall beer license over neighbor noise complaints. Jeane Coleman, owner, defends the nightclub as a neighborhood-friendly venue. Sheriff Grant notes few incidents. State agents may visit to assist narcotics probes, while Coleman tightens service controls.
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