DOT plans U.S. 278 safety upgrades after DOT study
U S 278 risks cited with 194 accidents over 12.2 miles in 52 months. Proposals include guard rails at locations, flashing signal signs, overhead beacons at SC 302 US 278 and Green Pond Road, reflective road markers, and replacing a school warning sign near Silver Bluff High School. Weymouth and LSCOG back funding and a district committee including Hagan Limehouse and local officials push for widening and safety measures.
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US. 278
Silver Bluff High School
DOT
Weymouth
Hagan
Finley Limehouse
Aiken County
Susan Giddings
Gayle Gulick
New Ellenton
Tom Grant
Women’s earnings gap narrows as wages rise
The wage gap between men and women has narrowed by about 3 percentage points since spring 1997 amid low unemployment and higher minimum wages. In 12 months ending March 31 1998 women earned a median weekly $455 while men earned $596, leaving women at 76 cents per dollar. Pay equality advocates urge Congress to ease class-action suits and seek damages.
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Shaw named new principal at Corley and Aiken Elementary
Shaw joins Aiken Elementary after 23 years in Anderson County to lead Corley Elementary and maintain National School of Excellence status. He cites commitment, cooperation and communication as core to his education philosophy and notes the district offered an attractive salary package.
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Aiken County
Aiken Elementary
Shaw
Corley
Lake Murray
Anderson County
Lynette Rhinehart
Aiken
Supreme Court rejects pipe bomb killer appeal in 1994 McCormick case
The South Carolina Supreme Court up held the life sentence of Joe Kelsey for a 1994 McCormick County pipe bomb killing of 15 year old Melanie Richey. Justices rejected claims he acted without intent and noted the bomb caused death, while a second teen received life for the incident and another pleaded guilty to accessories. The same day the court denied appeals of two death row inmates for separate murders.
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Joe Kelsey
McCormick County
Kelsey
Melanie Richey
Wanda Haile
Geoff Payne
Supreme Court
Ted Benjamin Powers
Yeoman Senn
Lexington County
David Clayton Hill
Georgetown
Spencer Guerry
Meteorite dispute pits family against city in Monahans
Eleven-year-old Alvaro Lyles claims the soccer ball sized meteorite in his front yard belongs to his family, while Monahans city officials say it landed on government property. The city council will vote tonight on ownership, as Lyles threatens a lawsuit if the rock is not returned. The incident followed the rock crashing in March 22.
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Monahans
Texas
Alvaro Lyles
Alvaro
Orlando Lyles
Lyles
City Budget Moves Include Housing, Annexations, Shelter Upgrade
The council advanced a small city budget item offering a one cent contribution toward the city manager's retirement program. It also discussed Major Cavanaugh at 505 Highland Park joining a citizens' consortium to build two Charleston-style housing units, approved annexation of Town Creek Baptist Church and Leverett's Shoe Store, and approved replacing a picnic shelter at H.O. Weeks Activities Center.
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Highland Park
Citizens
Town Creek Baptist Church
Leverett’s Shoe
H.O. Weeks
Indigent Care Policy Reevaluated at Hitchcock 14 Ter Center
Hitchcock 14 ter board weighing indigent care policy amid restructuring and cost control efforts. Grefenstette notes need to raise funding or cut indigent care. discussions include potential alliance, new executive director, and staff running daily operations while board shapes vision.
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