Four lawyers suspended by South Carolina Supreme Court
An Aiken lawyer and three others pled guilty to failing to file state income tax returns and were suspended retroactively to April and May. Fox and Hensel face prison or fines, while Neal and Harrison avoided further prosecutions for earlier charges in exchange for pleas. In a separate incident, an 18 year old inmate escaped Trenton Correctional Institution but was recaptured. another inmate was seized before escaping.
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coluMbia
Aiken
David Harton
Picken
Alvin J. Neal
Irma
C. La‘Vaun Fox
William H. Hensel
State Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Office
Harrison
Neal
Fox
Hensel
Trenton
Trenton Correctional Institution
Edgefield County
Willie Carrey Moore
Horry County
Corrections Department
John Barkley
Eric Philip Attaway
Barkley
Attaway
John Henry Phillips Wagener Obituary Notice
John Henry Phillips of Wagener is named in a page 2B obituary notice. The brief item records his death and provides basic family and service details as listed in the community memorials column.
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John Henry Phillips
Wagener
Reinsurance Facility to curb auto insurance recoupment fees
South Carolina moves to reduce recoupment fees under a new law by directing higher rate proposals for collision and other physical damage coverages. Up to 480,000 owners could see increases, with collision up to 44 percent and other coverage up to 96 percent, while the Reinsurance Facility will offer coverage starting Oct. 1 for drivers unable to find it elsewhere.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Insurance Department
Lee Jedziniak
Ziniak
Crash on U S 1 leaves car upside down at dealership
Derick Marshall, 18, of Aiken, on his first day at Ameri-Car on U S 1, drove a blue Toyota Camry into the rear of a dump truck driven by Henry Settles, 40, of McCormick. The crash flipped the Camry and the dump truck, but both drivers were uninjured aside from Settles’s cut and Marshall’s shaken state. Settles was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
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Derick Marshall
Marshall
Aiken
Ameri-Car Car
U.S. 1
Henry Settles
McCormick
Derrick Gamble
S.C. Highway Patrol
Settles
Toyota
Langley Fire Department
Gamble
Ameri-Car
North Augusta posts strong audit surplus in year
North Augusta finance director John Potter praised council after an audit showed a $576 000 general fund surplus and utilities division earnings over $2 million. The CA FR reported capital projects funds rising to over $1.2 million with a Jan 1 to Dec 31 fiscal year. Mayor Thomas Greene commended the administration for a job well done.
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Carl Langley
North Augusta
John Potter
Potter
Thomas Greene
New Ellenton seeks relief from sewer debt squeeze
The City Council heard a first reading of a plan to address over 5 million dollars in sewer bond challenges. The proposal envisions operating the sewer system on a fiscal year basis funded by sewer revenues, with monthly charges capped at 300 dollars and council help for homeowner hookups. A grand jury investigation into the bond was requested, and the council approved the first reading of the new fiscal year budget at about 735 thousand dollars in expenditures.
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Ellenton
Hank Rowland
Cork Berry
County Grand Jury
New Ellenton
Arson Suspected as Two More Churches Burn
In Jackson Mississippi two rural black churches in Kosuth and nearby Kosuth County were destroyed by fire Monday night, part of a long-running string of blazes targeting black churches. Deputy Sheriff Bill Dillworth, a Mount Pleasant deacon, urged faith and resilience as investigators probe possible arson alongside other church fires in North Carolina and broader region.
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Jackson
Miss
Kossuth
Mississipp
Bill Dillworth
Alcorn County
Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church
Mount Pleasant
Central Grove Baptist Church
Rocky Point
N.C
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Pee Classifieds Comics
Abby Weather
Georgia Lottery
Cash
Fantasy Five
U.S
Lisson
N.A
N.E
Dustin Turner
Associated Hess
Jason Clark
Hills Chapel Baptist Church
Georgia
Cullinton
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