Tragic crash ends Ridge Spring youth’s life
Six year old Fabian Hawkins died when the car he rode in spun out of control near Ridge Spring. Christopher Berry 16 drove the vehicle as it flipped three times on road 41 23. Berry and Hawkins were taken to area hospitals with Berry injured lightly and Hawkins pronounced dead at the scene. Further investigation and an inquest were planned by the Saluda County Coroner Bruce Horne.
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Ridge Spring
Fabian Hawkins
Hawkins
Ronald Hawkins
Sally Andrews Hawkins Samuels
Ward
Christopher Dale Berry
Berry
R.W. Dubose
S.C. 2
Saluda County
Bruce Horne
Horne
Arnold
Aiken County Hospital
A.A. Talley
S.C. Highway Patrol
Three Edgefield shooting suspects receive bonds
Bonds ranging from five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars were set for three men linked to Tuesday night shooting of Edgefield police officer Joe Mims Jr. Nathaniel Morgan, Joel Thomas Reese, and Rico C. Winters faced various marijuana distribution charges and one count of assault with intent to kill. A 16 year old female suspect was released to family court.
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Edgefield
Nick Seavens
Nathaniel Morgan
Joel Thomas Reese
Greenville
Rico C. Winters
Aiken
Scavens
Morgan
Reese
Winters
Ice Cream Truck Violates License Rules Arrest Report
Aiken police report John Thomas Allen was charged with violating a business license ordinance for operating an ice cream truck at Room 224 Uptowner Hotel at the corner of Carolina and Pine Land drives. In a separate case, $75 in silver coins was stolen from a home on Carolina Springs Road North Augusta. Two local lawyers Andrew Craig Marine and Pamela Ann McGahee were admitted to the South Carolina bar at ceremonies with 73 others.
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Aitken
John Thomas Allen
Uptowner
Carolina and
Pineland Drives
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Carolina Springs Road
North Augusta
Aiken County
South Carolina
Barry
State Supreme Court
Andrew Craig Marine
Aiken
Pamela Ann McGahee
Flexible opening marks Tammy Has sell-Bone talk
Tammy Has sell-Bone usually begins by asking listeners to sit cross legged for songs and games. Yesterday she adapted her approach by changing the opening of her presentation to fit the Kiwanis Club audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Hassell-Bone
Kiwanis Club
Area 2 Citizens Vow to Continue Fight in North Augusta
A town meeting called by Rep. Thomas Huff and Sally Bigger drew about 70 residents as Area 2 citizens pressed questions about reorganizations. Bigger defended the June 4 executive session moves and hinted at considering a petition for Dr. Paskel's resignation if signatures justify action.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Board of Education
Area 2
Thomas E. Huff
Huff
Area 2 Board of Education
Sally Bigger
J.P. Kneece
Henry Moseley
James A. Moore
Robert H. Slay
J. Chris Verenes
James O. Martin
Savannah River scientist to chair Chernobyl wildlife conference
Dr. I Lehr Brisbin of the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory will lead a session at the 19th International Ornithological Congress in Ottawa on the effects of the Chernobyl reactor accident on birds and wildlife. He notes ducks and other fowl migrate through the contaminated area and may transport radiation far from the site.
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Savannah River
Ottawa
Canada
Soviet Union
I. Lehr Brisbin
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
SRP
Brisbin
Chernobyl
Chernobyl Range
Africa
Finland
Institute of Ecology
Unpaved Roads Almost Cloud Approval
Aiken County Planning Commission weighed two developments with unpaved roads and conditionally approved Woodcreek and final approval for Post Oak while Cedar Lake Ludlow Crossing Summer Place and North Meadows phases received approvals. The body eyed a moratorium and set meetings with the county council for July 10 or July 24 on the unpaved road issue.
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Aiken County Planning Commission
Aiken
Post Oak
Oakwood
Philip England
Cedar Lake
North Augusta
Ascauga Lake Road
Ludlow Crossing
Summer Place
University Parkway
Vaucluse Road
North Meadows
S.C. 207
US. 1
Professor Will Stand Trial In Shootings Of Wife
A Clemson University professor Robert L. Baker was ruled competent to stand trial for the fatal shootings of his estranged wife Rosalind Allen Baker and attorney Stanley Kohn. Prosecutors seek further mental evaluation to assess insanity at the time of the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Clemson University
Edward Cottingham
Robert L. Baker
Rosalind Allen Baker
Stanley Kohn
Kohn
East Columbia
Aiken County Students Earn Summer School Allowances
About 150 economically disadvantaged students join the six week Summer Academic Remediation Program. They receive 2.50 per hour for four hours daily five days a week to cover math reading and world of work instruction. The program runs at four high schools with transport provided and aims to prepare students for the state exit exam and working world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Margaret Lee
S.C. Employment Security Commission
Lee
ESC
Midland Valley
South Aiken
Wagener Valley
Ridge Spring-Monetta
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Bonds
Joe Mims Jr
George Burgess
South Aiken High School
Gwen Johnson
Mrs. Bigger
Jaskel
By Phil Jones
Kirk Martin
Lehr Brisbin
Commission
Becky Henshaw
Woodcreek
Mary Anne Browder
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