Hotel owner arrested on numerous charges in North Augusta
Navin Raja 28 owner of the Downtown Motel at 132 Georgia Avenue was arrested after an eight month undercover operation. He faces four counts each of distributing crack cocaine and near a school or playground, plus receiving stolen goods prostitution possession of crack cocaine on lodging premises and operating a business without a license. He is held at the North Augusta Public Safety Headquarters pending a bond hearing.
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Aiken Girl Wins National Honor For History Day Project
Katie McNeill, 12, of Aiken placed third nationwide in junior individual projects for her History Day entry "Troubled Culture" on the Gullah Geechee people. Her study links African roots to communities in Frogmore Beaufort Mount Pleasant and Brunswick Hog Hammock as Migration through History theme notes.
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Local History Day winner spotlights Gullah culture
Katie McNeill, an eighth grade finalist from New Ellenton Middle School, plans to donate her History Day project to Penn Center on St Helena Island Beaufort County. The piece explores Gullah culture and language including words like goober okra and yam.Katie earned a second national finish, following last year for The Titanic voyage exhibit, with new work joined by Tricia Means.
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Rescue plan drill tests Owens Corning tall stacks
Owens Corning Fiberglas conducted a plant emergency drill on SC 302 with the Plant Emergency Response Team and Aiken SORT simulating a high heat confined space rescue. A dummy was hoisted up the stacks and rescued within ten minutes, aiming for three minutes to reach the victim, followed by aid from local authorities.
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Local students head to Governor's School at Furman
Several students from Aiken County travel to Furman University for the 18th session of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts. The opening ceremony starts at 2 pm in McAlister Auditorium, followed by five weeks of classes, concerts, exhibitions, and recitals open to the public.
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Body Is a Temple event promotes healthy living at Mount Anna Baptist
Ministers and congregants gathered at Mount Anna Baptist Church in Aiken to learn how tobacco alcohol and other drugs threaten health. The event sponsored by the South Carolina Coalition of Black Church Leaders and local groups featured lectures music and breakout sessions to provide resources and encouragement for a healthier lifestyle. The program included a Healthy Lifestyles session led by DHEC official Helen Richard and a keynote by Tom Quick of the Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council.
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Prentice Palmer Remembered as Premier Georgia Reporter
A tribute recalls Prentice Palmer a self taught Georgia journalist who died in Rockdale after a long cancer fight. He worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Augusta Chronicle, earning renown as a top investigative writer and the dean of the state Capitol press corps.
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