Rezoning Request For Willcox Hotel Faces Hearing
The Willcox Hotel seeks rezoning from multi family to central business district to enable business development. A 3 p.m. hearing is set for Tuesday July 14 in City Hall council chambers. The request, by South Carolina National Bank, follows historic building concerns and prior opposition to commercial use.
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Willcox
Planning and Zoning Commission
Michael Strickland
Council
City Hall
Strickland
The
South Carolina National Bank
Joseph Eways
Pennsylvania
Eways
Frederick Willcox
Eway
Commission
Colleton Avenue
Elizabeth Harrington
Ray Charles Lights Up Spoleto Night With Jazz Blues and Rock
Ray Charles wowed Spoleto crowds at Gaillard Auditorium in Charleston with a two show set featuring blues jazz and rock n roll. An extra midnight performance followed a sold out first show as dancers Sandman Sims Chuck Green wowed audiences before Charles took the stage at 1 45 a m with the Raeletts energizing the finale.
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Ellison Garvin
Ray Charles
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
Charleston
Sandman
Sandman Sims
Chuck Green
J.C. Heard
Heard
Charlie Gabriel
Don Mayberry
Todd Carson
Chuck
the Sandman
Georgia
Raeletts
Charles
Augusta Woman Injured After Ride Home Incident
An Augusta woman was assaulted after accepting a ride from a man who deputies say took her from Ninth Street and Walton Way to a rural area near North Augusta and Belvedere. The suspect is described as a 30 year old light skinned black man about 5 10 to 6 feet tall, 180 to 190 pounds, driving a green 1972 Ford Mustang. A Clearwater resident reported a similar intruder incident around midnight the same day with a comparable suspect description.
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Augusta
Marr
Ninth Street
Walton Way
North Augusta
Belvedere
Aiken County
Clearwater
City Break-Ins Reported
Break-ins reported across the city during the weekend. Items stolen include a 24 inch color TV with walnut cabinet from Robert Stephens at 213 Union St and a General Electric air conditioner. A black and white TV valued at about 150 was taken from 404 Abbeville Ave, another from 403 Edgefield Ave. Burgess Auto Sales lost $600 in tools after a break-in via a window. A 1980 Chevrolet Blazer reported missing earlier was found abandoned on Nicholson Village road. The owner, William Middleton of Salley, reported missing fishing gear and a coffee maker. vehicle had been stolen Thursday from outside the Southern Bell office on Hayne Ave.
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Robert Stephens
Union St
Stephens
General Electric
Ollie Mae Paige
Edgefield Ave
Burgess Auto Sales
York Street
Department of Public Safety
Nicholson Village
William H. Middleton
Salley
Middleton
Southern Bell
Hayne Avenue
Man Charged In Drug Case In Aiken County Bust
Aiken County officers and Richmond County deputies arrested Wilbur Thomas Ferguson Jr. on Clark Road at 2 a.m. after a search yielded 36 large marijuana plants, about three ounces of marijuana, pills, pipes, scales and a stolen .38 revolver from Dade County. Ferguson faces charges including possession and manufacturing of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute.
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Aiken
Wilbur Thomas Ferguson Jr
Rt. 6
Clark Road
Dan Bowe
Second Teen Dies Sunday From Accident
A Lugoff resident 17 year old Melissa Bullock died from injuries after a two car crash at Martintown Road and Atomic Road in North Augusta last Thursday. Joel Bradley Scoggins 16 of Mableton Georgia also died Thursday night. Robin Morgan of North Augusta was injured and hospitalized. Frank Gibbs Jr. of North Augusta drove the second car.
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North Augusta
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Margaret
Marion
Lower Savannah
Abbeville Ave
Holiday
Atlanta
Ume
Weico
PLU
Yamnaica
ED Hotels
Jerva
Eer
Professional Dental Services
DANY
G.W
Greene St
Broad ST
Jacross
Greyhound Bus Station
Aiken Depot
Mitchell Shopping Center
Kalmia Shopping Center
Midland Valley
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