Flag ceremony split as SCV joins Aiken courthouse vigil
Barron cites directive from Commander-in-Chief Rick Griffin III to skip the State House ceremony. Sons of Confederate Veterans will join Joe Wheeler and Sgt. Berry Benson camps in Aiken for a noon gathering in front of the Courthouse to mark the flag’s lowering, seen as a defeat. Video poker faces a June 30 legal ban as the Supreme Court upholds the July 1 deadline, with SLED agents ready to seize machines.
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African-American Leaders Rally Over Confederate Flag Move
Gallman cites plan for noon rally on capitol steps with African-American leaders to protest a flag gesture. He notes two Confederate reenactors set to raise the flag at the soldiers monument and questions the symbolism of moving the flag from the dome, urging rejection by all who recognize its meaning.
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Teens accused in sting of six detonating devices
Three youths admitted returning from H Odell Weeks Center where they allegedly detonated at least six devices near a climbing wall. Officers seized two half made devices and other ingredients from their home and noted shoplifting four packs of Marlboro cigarettes from Wal Mart on Whiskey Road. They were charged with detonating destructive devices and detained at the State Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia after being trespassed from both sites.
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Kentucky woman recalls e mail relationship with murder suspect
A Kentucky woman described an online e mail bond with John Edward Robinson Sr. before his arrest in murders across Kansas and Missouri. She said they never met, spoke daily, and debated family life while police probe if his claims hid violent crimes and sex assaults tied to BDSM themed chats.
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