Tax Penalty Relief Passes for Aiken County Property Owners
Legislation authored by Rep. Irene K. Rudnick and backed by all Aiken County legislators would erase three percent penalties on late property tax bills received after a one day delay in mail delivery. The measure targets about 100 owners and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
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Aiken County
General Assembly
Irene K. Rudnick
Daiken
Aikenara
Augusta
Margie Plunkett
Bobby's Bar-B-Q Delivers Surprise Oregon Barbecue Cake
Barbara Griffin and her husband Bobby own Bobby's Bar-B-Q in Aiken County. A caller in Independence Oregon sought a birthday surprise sandwich for a boyfriend, arranging shipment of a pound of barbecue to Oregon.
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Aiken County
Barbara Griffin
Bobby
Independence
Oregon
Solid Waste Authority To Get 20000 From State Agency
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments’ regional land operations project wins a $20,000 contract from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to present regional landfill planning to other areas. The Nine County authority aims to hire a vendor by April with emphasis on waste tire processing and energy recovery.
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Lower Savannah
Eric Thompson
Aiken
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Calhoun
Orangeburg
Edgefield
Saluda
McCormick
Stent
Three Rivers Authority
Colin Covington
Priester & Associates
Covington
Ovington
Former Deputies Launch Fraudulent Check Service in Aiken
Jack Atkinson and Walter Mobley, with more than 44 years in law enforcement, open Fraudulent Check Service Monday at 116 Waterloo St behind Leminick Drugs. They will handle collection of bad checks for merchants and individuals, charging the writer the $20 fee while the merchant receives full check value.
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Jack Atkinson
Walter
Pete) Mobley
Aiken
Atkinson
Mobley
Waterloo St
Leminick Drugs
Aiken County
Fossils Found In Dorchester Quarry Defy Expectations
Geologists uncover a trove at Giant Cement Co. quarry in Dorchester County including mastodon, mammoth, horse and camel fossils dating to about 19 000 years ago. A vast collection of 15 000 snake vertebrae and intact skulls were retrieved and sent to the South Carolina State Museum for study and display.
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Harleyville
Dorchester County
Giant Cement Co
Milelong
Martin Knoll
Winthrop University
Knoll
Curtis Bentley
University of South Carolina
Bentley
South Carolina State Museum
Columbia
Winthrop
Truck Chase Ends With Wreck Near North Augusta
North Augusta driver Nathan Bodie and passenger Michelle Street were hospitalized after a pursuit by public safety officers. Bodie, 33, led officers on a chase on U.S. 1 and Martintown Road, losing control. Marijuana and a variety of drugs were found, along with a Mac-11 and weapons at Bodie’s home after a search warrant was executed.
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North Augusta
Martintown Road
Bodie
Michelle Lee Street
Medical College of Georgia
Carolina Springs Road
NADPS
Aiken County Sheriff's
Drug Buy Brings Arrest In North Augusta Case
A North Augusta woman, Petra Rodriguez, 30, is held on a $55,000 bond after an undercover drug operation led to her arrest at home. A traffic stop in Edgefield County yielded about 1.5 pounds of marijuana. later an undercover purchase of two pounds prompted a search warrant at her trailer, revealing 11 more pounds and over $4,000 in cash. Rodriguez faces two counts of distribution and trafficking in marijuana, with six children reported at the residence.
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North Augusta
S.C
State Highway Patrol
Charles Cypress
Edgefield County
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