Seven plead guilty to drug smuggling while in prison
Seven inmates and associates arrested in a crackdown on drug smuggling, sports betting and money laundering in a federal prison pleaded guilty. The pleas involve the Federal Correctional Facility in Edgefield and outside accomplices, with potential sentences from 20 years to life and fines up to 4 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strom Thur
Mond Jr
Federal Correctional Facility
Edgefield
Thurmond
Joseph F. Anderson Jr
U.S. Probation Office
David Crews
Roberto Medina
Raymond Clay
Federal Prison
David Campbell
East
Ijuana
Crews
Campbell
Director tours new county jail in Aiken
New jail chief John Rowley toured the Doris C. Gravatt Detention Center and the old Aiken County Detention Center amid plans to open the new facility within weeks. He noted the old jail’s overcrowding and praised the pod based design and future expansion options. Rowley moved from Pennsylvania and plans to relocate his family in spring while coordinating with the transition team on opening procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rowley
New Aiken County
Sat
J. Bryan
Doris C. Gravat
Rowley
Aiken County Detention Center
Aiken
Pennsylvania
Sharon Carpenter
Aiken County
Clay Killian
Truck overturns on I-20 ramp blocks eastbound traffic
Dallas resident Charles T. Patrick, 48, was driving a 1995 Kenworth on Interstate 20 when an unidentified car entering from the off ramp forced him to swerve. He struck a guard rail and overturned near exit one. No injuries or charges for Patrick. The other vehicle fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Patrick
Dallas
Kenworth
S.C. Highway Patrol
Lance Cpl. R. K. Hughes
Hughes
Patrick
Reclassification move may threaten aquifers in three states
Environmental groups warn the Energy Department plans to reclassify residual nuclear waste at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and other sites in Idaho and Washington. A federal lawsuit seeks to stop reclassifying buried tanks and sludge, arguing it violates the Nuclear Waste Policy Act as the agency aims to cap and abandon in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Department of Energy
South Carolina
Savannah River
Energy Department
SRS
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Hanford
Washington
Ineel
Department
Brad Bugger
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Gary Richardson
Snake River Alliance
North Augusta Council Advances Storm Water Fee Plan
North Augusta officials push a storm water service charge set at 4 monthly dollars for each residential dwelling and 8 dollars for multi family units, plus 3 dollars per month per unit for non residential properties, with hearings and readings scheduled May hearings and July 1 start. ERU methodology based on average impervious surface guides the charges and appeals window.
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North Augusta
Tom Zeaser
Lark Jones
Sterling House
Zeaser
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Ameisha Denise Goins
Columbia
Bevelyn Moorer
Randall Shoemaker
Taylorsville
Centrand
BM Bengtson
New County
North Augusta Council
Elo
Floyd
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