Local schools vie for Palmetto’s Finest honor in Columbia
Chukker Creek Elementary led by principal Dr Christine Sanders and Johnston Edgefield Trenton Middle are named as finalists by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators for the Palmetto’s Finest Award. Awards ceremony set tonight at Adams Mark Hotel in Columbia.
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S.C. Association of School Administrators
Chukker Creek
Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton
Carolina First Palmetto
Adam’s Mark Hotel
Columbia
Christine Sanders
Toby James
Behooved Cowblock Stops North Augusta Traffic
A large brown cow named Bessie and six companions caused a two hour roadblock on Martintown Road near Wendy’s as the trailer door opened. A cow escaped early and others fled before being recaptured, tying up traffic while handlers struggled to secure the livestock.
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North Augusta
Bessie
Martintown Road
Saluda Market
Wendy's
Haskell John Boyd
Jackson
Martintown
Strauss
Phyllis Brit
Welfare reform in Aiken County shows sharp welfare declines
Aiken County leads a statewide welfare reform trend with a dramatic drop in total welfare caseload and employable recipients since 1995. Through time limits and state and federal laws, SC reduced welfare rolls from 50,035 to 16,593 statewide and from 1,574 to 424 in Aiken.
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Aiken County
Department of Social Services
South Carolina
Holy Cow: Cow Runs Wild Stops Traffic In Martintown Road
Officer Eddie Turner used a lariat to corral a distressed cow that charged officers and bystanders after fleeing a truck incident. The animal blocked Martintown Road, eluded trucks and crowd efforts, and retreated into a backyard near 926 Royalette Drive before tranquilizers were deployed.
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Eddie Turner
Martintown
Royalette Drive
Mike Strauss
Closing loop hole on child abuse charges eyed by lawmakers
Aiken officials urge South Carolina lawmakers to create a new felony inflicting great bodily injury upon a child to close a loophole that lets abusers plead to aggravated assault and battery. Dwayne Courtney and Anne Laver push the stalled bill amid cases like a 4 year old starved to victory after a long prison term.
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Dwayne Courtney
Aiken Public Safety Department
Courtney
Aiken County
Anne Laver
City of
Man Defends Self on Burglary Charge in Aiken County
Billy Ray Jackson fights a burglary charge with a life sentence potential. He questions lineup procedures and prosecutors while court-appointed lawyer Tom Woodruff challenges the state's case. Judge Thomas Hughston rejects motions as Jackson cites alleged constitutional violations and tainted publicity in the Aiken Standard.
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Billy Ray Jackson
Jackson
Tom Woodruff
Ben Moore
Aiken
Thomas Hughston
Aiken County
Iilly
Fleury
Woodruff
Barbara Morgan
Aiken Standard
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Schools of Welfare
Bill Bengtson
Phyllis Britt
Abby
Icky Hay
Springfield
Jackson's Memorial Chapel
Scott Leonard Priester
Jackson-Brooks
Frances Rhoden Willingham
Rivers Funeral
James C
Whip) Wilson
Beech Island
Stephen D. Posey
Mattie Lou Barron
Widener
Windsor
Folk Funeral Home
Funet
Pananas
Akon
Gotte
Ginny Southworth
Billy Luckey
Man
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