Accident at Town Creek Partridge Drive Injures Two
Two residents sent to hospitals in Aiken and Augusta after a 6 p.m. crash at Town Creek and Partridge Drive. Shirley J. Sutton facing stop sign disregard charge after her Partridge Drive vehicle hit Robert A. Platts pickup, causing it to overturn and throw him from the vehicle.
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Aiken
Augusta
Shirley J. Sutton
New Ellenton
HCA
Jay Jones
Robert A. Platt
Huckleberry Drive
University Hospital
Julie Hall
Public Affairs Department
Town Creek
Partridge Drive
Ms. Sutton
Rusty Pruitt
S.C. Highway Patrol
Platt
Pruitt
Rumor of school abduction panic prompts Edgefield patrol boost
Edgefield police chief Mack Ryans says a statewide rumor of a cult plan to abduct 100 children led to heightened security at Edgefield County schools Friday. The claim, denied by the State Law Enforcement Division and the FBI, prompted extra patrols as students left class.
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Edgefield
Edgefield County
State Law Enforcement Division
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Mack Ryans
Area Officials React to 168 Million Lost Sales in 1985
Aiken County leaders express surprise at 168 million dollars in lost sales to Georgia in 1985. They warn of tax revenue and education impact while urging public awareness and better local procurement to close the gap. The Greater Aiken Chamber outlines plans for a buyer supplier trade show during Small Business Week to boost local retail.
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Georgia
Aiken
Aiken County
David Jamison
Economic Development Board of
CSRA
June Murff
Greater
The
Chamber of Commerce
Murff
Holley Receives Heart Transplant In Stable Condition
Raymond A. Sonny Boy Holley, former Aiken County magistrate and sheriff candidate, is listed in critical but stable condition after a heart transplant at University Hospital. The 56 year old Graniteville resident underwent a three hour operation that began Sunday morning, following weeks of heart trouble after a Dec 4 heart attack.
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Raymond A
Sonny Boy” Holley
Aiken County
Aiken
University Hospital
Holley
University
Chris Naylor
Naylor
Jacksonville, Fla
G. Lionel Zumbro
William R. Kitchens
Ronald Galloway
Graniteville
Bath
Vaucluse
Warrenville
Eureka
Ralph Gunnells
Legislators and Pattis Head to D.C. on Dual Mission
Three state legislators and Ellen Pattis depart from Aiken aboard a State Aeronautics Commission aircraft to Washington. They plan meetings at the State and Justice Departments to press for Jon Pattis’s release from Iran and to deliver a South Carolina plan for single member voting districts.
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Washington, D.C
Augusta
State Aeronautics Commission
Aiken
Thomas Huff
D-North Augusta
Thomas Moore
D-Clearwater
Irene Rudnick
D-Aiken
Ellen Pattis
U.S. State Department
U.S. Justice Department
Ms. Pattis
Jon Pattis
S.C. General Assembly
State Department
Congress
Sen. Moore
Pattis
Iran
Maryland
Justice Department
Moore
Tommy Moore
Washington
County Council to Discuss Financing for Detention Center
Aiken County Council holds a 6 p.m. work session and 7 p.m. regular meeting to consider a resolution authorizing the administrator to contact state and federal agencies about the Detention Center building. The panel also weighs privatization and a staff-heavy current facility amid a hiring freeze debate and emergency exception policy. The meeting at 736 Richland Ave. W. includes a study on possible new use of the building.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Council
W. Scott Barnes
Council
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Haddy Lydd
PSA
Aiken County Board of Education
Edgefield Ave
Aiken County Schools
Denton T. Johnson
Aiken Baptist Association
Hwy 1
Hampton Avenue
Terry Street
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Ginny Southworth
Brunson Cramer
Cromer
Martha Norris
Priscilla Boatwright
Ms. Murff
Julie Patrick
Trator
Judicial and Public Safety Committee
Lonnie
McCarthy
Barnes
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