Infant found dead in vacant Aiken County lot
A newborn female infant was found Friday night in a vacant wooded lot in Aiken County. An autopsy will determine the cause of death. The Sheriff’s Department spokesman was unavailable for comment. The county Democratic Party holds its annual convention Monday night at 7 p.m. at USC Aiken gym. Delegates will vote on nominees for the state Democratic Convention in Columbia. Forty delegates with half votes and 40 alternates will be chosen. Fred Zeigler, a former USC football star and Columbia attorney, will deliver the keynote. The convention includes county officer elections and a review of resolutions shaping the state party platform. C. L. Townsend, county Democratic chairman, says he will not seek renomination.
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Sheriff's Department
Democratic Party
Usc Aiken
Columbia
Township
Fred Zeigler
University of South Carolina
C.L. Townsend
Aiken City Council Opens Bids and Plans for Growth
The Aiken City Council will consider contracts for the Northern and Northeastern Sewer Projects and first reading of an annexation for Carl O Towner Jr. Aims include Cushman Arms and Woodside Plantation plans, bids for computer gear and water materials, and events such as Kiwanis Tricycle Race and Aiken's Makin. The meeting at 7:30 p.m. is public.
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Cushman Drive
Cushman Arms Apartments
S.C. 19
Woodside Plantation
Public Works Center
Laurens Street
Grace Presbyterian Church
Aiken County Board of Education
North Augusta study session to review policies and annexation
North Augusta City Council study session will review changes to the personnel policies and procedures manual covering compensatory time and merit raises. The agenda includes Hammond Hill Elementary School rear entrance improvements and a 35.3 acre annexation petition north of Bradleyville Road off Audubon Circle. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building Council Conference Room.
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S.C. Highway Department
Hammond Hill
Bradleyville Road
Audubon Circle
Aiken Hunt Meet Sparks Sandspur Clearing Demand
Report notes Clark Field should be cleared of sandspurs after attendees at yesterday’s hunt meet collected the pests on their pants and socks. A sticker on an elderly red Kadett reads This is NOT an abandoned car.
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Clark Field
New Ellenton Chooses Five City Officials in Tuesday Election
Voters in New Ellenton will select a mayor water commissioner and three town council seats at the civic center from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All candidates are newcomers with the mayoral race featuring Randy Shaw and Peggy Whitman and council slates led by Axel Adams Millard Howington against Kenny Black Pliny Shropshier and Jesse Cook.
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New Ellenton
Civic Center
Randy Shaw
Peggy Whitman
Harry Owens
Homer K. Stanley
Axel Adams
Millard Howington
Joe K. (Kenny) Black
Pliny H. Shropshier
Jesse S. Cook
Shaw
C.H. Shaw Insurance
Wallace Brock
Gene Whitman
Nominations For Primaries Close Soon With Few Candidates
Time is short for locals seeking June 10 primaries as March 30 registration deadline looms. Only a handful of candidates have filed across the Democratic and Republican ballots for Aiken County’s House seats and County Council races. May 10 is the voter registration cutoff for the primaries with a potential runoff on June 24 and general election on November 4.
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State House of Representatives
Aiken County
Thomas E. Huff
William Jones
Irene Rudnick
Marilyn Smith
Medwell
Hatcher
Eugene Duckett
Charles Sharpe
Tom Woodruff
Rep
Jones
James Roland Smith
Windsor
Frank Mizell
Chambers Update on South Carolina Legislature At Luncheon
Aiken and North Augusta Chambers leaders met at Houndslake CC for a Legislative Luncheon to hear updates from the S C General Assembly. Sen Thomas L Moore forecasts action on local annexation reform and government liability limits as well as a bond bill for USC Aiken and other projects. Mayor H Odell Weeks cites protections against lawsuits and rising insurance costs as priorities. North Augusta Mayor Thomas W Greene notes growth and new housing, while Carrol Warner discusses countywide zoning plans and exemptions. Attendees stayed for golf after the session.
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Aiken
North Augusta
H. Odell Weeks
Weeks
Sen. Moore
House of Representatives
Senate
USC Aiken
Thomas W. Greene
Henry McKenney
Court Term Opens in New Aiken Judicial Center
Aiken County General Sessions Court begins its term in the new Aiken County Judicial Center behind the old courthouse at Park Avenue and Chesterfield Street. Judge Rodney A Peeples will preside at 10 a m with 82 cases on the docket including David Dantler 2 charged with assault with intent to kill and armed robbery. Intruders batter Jackson Oil Co building Friday night. about $5 stolen and a pickup truck damaged.
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Aiken County General Sessions Court
Aiken County
Cenal Correctional Institution
Columbia Emnerica
Jackson Oil Co
Aiken Department of Public Safety
William Mathis
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