Aiken Chooses Consultant for Whiskey to Silver Bluff Connector
The Aiken City Council approved Jordan, Jones and Goulding as the lead consultant to design a Whiskey Road to Silver Bluff Road connector. Ed Evans cited citizen input as a key factor, with Day Wilburn Associates and TBE Group as alternates. Certificates of appreciation were given to retiring city volunteers.
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Whiskey
Silver Bluff
S.C. Department of Transportation
Aiken
SCDOT
Jordan, Jones and Goulding
Ed Evans
Jordan
Students explore disabilities through hands on expo
Oakwood Windsor Elementary third graders participate in a program coordinated by Noel Ericson to simulate disabilities. Activities include hearing impairment through ear plugs, wheelchair navigation, blindfolded food handling, and dyslexia reading challenges to build empathy and understanding.
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Dimetrius Jones
Oakwood-Windsor
Dimetrius
Vakwood- Windsor
Aiken High School
Noel Ericson
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Noel
Oakwood Windsor
Dimetrius Smith
Sheehan
Gail Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Hob
Brian Smith
Peeler pitches Palmetto Prosperity Plan for South Carolina
Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler promotes the Palmetto Prosperity Plan during a campaign stop in Aiken as part of his run for governor. The plan outlines 32 proposals to revitalize jobs, economic development, and small business growth, including tax credits and a revamped Department of Commerce. He cites Carroll Campbell’s BMW outreach as a model and recalls SC’s 1990s growth.
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Carroll Campbell
South Carolina
Campbell
Bob Peeler
Palmetto
Peeler
BMW
State Department of Commerce
Wall Street Journal
Four convicted in Edgefield prison case
Four people have been convicted in a drug, gambling and money laundering ring involving inmates at Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution. The case grew from a 2001 indictment charging 22 people with narcotics, gambling and laundering offenses. Jorge Gonzalez-Vasquez, Daniel Gonzalez-Vasquez, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, and Sharon Hopkins were found guilty of multiple counts including conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin and marijuana, with heroin shipped from Puerto Rico and concealed in stuffed animals.
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Columbia
Edgefield
Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution
Jorge Gonzalez-Vasquez
Gonzalez ‘Vasquez
Rico
Thurmond
Daniel Gonzalez- Vasquez
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Sharon Hopkins
Eastover
Hopkins
Court rejects challenge in Allen death case ruling
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected claims that delay barred prosecution in the 1969 death of Lillie Belle Allen during York riots. Justices kept Bucks County Judge Biester’s 2000 reopening ruling, allowing prosecutors to pursue nine white defendants including former York mayor Charlie Robertson.
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York
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Aiken
Lillie Belle Allen
Gregory Neff
Robert N. Messersmith
Arthur Messersmith
Bucks County
Edward Biester
Allen
Biester
Charlie Robertson
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Iian Smith
Scot Webster
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