Filing frenzy as candidates enter general election race
Multiple candidates filed by the deadline in Aiken County and state offices. John Pettigrew seeks District 25 to challenge Massey, and Brad Lindsey targets District 26 against Setzler. Susan Swanson runs for District 84 House seat, citing concerns over trafficking, domestic violence, and courts. General election set for November 8.
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Aiken County
S.C
Shane Massey
R-Edgefield
Nikki Setzler
Lexington
John Pettigrew
Massey
Brad Lindsey
Setzler
Pettigrew
Edgefield
House
Aiken Standard
Susan Swanson
House of Representatives
South Carolina avoids religious freedom debate
South Carolina has not become part of the national religious liberty discussion despite a 1999 religious freedom law. North Carolina moved to restrict anti discrimination measures and restroom use by gender, while Georgia’s governor planned to veto a bill allowing denial of services on religious grounds.
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North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Pat McCrory
McCrory
Associated Press
Charlotte
Nathan Deal
Area Deaths Prompt Local Obituary Notice
Area deaths include Barry O Connor of Graniteville Larry Brown of Staten Island CB Brown Delores Clark of Irenton Ronnie Stone of Anderson SFC Ret Leroy Lee of Windsor Deaths and Funerals 6A. Abstracted obituary notices list multiple individuals from varied locations with brief biographical notes forthcoming.
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Barry Arthur O’conner
Graniteville
Clawrence Edward “Cb” Brown
Staten Island
New York
Weather Outlook and Local Calendar Notes
Mostly cloudy with a high near 78 and a low around 64. The page mentions a five day forecast, 12C calendar, classifieds, crossword, editorials, and Dear Abby, indicating a general listings section.
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Dear Abby
Wet weather forecast for equine weekend in Aiken
Rain is in the forecast for the weekend as two major equine events unfold in Aiken. The 100th Aiken Horse Show runs Friday to Sunday in Hitchcock Woods, while Pacers & Polo closes the Aiken Triple Crown on Saturday at Powder House Polo Fields. A National Weather Service meteorologist warns of a cold front bringing showers and possible thunderstorms, with one to two inches of rain expected.
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Cindy Kubovic
Betsy’s
Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Powderhouse
Polo Fields
Tony Petrolito
National Weather Service
Columbia
Pathway planned for tons of plutonium
The Department of Energy signed a plan to move 6 metric tons of surplus plutonium from the Savannah River Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The decision labels downblending and storage as the preferred approach and aims to prevent South Carolina from becoming a permanent dumping ground for nuclear materials.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
New Mexico
National Nuclear Security Administration
WIPP
Nikki Haley
South Carolina
U.S. Energy
Ernest Moniz
Kinder Morgan halts Palmetto Pipeline project after Georgia action
Texas based Kinder Morgan suspends work on the Palmetto Pipeline citing the Georgia legislature. The 360 mile route would run from Belton to Jacksonville through several South Carolina counties and parts of Georgia and Florida. Georgia GDOT denied a certificate of need for eminent domain in May 2015 and the denial was appealed in Fulton County court.
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Kinder Morgan
North America
Georgia
Compa
Belton
Jacksonville
Florida
Palmetto
Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson
Edgefield
Greenwood
McCormick
South Carolina
Georgia Department of Transportation
Fulton County
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Chris Corley
Swanson
Augusta Care Pregnancy Center
Maryan Schechter
Mschechter
Aikenstandard.com
Delores Marie Brown Clark
Haley
Floyd Ggreen
Floyd andGreen.com
Silver Bluff
Pandora
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