Jail Chaplain Chosen for Aiken Detention Center
The Aiken County Detention Center appoints Rev. Lynwood Williams as fulltime jail chaplain, returning to his home area. Williams, a former Owens-Corning worker and Liberty University graduate, joins Good News Jail and Prison Ministry to mentor inmates, aided by private donations and church support, not tax dollars. He aims to change hearts, reduce recidivism, and guide inmates toward productive citizenship, citing an 80 percent success rate in similar programs.
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South Carolina
Lynwood Williams
New Ellenton
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Williams
Ida
Liberty University
Lynchburg
Good News
Doug Hoey
Aiken
Hoey
Christ
Lonnie McCarthy
Oral Roberts University
McCarthy
ATC-USCA bond funds eyed for new facilities
State bond package could fund Aiken Technical College information technology center with 4.3 million dollars and USC Aiken nursing school with 2.5 million plus 1.5 million for Ruth Patrick Science Center. Piedmont Tech could receive 500 thousand for a satellite in Edgefield. Dr Kathy Noble of ATC welcomes funding to retrain workers amid downsizing and evolving local industries.
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Senate
USC Aiken
Ruth Patrick Science Center
Piedmont ‘Technical College
Aiken Tech
Moore
Piedmont Tech
Edgefield
Edgefield County
Savanah River
Kathy Noble
ATC
Noble
Tax cut clash as GOP pushes immediate relief
South Carolina politics heat up as GOP Chairman Henry McMaster challenges Democrats to cut nearly 500 million dollars in taxes now, while the Senate budget proposes phased income tax and car property tax relief over seven years. Supporters press for balance with a 4.6 billion dollar budget by July 1, conference talks upcoming.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Henry McMaster
Senate
McMaster
Democrats
Deaths Paul Lewis Gordon Sr Hephzibah Ga and Margaret Hodson Storey
Obituary notices report the deaths of Paul Lewis Gordon Sr of Hephzibah Georgia and Margaret Hodson Storey of Aiken with no son shown on page 5A.
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Paul Lewis Gordon Sr
Hephzibah, Ga
Margaret Hodson Storey
Aiken
Lottery Draw Friday Numbers in Pantany 5
The Friday drawing shows Cash 2600 and 462 92 Pantany 5 481 10 98 25 as the highlighted combinations. The exact prize details and draw location are not specified in the fragment.
Economy welfare reform shrink welfare rolls
Washington report credits a booming economy with a 44 percent drop in welfare caseloads and cites state waivers for 31 percent of the decline. Officials say reforms work, while cautioning how downturns could affect funding and protections as unemployment shifts.
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Donna Shalala
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