Robbery case ties Newberry trooper to BP heist details
Newberry County investigators pursue $1,400 cash stolen in an armed hold up at a BP station on I 26 linked to Senior Trooper E J Fallen. Fallen, free on bond, says he was framed. authorities recovered evidence and questioned a pantyhose masked suspect after a car description led a deputy to stop a vehicle from which Fallen departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry
Newberry County
Gilliam
E.J. Fallen
Aiken
US. Forest Service
Molly's Rock Park
Fallen
Foster
Highway Patrol
Trucker killed in fiery crash on US 278 in Aiken County
A truck driver died when two 18 wheelers collided head on on US 278 near the Savannah River Site gate in Aiken County South Carolina. The crash closed the highway for over an hour and involved a frozen chicken carrier and an empty truck. Emergency crews freed the victim from the wreckage as another driver was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US. 278
Savannah River Site
S.C. 19
Aiken
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
South Carolina Transport Police
Townsend
Georgia State Line
Beech Island
New Ellenton
Barnwell
Veteran's park hits $100000 mark milestone
The Horse Creek Midland Valley Veterans Park fundraising committee announced reaching $100000 in donations since October 1996 at a Burnettown park press conference and ribbon cutting. The park opens Saturday June 5 as volunteers install sod and complete final details. Memorial benches and tables are sold out with bricks reportedly sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse Creek
Midland Valley Veterans Park
Burnettown
Abandoned Horses Found In City Parkway
Authorities seek the owner after two horses were left in a downtown parkway on Chesterfield Street between Richland and Park avenues around 2:20 p.m. A man parked a car with a horse trailer, tied a blue roan mare to a tree, then drove away, leaving a 2 year old sorrel Appaloosa stud. Public safety officer Fisher Strom inspected the scene with local witnesses and company staff notified the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield Street
Richland and
Park Avenues
Aiken
Fisher Strom
Aiken, Barnwell Mental Health Center
Joe B. Babb and Co. Insurance
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Casinos Continue Business As Usual In North Augusta
In North Augusta area venues Treasure Chest Fox Creek Junction and Legends ignore a federal court order limiting video poker payouts to 125 per day. The ruling covers five major gaming firms and excludes the three local distributors. Signs at Holley House protest Andersons ruling as a political issue while state lawmakers debate expanding or banning gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Treasure Chest
Fox Creek Junction
Legends
Joe Anderson
South Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
Tommy Moore
D-Clearwater
Holley House
Anderson
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abby
Bertha Lee Fora
Jenkins Memorial
Enrique Manuel Garcia
Hatcher Funeral
J Jeanette Williamson
North
Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home
Caen
Www
Aikenst
Anc
Rd.com
Shah
Taylor and
Bill
Bengston
Bill Bengtson
U.S. 278
Scott Websn
Hector Rodriguez
Estone
Veteran’s Park
Veteran's
City Parkway
Aken
Accu