Fed to hike rates amid booming economy and inflation risk
Economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise the key rate by 0.50 percentage points amid reports of strong economic growth. Unemployment falls below 4 percent, GDP growth at 5.4 percent, and April industrial production up 0.9 percent signal mounting inflation pressures.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Fed
David Jones
Aubrey G. Lanston & Co
New York
National Association For Business Economics
Drug buys in crack house test police search effort
Circuit Judge Thomas W Cooper said business was 80 good at a crack house as officers used ingenuity to execute a search warrant. During a hearing for Billy Williams 50 who pled guilty to attempting to buy crack the case showed twists in the war on drugs. Police faced 19 potential customers while inside the crack house and parked two cars outside with blue lights to finish the sting.
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Thomas W. Cooper
Cooper
Aiken
Billy Williams
Builey
Bill Weeks
Thurmond Released From Walter Reed After Fatigue Illness
Senator Strom Thurmond, age 97, was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a brief stay for fatigue and an upset stomach. He plans to attend the Senate opening and had previously spent two nights in hospital amid dehydration and related issues.
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Washington
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
South Carolina
Republican
Senate
Genevieve Erney
Erney
Thurmond
Walter Reed
Capitol
Obituary notices list several local death notices
Death notices for Rev. Paul Reid Hickman Sr. in Rockford Alabama from Curtis and Son Funeral Home Susie Holland in Aiken from G L Brighthorp and Sons Mortuary Audrey Fay Macafee in North Augusta from Stephen D Posey Funeral Home Johnny Wayne Quarles in Saluda from Palmer Funeral Home Jack M Reid in Windsor from Rivers Funeral Home Susie Hendrix Wiggins in North Augusta from Rowland Funeral Home.
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Paul Reid Hickman Sr
Rockford
Ala
Curtis and Son Funeral
Susie Holland
Aiken
G.L. Brighthorp & Sons
Audrey Fay Macafee
North Augusta
Stephen D. Posey
Johnny Wayne Quarles
Saluda
Palmer Funeral
Jack M. Reid
Windsor
Rivers Funeral
Susie Hendrix Wiggins
Rowland Funeral Home
Gas leak from collision closes portion of US Highway 1
A Monday crash on US Highway 1 in South Carolina between a 1973 Ford pickup and a Heilig Meyers 18 wheeler punctured a gas line after a power crew drilled into it. Traffic was rerouted to SC 421 for over an hour with only the northbound lane open. The truck driver was charged with disregarding a traffic light and the pickup driver suffered minor injuries.
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South Carolina Highway Patrol
Tony Bell
Heilig-Meyers Furniture Co
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Greenville Road
Sce&g
Bell
South Carolina
Medical College of Georgia Hospital
Knology set to bring fiber optics to North Augusta
North Augusta City Council approved first two readings of a franchise ordinance with Knology of Augusta Inc to provide cable phone and Internet service. After river crossing and construction, Knology aims to launch by October with Turner South and 512K Internet, expanding Augusta market reach. Comcast’s 10 year franchise also passed its first two readings.
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North Augusta
Knology of Augusta, Inc
Comcast Cablevision of
Georgia
South Carolina
North
Tion
Price
Knology
Turner South
Comcast
Augusta
Local celebs sing for your supper in Aiken fundraiser
Local celebrities performed as waiters during Celebrity Waiter Night in downtown Aiken to raise funds for Children’s Place. City manager Roger LeDuc and spouse Renee wowed diners with eighties classics and smiles between courses. Proceeds beyond the 20 dollar meal supported the therapeutic child care center.
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Aiken
Roger
Renee LeDue
LeDucs
Aiken Brewing Company
West Side Bowery
Malia’s
Mango's
Olive Oils
Up Your Alley
Willcox Inn
Children’s Place
LeDuc
Richard Pearce
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Abby
Scott Webster
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Aiken-Augusta Highway
Graniteville
Council Ready For
Council
ADPS
Pete Frommer
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