Statewide votes falter as bills fail in committee
South Carolina lawmakers debate flag fate, affirmative action, deregulation, hate crimes, hazing, and education accountability. Several measures die in committee with mentions of Sen. Glenn McConnell Rep. Hunter Limbaugh Rep. Doug Smith and Attorney General Charles Condon. House and Senate efforts stall as leaders push study commissions and await reports.
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Glenn McConnell
Charleston
Hunter Limbaugh
James Clyburn
South Carolina
Limbaugh
Florence
Doug Smith
Smith
Spartanburg
Senate
South
GOP
Charles Condon
Joe Wilson
West Columbia
House
Citadel Military College
Citadel
Lynn Seithel
South Carolina Education Association
Beasley
Bobby Harrell
Republican
Driver veers off road crashes into oncoming van
A lone driver in a three vehicle crash ran off the road and collided with an oncoming van carrying a woman and child. The van struck the cars passenger side. Rescue crews and wrecker teams blocked the highway for about three hours to clear debris.
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Collins
Hopelands hosts Spring at Hopelands garden event
Volunteers from garden clubs service groups and local businesses organized Spring at Hopelands at the Dupree Street and Whiskey Road gardens. John Philip Sousa performs at 7 p.m. on the Performing Arts Stage while visitors enjoy garlands floral displays and rustic swings across the park today 12:30 to 7 p.m. and Monday 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event is free with sponsors including Aiken Garden Club Council Friends of Hopelands Rye Patch and city departments.
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John Philip Sousa
Hopelands
Brenda L. Hughes
Pring
Dupree Street
Whiskey Road
Sponsors
The
Aiken Garden Club Council
Friends of Hopelands and Rye Patch
City of Aiken Department of Parks and Recreation
City of Aiken Department of Public Works
City of Aiken Department of Public Safety
Co-op members push back against private power push
Ms Busch Johnson pledges unity in a tense meeting as members rebuke outsiders. Graham Green warn against deregulation plans aimed at luring large customers from rural South Carolina, arguing small customers would pay higher costs.
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Iled
Ms. Busch-Johnson
Graham
Green
South Carolina
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative
Columbia Television
Stooksbury
California
Aiken Cooperative
Catawbas announce second bingo parlor in Rock Hill
The Catawba Indians plan a 3 000 seat bingo hall in Rock Hill Mall costing 3.5 million dollars with expected first year revenue of 12.9 million. The project follows an earlier North Myrtle Beach site as part of two high stakes parlors permitted after land settlement.
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Catawbas
Rock Hill
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
York
Lancaster
Chester
North Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand
Tribe
Gordon Hirsch
Connie Wade
Chester elects first Black mayor as court upholds win
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Chester mayor Chris King’s 1995 election victory over Mitch Foster by 62 votes, reversing a ruling of fraud. NAACP leader George Guy urged confidence in the courts, while some white residents warned of deepening race tensions and fears of fired officials.
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Chester
Chris King
King
State Supreme Court
Mitch Foster
Chester Naacp Pres
George
Bunny
Guy
Terry Cameron
Cameron
Foster
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Don Rushing
Four Carver Junior High Students Charged Over Gun at School
Four Spartanburg Carver Junior High students ages 13 to 15 were arrested after a loaded .22 revolver and four bullets were hidden in book bags for weeks. Police say a 13-year-old started the dispute over a girl and the group planned to shoot another student but were stopped when a parent found the gun. They face charges under the pistol act and safe schools act. one boy also faces assault charges. They will appear in family court on Tuesday.
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Spartanburg
Carver
Columbia
Mike Morrow
Morrow
Ommend
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Reed & Barton
America
Eureka Manufacturing Company
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Augusta
Penny W‘orth
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