Drivers warned to take precautions over holiday
AAA Carolinas reports a Memorial Day weekend record 1.5 million Carolinians will travel as gas prices hit their lowest in over a decade. South Carolina stations show bargains around $2 a gallon, boosting trips to Charleston, Savannah, Orlando, Myrtle Beach, and Denver. The SC Highway Patrol launches 100 Deadly Days of Summer campaign Friday to boost safety on the busy roads.
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Atlanta
AAA
Carolinas
South Carolina
AAA Carolinas
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Tiffany Wright
Wright
Aiken County
Charleston Highway
Pine Log Road
GasBuddy.com
Charleston
Savannah
Orlando
Myrtle Beach
Denver
Colorado
S.C. Highway Patrol
Lance Cpl
Judd Jones
US to seek death penalty in Charleston church shooting case
The Justice Department will pursue the death penalty against Dylann Roof for the June 17 2015 Emanuel AME Church attack in Charleston. Roof faces federal hate crime charges and nine counts of murder in state court as prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty at trial next year.
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Washington, D.C
Justice Department
Dylann Roof
Charleston
Loretta Lynch
Lynch
Roof
Emanuel Ame
South Carolina
Scarlett
Rainy holiday outlook as tropical low may affect coast
Forecasters monitor a disturbed area near the Bahamas that could become a tropical or subtropical low this week. In Aiken the weekend looks sunny before the chance of rain rises, with possible breezy showers and rip currents along South Carolina beaches. Weather models show moisture may reach the Southeast coast.
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Bahamas
Dan Miller
National Weather Service
Columbia
Aiken
Miller
South Carolina
Area Deaths Highlight Local Residents
Lillian M. Moore of Williston, Gladys B. May of Aiken, and Dephine Hammond of Ridge Spring are reported among area deaths. Also listed is CSM Alvin J. Nidiffer of Pelion in the 6A death notices.
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Gladys B. May
Aiken
Dephine Hammond
Ridge Spring
CSM
Alvin J. Nidiffer
Pelion
Five Day Weather Forecast Highlights Sunny, Warm Week
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with highs around 88 and low temperatures near 62. A five day outlook shows continuing warmth with light winds and dry conditions. Contact information appears at the end.
Williston-Elko principal arrested after resignation
Williston-Elko High School former principal Joel McKeon Mitchell, of Graniteville, is charged with first degree assault and battery in connection with a 2015 incident at the school. A judge set a $10,000 bond after his resignation on May 17.
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Williston-Elko High School
Joel McKeon Mitchell
Wickham Drive
Graniteville
S.C
Mitchell
Blackville
Williston-Elko
Missoula Ashe
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