Stolen Batteries and Electronics Hit University Parkway Lot
The Aiken Department of Public Safety reports items stolen from a business on University Parkway during the Thursday Friday overnight hours totaling 5120. Electronics worth 1400 and $50 in CDs were taken from Richland Avenue parking lot. About 500 in property damage is noted.
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Trenton
Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting tied to drug deal
Christopher Bullard, 21, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the August 1999 killing of Kai Anthony Hamilton during a failed drug deal. Terry Beylette, 20, also pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and drew 30 years. James Orvin, 48, awaits trial on related charges.
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Christopher Bullard
Kai Anthony Hamilton
Terry Beylette
North Charleston
James Orvin
Tuition rises for three South Carolina colleges in 2002
In Myrtle Beach area, Horry County's two colleges and Coastal Carolina University plan tuition hikes to offset state budget cuts. Georgetown Technical College faces about a 9 percent reduction and fewer hires, while Coastal Carolina warns of possible double digit increases after a $960,000 shortfall in 2001-02.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Horry County
South Carolina
Horry
Georgetown Technical College
Coastal Carolina University
Harry-Georgetown Technical
Sana
Neyle Wilson
Coastal Carolina
Ron Ingle
Ingle
Coastal
Budget strain hits Horry County colleges and state tech
Horry County four year colleges face an overall $28.1 million cut across South Carolina. Ingle expects 6 percent fall enrollment plus 15 percent growth in two years while state appropriations fall nine percent. Horry Georgetown Technical College saw a 16 percent spring enrollment rise. Tuition to max $891 per semester for Horry and Georgetown residents, up $41 from 2001, with a likely further increase planned by the Area Commission. The state technical college system loses $9 million in the budget.
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Ingle
Horry Georgetown Technical
Dou
Wilson
Area Commission
Horry
Georgetown County
Commission
Shrimpers face 30 day ban amid leatherback deaths
The National Marine Fisheries Service orders a 30 day ban on night trawling and requires turtle excluder devices for shrimp boats from Cape Fear North Carolina to near St. Augustine Florida after mass leatherback turtle deaths in Georgia. Coast Guard support aims to stop night trawling and ensure devices with large openings free leatherbacks up to seven feet long.
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Charleston
Georgia
National Marine Fisheries Service
Cape Fear
N.C
St. Augustine
Chris Smith
Smith
Coast Guard
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