Bond set for Bathman in child murder case
Aiken County judge set a 100000 bond for Michael James Smith 31 after investigators showed pictures of 14 month old Victoria Cowart allegedly abused before dying Smith and the child's mother Rebecca Cowart 24 are jailed on homicide by child abuse charges Prosecutor Barbara Morgan said the injuries were severe and ongoing Smiths lawyer argued the family could only raise about 1200 toward a 12000 bond The two were arrested after a 911 call seeking medical help for the child who died at Aiken Regional Medical Centers potential sentences reach up to 20 years each
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Aiken County
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Rebecca Cowart
Ms. Cowart
Gary Clary
Barbara Morgan
Ms. Morgan
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Wallis Alves
Aiken
South Carolina eyes limits in video gambling plan
Senate and House conferees work toward a compromise to tax and regulate the $2.5 billion industry. Sen. Tom Moore says a plan could emerge by Friday with negotiations on jackpots, licensing, logs, alcohol, and casino bans. Operators push back as lawmakers seek tighter rules while the lobby grows louder at the Statehouse.
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Columbia
Tom Moore
North Augusta
House
Senate
South Carolina
Linda Bates
Gold Dust
Charleston
South Carolina Coin Operators Association
Volunteers keep hospice viable option
Diane Pierpoint, volunteer coordinator at Hitchcock Hospice, trains a class of 10 women, mostly without medical or social work backgrounds, in compassionate hospice care. She notes both men and women can volunteer and emphasizes the program offers palliative, psychological, social and spiritual support for patients with limited life expectancies.
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Ms. Pierpoint
Windham Named Top Older South Carolinian for year
Roland Windham former Aiken city manager was honored by the Regional Aging Advisory Committee of the Lower Savannah Council of Governments as Outstanding Older South Carolinian. He served 28 years as city manager and led Aiken Area Council on Aging activities including meals delivery and board leadership.
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Lower Savannah
Windham
Council On Aging
Rotary Club International
Rotary District
Loren Schneider
Roland Windham
Imogene Shumpert
Lawmaker aims to spotlight littering with public display bill
State Rep. Edith Martin Rodgers intends to move an anticlittering bill from the House Judiciary Committee to the House floor next January. The bill would allow local governments to hang litterers in public view to deter pollution.
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Edith Martin
Edie) Rodgers
R-Beaufort
House
Rodgers
Judiciary Committee
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