Aiken County students exceed state SAT average
Aiken County tests surpass South Carolina averages with SATs of 433 versus 390 county and 378 statewide. Dr. James I Green notes a rising trend in other tests and attributes improvements to more students and better access to college funding. Dr. Robert Sanders cites test scores as a potential proxy for college success. State superintendent Cyril Busbee calls results evidence of improving student performance.
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Aiken County
James I. Green
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Robert Sanders
Cyril B. Busbee
Five Amendments Approved in South Carolina Election
In Columbia AP report, voters approved a 5 percent reserve fund amendment amid 166 095 to 150 705, after earlier counts showed defeat. Also approved a divorce law amendment allowing divorce after one year of continuous separation, by 255 991 to 90 380. Proponents framed the reserve as emergency savings. opponents called it a slush fund.
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Taxpayers Coalition
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House
Murder Trial Delayed in Cayce Slayings
Ronald Francis Smart faces four murder charges plus robbery in the deaths of Seldon Myers Robert Baxley Doris Derrick and James Harmon in Cayce last August. The trial was delayed as the solicitor appeals a ruling on voir dire and the state's file‑turnover to the defense. Awaiting Supreme Court action could push the start to January or delay four to five more months.
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Donnie V. Myers
Seldon Myers
Robert Hardy Baxley
Doris Derrick
James Harmon
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