Armed robberies hit area hotels and stores in weekend spree
A woman tried to rob the Depot in Warrenville with a weapon bluff but fled after a brief moment. At the Holiday Inn on S C 19 north of Aiken a light skinned black man about 5 8 and 125 pounds demanded money with a revolver. In Lexington County Perry Smith faces a third trial for the Johnston Post Office shooting that killed one and injured another as Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Donnie Myers aims to seat a jury this afternoon for the murder case.
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Warrenville
S.C
Aiken
Holiday Inn
Perry Smith
Johnston
Lexington County
Eleventh Circuit
Donnie Myers
Smith
Charles McGee
Allen Thomas
Jackson Town Council Mulls Transfer of Town Funds
Jackson Town Council will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Town Hall 129 Charles St. for the regular monthly session with the first reading of an ordinance allowing a transfer of funds between town accounts.
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Jackson
Charles St
North Augusta Council to Review 1988 Budget Plan
North Augusta city leaders meet at 7 in the Municipal Building on East Buena Vista Avenue to study a revision of the proposed 1988 budget. Officials plan to discuss funding priorities and anticipated expenditures.
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North Augusta
East Buena Vista Ave
Aiken City Council to Swear In Three New Members and Mayor
Tonight at 7 30 p m the Aiken City Council will swear in three new council members and the mayor. The meeting will include the first reading of an ordinance creating an R-1H zoning district allowing horses by right in council chambers on the Municipal Building’s second floor at Park Avenue.
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Aiken
Park Avenue
Aiken Planning Commission weighs horse stabling permit request
The Aiken Planning Commission will discuss a conditional use permit for stabling horses on a 16 acre tract at a 3 p.m. Tuesday meeting in the Municipal Building council chambers. New Ellenton council holds regular meeting at 7 p.m. to review the 1988 town budget in Town Hall.
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Dibble Road
Aiken Planning Commission
Council Chambers
Park Avenue
New Ellenton
South Carolina Guardsmen Rebuild Ecuador Road in Andes
One hundred two members of Company C 122nd Engineering Battalion from Graniteville joined troops from 20 states in Operation Blazing Trails 87. They labored 15 days in Archidona, Ecuador, to carve a five kilometer mountain road amid rain, mud, and high altitude, living in tents and driving a long supply chain by helicopter or 15 mile dirt road.
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Graniteville
122Nd Engineering Battalion
South Carolina National Guard
Ecuador
Archidona
Andes
122Nd
Larry Ricks
New Ellenton
NCNB
Laurens Street
Aiken
Sgt. Ricks
Rio Hollin
Ricks
National Guard
Army Reserve
Graniteville Company
Batesburg
Saluda
John M. Griffith
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station
S.C. National Guard
James C
Nicky) Deas
Gerald Cockrell
North Augusta
Richard Langston
Bath
Terry Overstreet
Clearwater
Curtis Sims
Aiken County to Start Clerk Search This Week
The Administrative and Development Committees of the Aiken County Council move up November meetings to review resumes for a new county clerk as Yvonne Muns leaves November 15. The cutoff for applications is tomorrow at noon. More than 20 applications expected.
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Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Medwell Hill
End Of Revenue Sharing May Lead To More Taxes
South Carolina cities and towns warn that the end of federal revenue sharing will strain budgets next year. Officials cite depleted reserves and rising property taxes as municipalities cut services and delay capital spending to cover lost funds.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Orangeburg
L. Hugh Smith
Laurens
Julie Thomas
Forest Acres
Dan Mackey
Mackey
J. McDonald Wray
Municipal Association of South Carolina
Soul singer James Brown arrested in Beech Island
Aiken County deputies stopped Brown after his 1983 Ford van struck two cars at Todd’s Shop and Go. Brown, 54, could not provide van registration and resisted arrest while being cited for leaving the scene and resisting arrest. Bond set at 118 dollars and 10 thousand dollars, he was released Sunday morning.
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James Brown
Aiken County
Brown
Augusta
Sheriff’s Department
U.S. 278
Pine Log Road
Beech Island
Todd’s Shop
Aiken County Detention Center
Board reviews five year facilities plan at Aiken County meeting
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Educational Center board room to review the Five-Year Facilities Improvement Plan for 1988 92 and proposed 1992 93 projects including major renovations maintenance and air conditioning studies. The board will also read revisions to exchange student admission policy and consider Public Law 94 142 funding 747 424 along with several change orders at Belvedere North Augusta Byrd and related facilities. An executive session will follow to discuss student appeals legal matters and personnel.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Edgefield Ave
Belvedere
North Augusta
Byrd
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Kelly Greene
Griffith
Sgt
Msgt
Phillip H. Jones
Bryant Sanford
Sanford
Hightower
Rosemary English
Mim Woodring
Hill
English
Ray Garvin
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