Evacuation at Walgreens in North Augusta After Bomb Scare
A drugstore in North Augusta, Walgreens at 1228 Knox Ave, was evacuated after a bomb scare just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday. North Augusta Public Safety officers searched the area and found nothing, allowing customers to return.
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Fossil Hunter Knight Shares South Carolina Finds
Knight traces two major shark tooth sites near Aiken County and recalls discovering Smilodon fossils at a Harleyville quarry. He plans books on Palmetto State sharks and general SC fossils while pursuing insect and Miocene-era finds in Spartanburg and Beaufort counties. Dede Biles reports.
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Two Columbia men dead in separate shootings
In Columbia two young men died in separate shootings. Nathaniel McKelvin III, 21, was killed at 700 Martha Street, with others wounded and hospitalized. Willie Gilmore, 21, died after a 2500 Bailey Street shooting. No arrests yet. CrimeStoppers urged. A second case in Walhalla left 46-year-old Charles Cantrell dead. 46-year-old Cantrell was killed at a Seneca area home. a meth lab was found at the scene and Joshua Randall Ferguson, 36, was arrested on murder and firearm charges.
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Lincoln not an angel yet among greatest presidents says scholar
Historian Schwartz offers a nuanced view of Lincoln, noting the era's political divides and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. He argues Lincoln aimed to preserve the Union and economic equality rather than social equality, while Maryland and other border states shaped wartime strategy.
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