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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 2002
Page
2
A TALKBACK collage from Aiken residents covers complaints about Comcast cable service and access to playoff games, praise for local volunteers, concerns about city hall phone operations, drive through behavior, pot bellied pigs in swamps, and a request to improve public commentary while noting editorial norms.
In York during the 1969 race riots, a witness testified that then-Officer Charlie Robertson handed bullets to Rick Knouse, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder Lillie Belle Allen. The trial involves Robertson and two men tied to white gangs accused of ambushing Allen’s car.
Main events in Burnet town feature antique cars cotton candy Elvis hospitality and SC 421 during the Eighth Annual Horse Creek Midland Valley Sassafras Festival. Festivities start around 8 a.m. with stage shows clogging puppetry bluegrass boiled peanuts and antique tractors plus martial arts displays and Christian Wrestling Association shows. Organizers include Michelle Pardue Wanda Shedd Jimmy Wood and Charles Williams. Sassafras wood uses noted by US Forest Service.
James Brown faces a potential forced sale of his $400,000 Beech Island home and over 60 acres to satisfy a debt exceeding $914,000. SouthTrust Bank holds a $754,544.34 loan with legal action filed in Aiken County. Brown has 10 days to repay, or the property could be sold to cover the debt. His attorney Albert Dallas said negotiations are ongoing and optimistic.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office seeks Noel E. Gray, 32, of 1037 Cedar Street, on two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and criminal domestic violence from August and September 2002. Last seen Sept 30 outside his home. Gray is white, 5'11, 299 pounds, with tattoos on both arms. Tips to (800) 922-9709 or Crime Stoppers at (866) 88-CRIME for rewards up to $1000.
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