Civil War Day at Cobb school sparks heated debate
At Big Shanty Intermediate in Cobb County Georgia Fifth graders dressed as Civil War figures prompting a parent to report a 10 year old classmate saying You are my slave cause for distress. Principal officials defend the activity as realistic but no student was required to dress in period attire and the matter heads to a school board meeting amid ongoing Confederate symbol controversy.
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Cennesaw
Georgia
Nat Fae
Kennesaw Mountain
Carvie da
Eny Son
Davis
Sehen Davis
John Stafford
Cobb County
Big Shanty Intermediate
Charlottesville
Virginia
Charleston
South Carolina
Funeral services and obituaries listed across multiple sites
Alfred Fleming and Langley Faye Nadine Woodward remembered in service at Hatcher Funeral Home chapel with burial at Sunset Memory Gardens. Robert Hunt and Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery honors planned. Carlton Shaw Sr and Milton Loman services at Folk Funeral Home Chapel and Mount Canaan Baptist Church. Walter Jones and Vincent Verbrick noted with services at Mt Anna Church and others in North Augusta and nearby towns.
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Alfred Fleming
Hatcher Funeral Home
Langley
Faye Nadine Woodward
Sunset Memory Gardens
Graniteville
Robert
Bob” Hunt
Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery
Anderson
Carlton Shaw Sr
Folk Funeral Home Chapel
Williston
Walter Jones
Pan
Mt. Anna Baptist Church
Vincent Paul Verbrick
Four Air Force members charged over church vandalism in South Carolina
Four airmen from Shaw Air Force Base face charges after spray painting satanic symbols on Salem Black River Presbyterian Church in Sumter County. Deputies released surveillance photos before arresting the suspects on accusations of trespassing vandalism and criminal conspiracy. damage totaled about 3000 dollars. The church, dating to eighteenth century, sits on the National Register of Historic Places and has ties to local legends of hauntings. The airmen, ages 18 to 20 from Texas Louisiana North Carolina and Maryland, remained in custody as investigators determine potential disciplinary actions.
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Mayesville
Air Force
South Carolina
Salem Black River Presbyterian Church
Sumter County
Ken Bell
Bell
For
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
Anthony Dennis
Kayla Ellerman
Ingleside
Texas
Clayre Savage
Port Barre
Louisiana
Daveton Green
Leeland
North Carolina
Branton Mane
Salem Back River
Emmanuel Ame
Charleston
Sling Pine
Ate Force
Alannah Saver
Rghter
Shaw
South Carolina man accused of enslaving disabled cafeteria worker
A Conway restaurant manager, Bobby Paul Beards, 52, is held without bond on federal charges of forced labor and abuse of John Christopher Smith, 38, who has cognitive impairment. From 2009 to 2014, Beards allegedly beat, choked, slapped, and forced Smith to work at JB Cafeteria, with a 2015 civil suit detailing repeated abuse and threats. The indictment was sealed and unsealed last week by a federal magistrate. Conway is near Myrtle Beach.
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Conway
South Carolina
Bobby Paul Beards
Edwards
John Christopher Smith
Smith
Edwards Weer
Fedical
Myrtle Beach
Clemson sun powered mobile clinic aids underserved areas
Clemson University unveils a 23 by 16 foot mobile health clinic powered by eight solar panels. The clinic serves Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, and Oconee counties and will expand to Spartanburg. It educates public health students while treating low income residents with services from screenings to vaccinations.
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Clemson
The
Sun
Clemson University
Logan McFall
Itnavi
Greenville News
Clemson Tiger
Joseph J. Sullivan
Paula Watt
Upstate
Watt
McFall
Auro
Greenville
Pickens
Anderton
Oconee
Spartanburg
Wart
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Rey
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Miller's Funeral Home
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Shellhouse
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Sone
Ville
Dechy
Vanier Funeral Home
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Dre
Bie
Peo
Aikenstandard
Corrie Davis
Turner
Big Shanty Elementary School
Kennesaw
Bruce Phillip Liebman Aiken
Bruce Phillip Liebman
Marshal
Hollis Liebman
Michael Liebman
Sons of Israel
Aiken
Leah Doberne-Schor
George Funeral Home
Parleave
Liebenan
George Funeral Homes
Milton Loman
Mount Canaan Baptist Church
Trenton
Jimmy Hewitt Jr
Sweetwater Church of God
North Augusta
Annie Lee Corley Miles
Zion Hill Misonary Baptist Church
Salley
Carolina Church
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