Six charged in drug sweep across six agencies
Six people were charged Thursday with drug offenses in a coordinated sweep by six state and local agencies. Among those charged were Wilbur Calhoun Jr and Helen Calhoun also known as Diane Coleman both of Graniteville, Sammy Bowman of Aiken, Andrew Wilson of Aiken, Jeffrey Anderson of Graniteville, and Wilmer Coleman of Graniteville. Additional warrants are pending and arrests were carried out in the New Hope area.
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Wilbur Calhoun Jr
Brook St
Graniteville
Helen Calhoun
Diane Coleman
Sammy David Bowman
Redd St
Aiken
Andrew Vincent Wilson
Route 7
Jeffrey Anderson
Seastrunk St
Wilmer Coleman
Elbert St
Larry Stewart
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken County Sheriff’s Department
North Augusta Public Safety Department
State Highway Patrol
S.C
Duke and UNC among nation’s top universities survey says
A U S News & World Report survey ranks Duke seventh and UNC tied for eleventh among national universities. Wake Forest tops the South and border states among comprehensive schools. UNC Charlotte slides to ninth in its category. East Carolina and Appalachian State drop out of the Top 10. Davidson College sits at 15th among liberal arts colleges.
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Columbia
Duke
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
U.S. News & World Report
UNC
New York
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Unc-Charlotte
East Carolina
Appalachian State
Davidson College
Inmates Install Outgoing Collect Call Phones
Greensboro AP Guilford County Jail adds 22 telephones for inmates to place only outgoing collect calls. Sheriff Maj. Ed Pons says the system prevents fraudulent harassing or obscene calls and local numbers are affected.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Ed Pons
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Murder Case
Willie Edward Franklin, age 20, found guilty of murder in the July 13 burglary that left Holiday Inn night clerk Leroy Daniel Moore dead. Sentenced to life for murder plus 10 and 15 year terms on larceny and second degree burglary. Rodney Franklin, Willie’s brother, is already serving life after a prior guilty plea.
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Willie Edward Franklin
Franklin
Wayne Huff
Aiken County
Huff
Willie Franklin
Moore
Gerald Smith
Smith
Brisk Weather Welcomes USC Aiken Oktoberfest
USC Aiken hosted its seventh annual Oktoberfest at J H Satcher Field drawing about 650 attendees. The event offered smoked sausage sauerkraut Bavarian baked apples and beer or cola with souvenir mugs and Tyrolean caps. The Goorman Sauerkraut Band from Charlotte NC played German tunes including the Beer Barrel Polka and Sauer Kraut Boogie while guests danced.
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USC Aiken
J.H. Satcher Field
Goorman Sauerkraut Band
Charlotte
N.C
Exeter subdivision approved by Aiken County Planning Commission
The Aiken County Planning Commission granted final approval for the Exeter subdivision including the Citadel Drive extension after finding no changes since February. The vote was contingent on the developer's $210,000 performance guarantee and county septic and water standards handling. Residents opposed cite traffic and neighborhood impact. one speaker warned of logging trucks and selling lots without final septic approvals.
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Citadel Drive
Exeter
Aiken County
Biddle
Philip D. England
Banks Mill Road
Exeter Subdivision
College Acres
Clifton Anderson
Whiskey Road
Payxott
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
United Way campaign nets over one million at SRP
At the Savannah River Plant campaign organizers pursued education over incentives and neared a $1 million total as employees learned how United Way agencies aid the community. About 150 workers toured agencies, inspiring donations from staff including Rick Baab who cited urgent community needs.
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United Way
Savannah River
SRP
Brent Rankin
Rankin
du Pont
Rick Baab
Savannah River Laboratory
County United Way Reaches 90 Percent
United Way of Aiken County reports total contributions of $989,666 toward a $1.1 million goal, with divisions like Industrial I at 100.1 percent and Industrial II at 102.5 percent. Meeting highlights include business campaigns for Georgia-Pacific, Bi Lo, Savannah River Plant Credit Union, Pepperidge Farm, and Graniteville Co with varied progress.
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United Way of
Aiken County
Industrial I
Dan Lloyd
Angela Crosby
Industrial II
Brent Rankin
Joanne Greer
Etta Findley
Roger LeDuc
Becky Robbins
Pete Sampson
United Way
Georgia-Pacific
U.S
Scott Engel
Bi-Lo
Pine Log Road
Alexis Harris
Savannah River
Savannah River Plant Credit Union
Vicki Griswold
Linda Benson
Pepperidge Farm
Sharon O’neil-Lehner
Graniteville Co
Jack McCoy
Aiken DSS Board operated with limited membership gaps
The Aiken County Department of Social Services board functioned with fewer than full membership from 1985 to 1987, dropping from five to three members after deaths, and even meeting without a quorum in 1985 and 1986. The expansion to seven in 1986 later shifted dynamics amid investigations into local child protection failures.
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Aiken County Department of Social Services Board
Lonnie Lott
Lee Barnes
Chuck Jones
Libby Bland
Thomas Boyd
Orlene Thomas
Abbie Lee Watson
Richard Sumpter
Beverly Clyburn
Thomas L. Moore
C Clearwater
Sen. Moore
S.C. Law Enforcement Division
State Department of Social Services
Aiken County
Aiken County Department of Social Services
Watson, Sumpter
Clyburn
DSS Child Protective Service
Sammy Jordan
DSS
Richard T. Poore
James L. Solomon
Poore
Watson
Richard Gergel
Columbia
Anderson
Orangeburg
Newberry
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University
Landscape Workshop
Clemson University Extension Service
Business and Technology Center
Martintown Road
North Augusta
By Scott Webster
Usca
Commission
Aiken Dss Board
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