State weighs jail stay over locking fault in Aiken wing
A South Carolina corrections official signaled the Aiken County Jail will likely remain open if county leaders show good faith in fixing faulty cell locks in the new wing. An on site inspection is planned as the county struggles with post deadline repairs and a payment hold.
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S.C. Department of Corrections
Aiken
Blake Taylor
Department of Corrections
Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Graniteville Store Fire Called Arson
Graniteville police report a 5 to 4 foot roof blaze at the Newtown Pump-n-Shop on South Carolina 33 with a fire bomb. Damage about 2000 dollars. Firefighters arrived quickly and investigators from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department and local police are probing the arson incident.
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Graniteville
Newtown
Graniteville Police
S.C. 33
Eagle Street
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Phil Napier
G.L. Williams
Matt Canady
Napier
Aiken County
City To Consider Bonds Sale
Aiken City Council plans first reading of an ordinance to issue and sell 3.3 million dollars in water and sewer revenue bonds. Funds would finance sewer work at the Aiken Venrenes Industrial Park and Mason Branch reservoir matching projects as well as 1 million gallons of capacity for the Horse Creek Valley facility.
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Aiken City
Park Ave
Aiken-Verenes
Mason Branch
Horse Creek Valley
Public Safety Department
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Roland H. Windham
Lawmaker Teases AG Medlock At Meeting
Sen. Tommy Moore teased Attorney General Travis Medlock after a legislative delegation meeting about the Savannah River Plant lawsuit. Medlock wondered if the joke involved a deep water testing site near the L-Reactor.
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Tommy Moore
Travis Medlock
Moore
Medlock
Savannah River
Plans Uncertain for Monday Protest at Savannah River Plant
A federal injunction against a planned Monday blockade at the Savannah River Plant does not deter Saturday rally organizers who plan a 2 PM protest at a site approved by Energy Department officials. Attorneys plan a 4th Circuit appeal and await transcript, while Monday action hinges on the appellate ruling.
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Columbia
Savannah River Plant
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Brett Bursey
Natural Guard
Bursey
U.S. Department of Energy
Aiken County
USC Aiken bids opened for Etherredge Center with 3.98 million low bid
Aiken bid opening announced H G Reynolds Construction of Trenton as low bidder at 3 979 124 for the Etherredge Center at USC Aiken. Cleckley and McGee of Orangeburg and Powers Construction of Florence offered higher bids. State fund compliance checks loom before awarding the contract.
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Usc Aiken
H.G. Reynolds Construction
Trenton
Cleckley and McGee
Orangeburg
Powers
Florence
County Candidates Spend Below Average in 1982 Race
Dr. Robert E. Botsch of USC Aiken analyzed 1982 House races showing that special interest groups dominated campaign finance. Judson Busbee led Aiken County’s delegation in contributions, suggesting money may have reduced candidate competition.
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Judson Busbee
Aiken County
S.C. House
Robert E. Botsch
Usc-Aiken
Botsch Per
Botsch
Second Man Charged In Aiken Man's Death
Jackson man Anthony Lee Johnson, 22, was arrested at his home and charged in the 1982 death of William Richard Holley near New Ellenton. Sheriff Gunnells said a prior warrant named Willie James Dunbar, 31, who is held in Columbia for housebreaking. Holley was found dead in his wrecked car at Zion Fields Church cemetery after an alleged sighting of two men at a utility shed.
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Jackson
William Richard Holley
Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Anthony Lee Johnson
Willie James Dunbar
Aiken
Dunbar
Kirkland
Central Correctional Institute
Columbia
Gunnells
Holley
Joe Hamilton
Talatha Road
New Ellenton
Box 100
Zion Fields Church
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Lewis Pitts
USC- Aiken
Fine Arts Center
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Don Feglier
Alexander Moormann & Feglier Architects
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USCA
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