Funeral Services for Local Residents This Week
Services for Donald Charles Woodhouse at 4 p.m. Friday at Platt's Belair Road Chapel and for Gregory Paul Cabolt at noon at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Eddie D. Rushton Sr. has a 4 p.m. service Friday at Wagener Pentecostal Holiness Church. Joseph Jake L. Blackmon Jr. will be memorialized Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Windsor.
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Donald Charles Woodhouse
Platt’s
Belair Road
Gregory Paul Cabolt
Shellhouse Funeral Home
Eddie D. Rushton Sr
Wagener Pentecostal Holiness Church
Wagener
Joseph
Jake” L. Blackmon Jr
First Baptist Church of Windsor
Windsor
Haley Spars Over Absent Votes in South Carolina Senate
Nikki Haley criticizes Democratic rival Vincent Sheheen for missing a March Senate vote on a constitutional amendment to keep unions out of South Carolina. Sheheen defends secret ballot rights and notes Haley’s own absences from subcommittee meetings and Boeing incentives votes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Nikki Haley
Senate
Haley
Vincent Sheheen
Sheheen
Boeing
Columbia official charged in kickback scheme over city projects
Damon McDuffie, a Columbia Parks and Recreation Department employee, was indicted on two counts of solicitation and receipt of illegal payments from contractors. Prosecutors said kickbacks occurred from October 2006 through January this year tied to Riverfront Park bridge refurbishment. He faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fines per count. He has been suspended without pay.
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Columbia
Columbia Parks and Recreation Department
U.S
Bill Nettles
Damon McDuffie
McDuffie
Charleston area bases add almost five billion to economy
A study by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Center for Business Research finds military operations in the Charleston region inject nearly 5 billion dollars annually. It notes 22,000 active duty reserve and civilian personnel with a payroll of 840 million and 19 million in new construction plus 7 million in renovations in the federal year ending Sept. 30. Joint Base Charleston is the region’s largest employer with 20,172 workers.
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Charleston
Center For Business Research
Charleston Metro
Joint Base
Charleston Air Force Base
Naval Weapons Station
South Carolina Unveils New Secure Driver Licenses
Gov. Mark Sanford and DMV chief unveil upgraded licenses with vertical under 21 marker and holographic, micro text and UV features. Current licenses kept until expiry. five year $12.50 and ten year $25. ID card option $5. Rollout to all offices by Feb 1, 2011. Irma pilot period shows enhanced security.
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Columbia
South Carolina
DMV
Mark Sanford
Department of Motor Vehicles
Marcia Adams
Irma
Adams
Beth Parks
Parks
U.S
South Carolina GOP hopefuls clash over health care suit
In West Columbia Alan Wilson and Democrat Matthew Richardson spar over who should lead South Carolina’s challenge to President Obama’s health care package. Wilson argues the state must act, while Richardson warns against costly, partisan litigation and emphasizes federal court experience.
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GOP
Wilson
S.C
West Columbia
South Carolina
Barack Obama
Alan Wilson
Henry McMaster
Matthew Richardson
McMaster
Florida
Bill McCollum
Obama
Richardson
Democratic National Committee
DeMint Expands Reach as Tea Party Ally In Midterms
In South Carolina, Senator Jim DeMint uses a weak primary and a broad fund to back tea party candidates nationwide while keeping focus on SC voters. He has about 2.5 million on hand and spent 1.3 million aiding parties in Colorado Florida and Kentucky, with 4.4 million in his Senate Conservatives Fund.
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Columbia
Jim DeMint
U.S
DeMint
South Carolina
Greenville
Congress
White House
Senate
GOP
Charleston
Susan Gaddy
Senate Conservatives Fund Political Action Committee
Michael Castle
Colorado
Florida
Kentucky
Senator DeMint
Karen Floyd
Sth
Mick Mulvaney
John Spratt
Calvin Greene
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.C. Briefs
Haley Blasts
McCollum
U.S. Supreme Court
S.c’s DeMint
Winthrop University
Greene
Tom Clements
Green Party
Clements
Sherri Little
Audiology
Aiken
Igo
Phonak Hearing Instrumen
Hearing Associates of
Erire Well
Aikeen
Whiskey Key Road
Shellhouse Rivers Crematory
Shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com
Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc
Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home, Inc
Hayne Ave. Aiken
Pine Log Road
Bethany
Les Funeral Home
Ed Hatcher
Treye Sharpe
Jefferson Davis Highway
Langley
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