Tax funds for small towns earmarked for multiple Mill projects
Towns including Jackson New Ellenton and New Ellenton plan to use county sales tax allotments instead of loans. Projects range from municipal complex renovations and park improvements to fire trucks and library relocations, with funding expected within six months and November timelines cited by officials.
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Sutherland
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Tractors draw crowds at Western Carolina State Fair display
Visitors at the Western Carolina State Fair show strong interest in old John Deeres and Cockshutt tractors. Exhibitors Moe Terry and Luc Goddard highlight rare models and runs of a 1937 John Deere A. organizers plan a bigger next year with school programs as attendance rises for rodeo and bull riding events.
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Asheville
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Discovery of prehistoric dwarf skeleton reshapes human evolution
Scientists report a 3 foot tall adult female skeleton found in a remote Indonesian cave dating about 18 000 years old. The specimen suggests a dwarf human species closely related to Homo sapiens and challenges the view that humans alone evolved in Africa. The discovery implies recent evolution was more complex and could rewrite the history of how we came to be.
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Missing teens prompt campus search and concern
Two teenagers are missing and a search is underway after they were last seen on campus Tuesday morning and did not attend class. Aiken Public Safety urges anyone with information to call 642-7662, as parents express worry.
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Aiken Public Safety
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