Suspect in critical condition after siege ends
An armed man barricaded himself in a home on US 78 near Mont Morenci and Windsor for nearly five hours Tuesday after a domestic dispute. He fired at deputies and was shot dead by police. 51 year old Richard Durwood Chapman was wounded and hospitalized in critical condition. SWAT, armored units, and a robot assisted as traffic around Hathaway Bridge Road was detoured.
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Aiken Electric
County schools push SAT gains across district
Wagener-Salley High School led Aiken County with an 80 point SAT improvement while Silver Bluff and Ridge Spring Monetta also posted gains. Midland Valley fell 33 points and North Augusta and Aiken dipped. The district average held at 979 with the state at 951 and national norm 1017.
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Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Gayle Gulick
South Airicn High
Beverly Clyburn
South Carolina Education Spending Falls Near Bottom
South Carolina averages 30.4 percent of state expenditures for education, about $3.9 billion, in a Census Bureau report. National education spending totals $276 billion or 30.9 percent. The state also ranked last in average SAT scores among the Southern Regional Education Board states.
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Death notices from Graniteville and nearby towns
Obituaries list Lila Renew New of Graniteville Ada Swann of Cool Spring and N H Kenneth Whaley Jr of Williston plus Mary Thomas of North Augusta. Public notices appear on page 2B with bereavement and funeral details.
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Graniteville
Ada Swann
Cool Spring
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H. Kenneth Whaley Jr
Williston
Mary Thomas
North Augusta
Georgia Lottery Draws Reported For Tuesday Wins
The Georgia lottery results list Cash 3 Midday 0 02 Cash 3 Evening 01 08 Fantasy 7 10 19 22 20 The Big Game 923 2097 44 Big Money Ball 24.
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Earl strengthens as forecasts shift landfall away from Louisiana
Tropical Storm Earl grew into a potential threat along the Gulf Coast prompting evacuations and warnings across Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama. Forecasters warned of possible explosive intensification while a hurricane watch stretched from Florida to Texas. Evacuees packed a Belle Chasse gym amid a state of emergency declared by Governor Foster as surge fears and shifting forecasts lingered.
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Earl
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Gulf
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Dick Gremillon
Calcasieu Parish
Barrier Islands
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Belle Chasse
Alvin
Pat Quisenberry
Wall Street recovery fuels Asian stock gains across markets
Wall Street’s dramatic U turn from massive losses to gains lifted Asia’s markets with the Nikkei inching up 0.72 percent in morning trading before finishing virtually flat at 14,376.62. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 4.2 percent to 7,858.67, Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.55 percent, and London’s FTSE advanced, as investors bet on a rebound after Dow Jones’ 288.36 point surge.
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