Standoff at Lee Correctional ends with hostages freed
In Bishopville a nearly 13 hour siege at Lee Correctional Institution ended as two female Corrections Department workers were released unharmed and two inmates Wesley Floyd and John New were captured. The inmates faced charges of two counts of hostage taking and one weapon count.
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Bishopville
Lee Correctional Institution
Corrections Department
John Barkley
Barkley
Wesley Floyd
John New
Kirkland Correctional Institution
Columbia
Family reunion echoes flag dispute in South Carolina
About 100 members of the Aiken family gathered in the Lowcountry for a Labor Day reunion in Charleston while protesting the Confederate flag over the State House in Columbia. Family matriarch Elsie Jones hosted 16 relatives at her Ladson home to avoid hotel costs, recalling racist memories from segregated schools and buses. Flag supporters frame it as Southern heritage, while Jones calls it a symbol of ongoing racism.
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Charleston
Aiken
Statehouse
Columbia
Elsie Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
Jones
Ladson
Monitors help keep North Augusta High School safe
Newly hired safety monitors Marcus Moore and Michelle Green patrol North Augusta High School to control access and maintain order with walkie talkies and school resource officer support. They monitor for small violations like skipping class or smoking and work to prevent larger issues such as drugs or violence.
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Aiken County
Marcus Moore
Michelle Green
North Augusta High School
Moore
Ms. Green
Rosie Berry
Just the Facts helps Aiken merchants pick ads
ADDA presented Just the Facts a program to assist merchants in advertising decisions. The session drew media figures and downtown business people to discuss targeting the southside promoting downtown as a day trip and weekend destination and boosting awareness through cooperative ads. Neil Farfour urged promoting service oriented businesses, Dee Mink highlighted the Standard's support, Kent Dunn noted Beasley Broad.
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Aiken
ADDA
Sam Erb
Neil Farfour
The
Dee Mink
Aiken Standard
Kent Dunn
Beasley Broad
Classifieds and Comics Briefs For Readers Today
A compact page features classifieds, comics, crossword clues and short items from Dear Abby movies opinions and television. Readers find listings and light entertainment notes packed with timely notices and hints of pop culture.
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Abby
Y2K date bug headlines Sept 9 and 99-99 warnings
Banks and tech staff warn of potential Y2K glitches as dates like 9-9-99 approach. L. Steven Lineberry of People's Community Bank and Kathy Hatcher of Westinghouse site discuss legacy systems and testing to prevent failures when year 99 rolls to 00.
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L. Steven Lineberry
People’s Community Bank
Aiken County
Whiskey Road
Lineberry
Kathy Hatcher
Westinghouse
Savannah River
Y2K Crisis Drill Tested at Savannah River Site
A Savannah River Site team runs an 8 to 11 p m Y2K communication drill to test crisis lines and readiness for a worst case scenario. Post drill a report will be written, with October evaluation and December changes planned.
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Savannah River
Kathy Hatcher
Westinghouse
Ms. Hatcher
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