Aiken County Public Service Authority Sets 6 P M Meeting
The Aiken County Public Service Authority will hold a special meeting tonight at 6 p.m. agenda items include adoption of the expansion plan and the 1987 facilities update plan. The expansion plan appears on tomorrow nights County Council agenda. A single member district Board of Education election is set for tomorrow with nine districts. thirteen filed for eight districts and write-in bids are noted for District 8. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Aiken County Public Service Authority
Aiken County Council
Aiken County
Larry Murphy
Franklin Branch
Storm
Ex-officer Wade Sheffield faces death penalty in multiple state murders
The state plans to seek the death penalty this week in the trial of former law officer Wade Sheffield charged with the murder and armed robbery of Virginia couple Richard and Rita Ahlers, both 65, found shot in a Yemassee motel room May 29. Sheffield was arrested June 29 at an Augusta Holiday Inn after a maid was stabbed at a North Augusta motel. He is also charged in Georgia with a June 5 shooting death of a 65-year-old Florida man at a motel off I-75 and in Louisiana with an attempted murder at a West Monroe motel off I-20.
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Wade Sheffield
Virginia
Sheffield
Augusta
North Augusta
Richard
Rita Ahlers
Yemassee
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Bossier City
West
Monroe
Truck Found Burned At Swimming Hole Near Clearwater
A stolen truck was found burning at The Dredges swimming hole on Storm Branch Road near Clearwater. Volunteer firefighters fought the blaze. the truck was a total loss. A license tag tied the vehicle to an Aiken woman who said she did not know it was missing until contacted by authorities.
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Clearwater
Aiken County
Storm Branch
Aiken
Harlem deputy charged after double fatal crash in Georgia
Carol W West 45 of North Augusta and Kirby L Marshall 23 of Thomson Ga died in a two car crash at Georgia 47 and 223 near Harlem Ga at about 1230 am. West was a Harlem police dispatcher and former officer. Robert Lazenby 32 of Thomson drove the second car and was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide in the first degree driving under the influence failure to stop at a stop sign and no proof of insurance.
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Carol W. West
Delaughter Drive
North Augusta
Harlem
West
Harlem Police Department
Kirby L. Marshall
Thomson
Georgia 47
Georgia 223
John Barreras
Greg Brown
Columbia County Sheriff's Department
Marshall
Robert Lazenby
Route 4
Lazenby
Former Jackson officer Van Ray Jr held after disturbance
Former Jackson police officer Van J. Ray Jr was taken into custody about 4 p.m. Sunday after a brief disturbance on S C 19 south in Aiken. The arrest was made by a joint detail from Aiken Public Safety, Aiken County Sheriff's Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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Jackson
van J. Ray Jr
S.C. 19 South
Aiken
Aiken Public Safety Department
Aiken County
Council To Receive Bids For New DSS Building
Aiken County Council will review bid proposals for the Department of Social Services building at the upcoming meeting. Bids range from 1.317 million to 1.449 million with 22 packages mailed and four responses. The Administrative Committee meets earlier to discuss privatization and library funding.
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Department of Social Services
Aiken County
Moose Construction Co
Newberry
R.D. Brown Contractors
North Augusta
DSS
Aiken
Berlin Native Prepares To Show Her Art
Berlin native Christina Amos brings pen and ink drawings and watercolors to Aiken's Makin' festival. She moved from Baton Rouge to join 264 artists, displaying works in Park Avenue in front of Market Place. The 11th annual event runs Friday and Saturday with shows 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., plus entertainment 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and a Saturday street dance 8 p.m. to midnight.
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Berlin
Barber Amos
Germany
St. Mary Help of Christians Church
Aiken
Baton Rouge
Park Ave. S.E
Amos
Park Avenue
Market Place
Federal Courthouse
C&s Bank
Shooting Incidents Mark Weekend On County Roads
Multiple firearm related incidents along county roads over the weekend included a pursuit on S C 39 near I 20, a shotgun fired at a car, and threats with a pistol as a couple and a driver followed from Lexington County to Wagener. A Batesburg man faces assault with attempt to kill charges with an arraignment set.
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Los Angeles
Aiken County
Hollywood
Lexington County
Batesburg
Lonnie McCarthy
William H. Barnes
Barnes
S.C. 39
Interstate 20
Monetta
Wagener
Officials intensify push to eradicate lethal witchweed in Carolinas
In Greenville, state and federal agencies lift efforts to eradicate witchweed a parasitic weed threatening corn sorghum and sugarcane. The USDA funds 4.7 million this year for South and North Carolina control plus enhanced surveillance and quarantines to prevent spread. Experts warn budget cuts could shift costs to states and delay elimination.
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Greenville
Carolinas
United States
South Carolina
North Carolina
Jack Jackson
Clemson University
Africa
India
Clemson University Agronomist
Billy J. Gossett
South Carol
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jackson
Midwest
Hollings Faces Civil Rights Pressure Over Bork Support
South Carolina civil rights leaders warn U S Senator Hollings may lose black support if he backs Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. The SC NAACP and other groups say a Bork vote would harm black interests, while figures from NOW and AFL CIO voice mixed reactions and potential shifts in backing.
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Hollings
Bork
Washington
South Carolina
U.S
Ernest Hollings
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Bork
Nelson Rivers
NAACP
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Urg
Nancy Moore
Spartanburg
National Organization For Women
Randy Kiser
Afl-Cio
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PSA
Council
Willar Hightower
Gene Lockhart
Library Board of Trustees
Mike Hosang
Steve Virgo
Virgo Gambill and Rhoades
Betsy Bistroph
Davis
Floyd
Greenwood
Hammie Chaplin
Horse Creek
County Council
Richland Ave
By Scott Webster
H. Odell Weeks
James Cook
Henry Middleton
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Christina Johanningmeier
William Gibson
Columbia
Gibson
Naacp National Board of Directors
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