Columba cabbie assault leads to charges against two men
Two Clarendon County men Jaquan Kennedy and Jose Santiago, both 18, face armed robbery and kidnapping charges in a case involving a Columbia cab driver. Kennedy is charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct and Santiago with conspiracy to commit criminal sexual conduct. Police say the driver, 22, picked them up in Five Points around 2 am and was driven to Alcola.
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Alcola
Clarendon County
Columbia
Jaquan Kennedy
Jose Santiago
Kennedy
Santiago
Jackie Blackwell
Five Points
Sheriff rebuffs calls for resignation in Sumter
Sumter County Sheriff Tommy Mims rejects calls from the Sumter NAACP for him to resign over his handling of a racist videotape. He fired Captain Glenn Harrell and says he will dismiss Deputy Sammy Harrell upon return from sick leave, while planning to run for re election next year. The story also notes a separate film project for NightJohn Films Inc in Sumter.
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Sumter
Sumter County
Sherif
Tommy Mims
NAACP
Mims
Glenn Harrell
Sammy Harrell
Carl Holmes
UMTER
Amagetor
NightJohn Films Inc
Anne McCaffrey
NightJohn
Statewide dropout rate holds steady at 3 percent in SC
The South Carolina Education Department reports a state average dropout rate of 3 percent for last year. Aiken County shows 3.8 percent, higher than the state average, though officials note earlier figures from 1992-93 were as high as 4.9 percent. Local data, citing 2.1 percent, suggests discrepancies in apples-to-apples comparisons.
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South Carolina
State
Aiken County
Palmetto
James I. Green
Green
State Department of Edu
Barbara Nielsen
Aiken
State Education Department
Westinghouse leads lone bid in SRS five year contract
DOE received only one proposal for the Savannah River Site management contract valued at six billion dollars. Westinghouse Savannah River Co. heads a bid team with Bechtel BNFL and Babcock Wilcox, as WSRC has run SRS since 1989. The bid process followed a DOE push to boost competition and cost efficiency in weapons complex contracts.
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Department of Energy
Savannah River
Westinghouse
Jim Giusti
DOE
SRS
Savannah River Co
Home Jail Time Pilot in Aiken County Delayed
Aiken County plans to release 15 nonviolent prisoners to home confinement starting January under an electronic monitoring program. Bracelets will trace activity, costing about 30 000 dollars annually and freeing cells at the Detention Center, potentially saving over 100 000 dollars yearly. ACTAC formed to push tech in government and education.
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Aiken County
Bill Shepherd
Marilyn Pounds Caribbean With 75 MPH Winds
Press SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Hurricane Marilyn barreled toward Barbados at 75 mph with fierce rains threatening six Caribbean islands. A hurricane watch may be issued for U S and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as forecasters warn of flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Marilyn
Barbados
Caribbean
St. Lucia
Martinique
Dominica
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
National Hurricane Center
Miami
U.S
Brush Virgin Islands
Center
Max Mayfield
Leeward Islands
Luis
Mayfield
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Abby
Lisa Hall
Kenzie
Roddie Burris
Aiken Municipal Conference Center
Technology Advancement Committee
Lie
Linda B. Eldridge
Dennis Merrell
York Technical College
Rock Hill
Merrell
ACTAC
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