Voters scramble as precincts shuffle for Aiken GOP primary
Voting began with minor chaos as precincts 1 6 met at the Aiken Conference Center while 47 20 60 52 used the Odell Weeks Center, part of a precinct consolidation for Council Seat 3 between Karen Papouchado and Don Sprawls, forcing voters like the Locklears to reroute.
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Aiken Conference Center
Odell Weeks Center
Whiskey Road
Karen Papouchado
Don Sprawls
Fermata
Tina Lockear
Odell Weeks
E.J
Locklears
Fermata Club
Coastal residents urged to evacuate as Floyd nears coast
South Carolina Governor Hodges ordered a noon mandatory evacuation for Beaufort Jasper Colleton Charleston Berkeley Georgetown and Horry counties to open shelters and position National Guardsmen. Charleston Mayor Riley urged full city evacuation as Floyd eyed the eyewall. Red Cross activated 96 shelters statewide amid forecasts of landfall late Wednesday and lingering threats of flooding and wind.
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South Carolina
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Horry
Charleston
Joseph P Riley Jr
Riley
North Charleston
Keith Summey
Summey
Floyd
National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service
Florida
Little River Inlet
Miami
American Red Cross
Bill Bartlett
Aiken Readies as Floyd Threatens South Carolina Coast
As Hurricane Floyd nears, Aiken prepares to shelter coastal evacuees. National Guard detachment from Graniteville mobilized thirty soldiers to the coast. Local hospitals, schools, and districts stand by to receive patients and host emergency shelters at South Aiken High, Kennedy Middle, and Millbrook Elementary.
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Beaufort
Bill Gallman
Aiken County
Ken Cross
South Aiken High
Kennedy Middle
Millbrook
Gallman
Thurmond health concern tests Hodges caretaker pledge
In Columbia Jim Hodges faces scrutiny over a campaign pledge to appoint a caretaker if U S Senator Strom Thurmond cannot finish his term. Analysts say pressure to pick a candidate with an election head start could be high, while few expect major backlash for breaking the promise. Thurmond hospitalized over the weekend.
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U.S
Strom Thurmond
Hodges
Snam
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Aiken inmate dies at ARMC during awaiting trial
A 24 year old prisoner from Ridge Spring died at Aiken Regional Medical Centers after being pronounced dead at 6 14 pm Monday. Shawn Michael Roccia 25 of Clayton Road in Ridge Spring was identified as the deceased. Coroner Sue Townsend said no obvious signs of foul play. An autopsy is planned for Wednesday. Roccia had faced reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident charges in a Halloween 1998 pedestrian death and was awaiting trial.
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Clayton Road
Ridge Spring
Aiken County Coroneer
Sue Townsend
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Townsend
Roccia
David Hayward
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