Sanford appoints interim as chief
Governor Mark Sanford named Hugh Weathers a 48 year old dairy farmer as interim agriculture commissioner while Charles Sharpe faces federal charges. Weathers runs a 650 cow dairy and bulk milk delivery serving 30 SC dairies, with no prior political office.
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Mark Sanford
Hugh Weathers
Sanford
Weathers
Charles Sharpe
Sharpe
South Carolina Gameson
Sanford Management Association
South Carolina
Weathers Trucking Inc
Agricul
County considers jail control shift after NIC praise
Aiken County Council weighs transferring supervision of the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center to the Sheriff’s Office despite a National Institute of Corrections report praising how the facility is run. The NIC urged better funding and staff support, while Council voted 8-1 on first reading to move control.
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Aiken
Ty Council
Aiken County
Warren Cook
Budg
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Cook
New Orleans braced for Ivan as evacuations rise
More than 1.2 million in the New Orleans metro area were urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast. The storm threatened up to 20 feet of floodwater in the below sea level city, with winds up to 140 mph and possible strengthening to Category 5. About 750,000 more along the coast of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama were warned to leave. Tropical Storm Jeanne neared Puerto Rico, forecast to become a hurricane in days.
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Louisiana
Ivan Threat to Gulf Coast as Storm Looms
Officials ordered or urged about 1.9 million people in four states to flee to higher ground. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour urged coastal residents to evacuate and residents to open homes to relatives and friends as Ivan remained about 370 miles southeast of the Mississippi River mouth moving northwest at 9 mph.
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Haley Barbour
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Deadly I-20 stretch in Aiken County under probe
Work crews in orange SCDOT trucks examine a dangerous wet stretch of I-20 between mile markers 13 and 14 after four fatal crashes since 2001. Authorities cite improper drainage and slope issues from past paving as contributing factors.
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Aiken County
SCDOT
Ad wars flare in senate race in Columbia airwaves
Television ads fill Columbia airwaves as negative messages target Senate contenders vying to replace Fritz Hollings. Inez Tenenbaum accuses Jim DeMint of backing a 23 cent federal sales tax while DeMint counters that Tenenbaum backs a $1 billion state sales tax rise. Both claim attacks are misleading.
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Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Inez Tenenbaum
DeMint
Tenenbaum
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