MOX Facility Stay Persists After Senate NDAA Vote
The Senate blocks presidential calls to end the Savannah River Site MOX facility for a second year, keeping the program alive amid budget overruns and aging deadlines. Critics call MOX a boondoggle while defenders say it supports nonproliferation goals linked to Russia.
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Senate
Savannah River
Barack Obama
MOX
Donald Trump
Moxx
SRS Watch
Tom Clements
U.S
Russia
Obama
Vladimir Putin
Deaths and Funerals Notice From Area
Obituaries listed for Annie M. McDaniel of North Augusta Shirley Goodwin and Shellie Jenkins of Williston Laura Hicks of Aiken and Milton Eugene Warren of Aiken with notices in the 6A death column detailing respective services and locations.
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Annie M. McDaniel
North Augusta
Shirley Goodwin
Shellie Jenkins
Williston
Laura Hicks
Aiken
Milton Eugene Warren
Local Newsroom Contacts Listed for Readers
The notice provides phone numbers for general offices 803-648-2311 and Newsroom 803-644-2401 for reader inquiries and staff contact.
North Augusta mayor hears concerns over Hamburg Massacre monument
At a North Augusta City Council meeting local journalist Kenton Makin challenged the monument to Thomas Meriwether in Calhoun Park, arguing the inscription calling Meriwether the “young hero” of the 1876 Hamburg Riot is historically embellished or inaccurate. The notice prompts further discussion on page 8A.
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Lindsey Hodges
Meriwether
Calhoun Park
Georgia Avenue
Thomas Meriwether
Hamburg
North Augusta
Thomas McKie Meriwether
Kenton Makin
Bob Pettit
Constitution Week lecture on race relations at USC Aiken
Dr. David Shi, former Furman president, addressed students and community members during Constitution Week at USC Aiken. He said prejudice is a perennial issue across societies and discussed historical slavery, noting imperfections in American society and in humanity, with examples from the Bible and various regions.
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David Shi
USC Aiken
Shi
Furman University
Greenville
United States
America
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Secaasvo Seccesscessos
Abby
Esonas
N.A
Meriwether Monument
Heritage Council of
S.C
Larry Woodwood
Aikenstandard.com
Larry Wood
Windsor Fine*jewelers
Sita
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