USCA researchers lead Katrina relief grant projects
Two USC Aiken connected researchers are among 18 recipients receiving 400000 in grants to study Katrina related impacts. Elaine Lacy will study Latino resiliency and shelter access while Douglas Wyatt assesses long term soil contamination after the New Orleans floods.
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Man charged in stabbing of Aiken woman
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office and Aiken Public Safety arrested 46 year old Christopher L. Taylor at his Marvin Drive home within minutes of a stabbing on the 118 bypass and Willow Run Road. Victim Sara D. Gadson 49 suffered non life threatening injuries. A knife was recovered at the home. Taylor is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
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USCA Town Hall Lets Students Sound Off on Katrina Aftermath
At USC Aiken a Thursday town hall organized by Dr. Keith Griffin and Dr. Blanche Premo Hopkins opened with remarks by USCA students Toni Reyes James Barr and Dana Foster. They urged civic involvement and voiced frustration with the slow government response highlighting poverty and racial disparities.
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Aiken Junior Woman's Club donates rocking chairs to Toole Hill homes
The Aiken Junior Woman's Club delivered two rocking chairs a flowerpot and cookies to Eloise Blocker as part of the Making A House A Home effort in the Toole Hill Revitalization Project. The club plans to provide chairs to up to 20 renovated homes by year end.
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Aiken
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Finger burns trigger removal of two Aiken children
Two Aiken children were placed with other family members after a toddler showed unexplained second degree burns on the top of his fingers. Police investigated and later moved a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old to relatives while the two older siblings remained at home. No charges have been filed.
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Maryann Burgess
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