Cumbee Center expands services into two South Carolina counties
The Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons received a $45,400 Violence Against Women Act grant administered by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Starting Oct. 1, services extend to Barnwell and Allendale counties with one office in Barnwell and a staffer available 24/7, mirroring Aiken County programs and aiding hospitals and law enforcement.
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Barnwell
Allendale
Cumbee Center
South Carolina
Barnwell County
Kay Mixon
Aiken
Mixon
Probation and restitution in local wire fraud case
Mary Gorman Mack of Murphy Village pleaded guilty to wire fraud and received a three year probation with $125 monthly restitution to cover more than $4,467 involved in the scheme. Tommy G Mack also pleaded guilty to wire fraud. multiple relatives named in indictments face sentencing.
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Mary Gorman Mack
North Augusta Murphy Village
Cameron Currie
Mack
Murphy Village
Charles E. Simons Jr
Ann M. Carroll
Catherine Mary Riley
Nora A. Sherlock
Tommy J. Sherlock
Gorman
Tommy Mack
Currie
FBI
Carroll
Riley
Sherlocks
Ruschky
Atlanta
Ribbon cut for expanded program at Schofield school
The Salvation Army and Boys & Girls Club of Aiken opened a new unit at Schofield Middle School with over 40 youths on first day. Daniel LaDow cited cost reductions to 80,000 for school-based operation and thanked Aiken Housing Authority United Way and others for support. The unit serves 120 youths from 3 to 7 p.m. and includes Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test training.
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Scott Webster
Beatrice McGhee
Martha Schofield School
Juan A Guadalup
The
Salvation Amy
Salvation Army
Nancy Moore Thurmond Boys & Girls Club of
Aiken
Schofield Middle School
Daniel LaDow
Boys & Girls Club of
Schofield Middle
LaDow
Boys & Girls Club
Aiken Housing Authority
United Way of
Aiken County
Southeast Alliance Boys & Girls Club Association
City of Aiken
Aiken Center For the Arts
Schofield Boys & Girls Club
Palmetto
Totherage Boys & Gi
Preservation funds aid Carolina Bay Nature Reserve
The Aiken County Open Land Trust won a 40000 grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to pay down the mortgage on the Carolina Bay Nature Reserve off Price Street. The grant supports protecting wetlands and the surrounding habitat for birds like herons and the rare American bittern, aiding ongoing conservation efforts.
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Aiken County
Carolina Bay
Price Street
Dane
Video store robbery ends quickly as clerk aids arrest
A Wagener armed robbery near Video Adventure on Lee Street prompted a rapid arrest within 30 minutes. Gene Autrey Tinsley, 21, faces robbery with a deadly weapon and firearm charges after a clerk’s description led police to him near his home.
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Wagener
Gene Autrey Tinsley
Wagoner
Jeff Key
Video Adventure
Lee Street
Key
Tinsley
Aiken County
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Melissa Wright
Tiffany Mims
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