Lawmakers assist in DSS case over custody in Murphy Village
North Augusta lawmakers report residents calling about the South Carolina Department of Social Services initiating custody proceedings affecting children in Murphy Village home to a large Irish Traveler community. Senator Tom Young and Representative Bill Hixon detail limited roles while noting confidentiality of court records and ongoing hearings in Aiken and Edgefield counties.
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North Augusta
S.C
Augusta
Hixon
Murphy Village
DSS
Tom Young
R-Aiken
Young
Aiken
Edgefield
USCA officials seek response after racially charged tweet
USCA officials including the student government president aim to address a racially insensitive tweet by a female student after a Black Lives Matter demonstration at Westwood High School. The post uses a racial slur, mocks the movement, and threatens violence, prompting actions from campus and state authorities and outreach to the high school.
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USC Aiken
University
South Carolina
Westwood High School
Columbia
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Charlotte
North Carolina
Aiken Standard
Leslie Hull-Ryde
Area Deaths Notice Lists Local Names
Obituary brief lists Ambrosio Gonzalez Aiken Charles Thomas Aiken Aline Yvonne Virella Wonoski North William Taft Edwards Jr Salley Robin Brelsford Landes Boca Raton Florida Sandra Woodward Aiken Joseph Joe Aikew Aiken Lois Jenkins Goforth Aiken. Funeral notices appear in the 6A section.
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Ambrosio Gonzalez
Aiken
Charles Thomas
Aline Yvonne Virella Wonoski
North
William Taft Edwards Jr
Salley
Robin Brelsford Landes
Boca Raton
Florida
Oktoberfest in Aiken blends German fare beer and music
Downtown Aiken hosts the fourth annual Oktoberfest at Pendleton Street and Hayne Avenue presented by the ADDA and USC Aiken. Attendees 21 and older purchase beer and wine while German and non German foods circulate. Local sponsors include Samuel Adams Beasley Broadcast Group Atlantic Broadband and Aiken Standard.
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Aiken
Pendleton Street
Hayne Avenue
Marty Logan
Palmetto Park House
Philly
Newberry Hall
Brezelmann
Oliver
Graham
Foothills Oompah
Jacob Pitz
Samuel Adams
Beasley Broadcast Group
Atlantic Broadband
Aiken Standard
Dumpster Depot
the Haven At
Market Street Station
Sce&g
Congress weighs continuing resolution to avert shutdown
Experts in Washington warn a failure to pass a continuing resolution and NDAA could trigger a federal government shutdown. A CR funds the government at near prior levels and buys time for new appropriations, with potential furloughs and downstream costs for communities with federal jobs.
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Congress
USC Aiken Political Science
Steven Millies
Millies
Savannah River
Congressional Research Service
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Sandra Woodward, Aiken
Joseph
Joe
Aikew, Aiken
Lois Jenkins Goforth
Dear Abby
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Perererityy
Seaseceseeens
Germany
Aramark
Marty Lockridge
Valerie
Henry
Tripp Girardeau
The
Trippgirardeau
David
Sarah Bock
Tripp Girardea
Charles
Kry Pell
Windsor
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