Kool Aid raid damages cut by federal appeals court
Aiken police damages were reduced by 422000 by the 4th Circuit from 672000 after finding errors by Judge Julian Cook in a 1996 Beaufort trial. The suit, filed by guardians of youths arrested during a Stone Drive raid in October 1995, argued illegal search and excessive force.
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Aiken
4Th Circuit Cort of Appeals
Julian Cook
Beaufort
Peo
Ple
Stone Drive
Chris Mills
Mills
Watergate guard Frank Wills dies at 52
Watergate security guard Frank Wills, whose discovery of tape at the Democratic National Committee doors helped expose the 1972 break in, died at University Hospital. The North Augusta native, 52, had been hospitalized for weeks.
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Augusta
Frank Wills
Watergate
Richard Nixon
University Hospital
Wills
North Augusta
S.C
Washington, D.C
Democratic National Committee
James McCord
Bernard Barker
Eugene Martinez
Frank Sturgis
United Way Telethon Raises Hope in Aiken County
The United Way Community Business Telethon at Holiday Inn Express on Whiskey Road enters day three with 50 volunteers calling local firms in North Augusta and Aiken. Organizers report over 80 percent of a $10,000 goal as $2.6 million in funding seeks health and human services in Aiken County under the Planting Seeds of Hope theme.
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United Way
Whiskey Road
North Augusta
Aiken
Neel Shah
United Way Campaign
Holiday Inn Express
Chris Slaughter
Aiken County
Camaign
Ranson case to face grand jury next year
The Second Circuit Solicitor’s office says it will take a grand jury in year to review the Ranson Community Care Residence case. Clifford Alice and Jared Ranson remain jailed on $50 000 bonds each and face possible charges of neglect of the elderly. The Aiken County Grand Jury schedules three meetings in October and November with no further sessions set for the year, as investigations by the attorney general’s office and DSS continue.
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Second Circuit
Ranson
Attorney General's Office
DSS
Clifford Ranson
Alice Ranson
Jared Ranson
Ransons
Aiken County Grand Jury
Aiken County
Hodges outlines South Carolina prescription drug plan
Governor Jim Hodges says 65 plus residents with income limits could get help paying prescriptions by next year through the Silver Card program. The plan funds from tobacco settlement bond sales, after lawmakers balked at using tobacco money.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Jim Hodges
Hodges
House
Senate
Congress
Electronic ID helps pets return home in North Augusta
North Augusta adopts Home Again microchip program donated to city animal control. Officer Mike Strauss explains scanning pets reveals a unique ID that connects to a nationwide data bank, enabling owners to be contacted. Veterinarian Dr. Jim Hawk describes the painless injection and notes some dogs require light sedation for the procedure.
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Ellen Gladden
North Augusta
Animal Control
Mike Strauss
AKC
Strauss
Sparky
Animal Control Officer
Jim Hawk
Deaths and Funerals in Aiken and North Augusta
Obituaries list Elaine Bartholdc Lawhead Anna Cater Menger Billy Ussery and Mattie Williams with services handled by George Funeral Homes North Augusta Rowland Funeral Home Cheatham Funeral Home Stephen D Posey Funeral Home and Rowland Funeral Home in Aiken.
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Elaine Bartholdc Lawhead
Aiken
George Funeral Homes
Anna Cater Menger
North Augusta
Rowland Funeral
Billy
Bo) A. Ussery
Stephen D. Posey
Mattie Williams
Cheatham Funeral Home
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4Th Circuit
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Scott Webster
Craig Heath
Aiken Pest Control
Eric Johnson
Wackenhut
Belinda Roger
U.W
Grand Jury
DHEC
Rawson
Nancy Brown
Sandra Belcher
State Department of Mental Health
Aikenstandard.com
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Alopecia Areata
Owntown
Sea
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