I hope and pray that the grant money for GA War will be used to update the resident's rooms. I think that the admin, first floor has received enough $$$ for awhile. Let the residents enjoy some of it!!
Developers unveil new drawings of project
Developers for a new Martinez shopping center unveiled artist renderings of the project during a Thursday Columbia County Planning Commission meeting.
For weeks, planning commissioners have denied an amended rezoning of the about-14-acre property between Blackstone Camp and Evans to Locks roads until Blanchard and Calhoun Commercial, the project developers, provided an updated artist rendering.
The renderings, which feature Food Lion as the anchor tenant of the shopping center, incorporate a "neo-traditional" architecture, which county planning officials said works for the zoning regulations governing the area.
Developer Matt Mills said he is thankful for the amendment as the project is behind schedule.
Still, he hopes to open the shopping center in June 2009.
Planning Commissioner Tony Lively said he appreciated developers' patience and that the new design "sets a high standard" for the area.
Inmate who left work assignment is sought
Thomas Lee Washington, an inmate at the minimum-security Lower Savannah Pre-Release Center in Aiken, walked away from a work assignment Thursday and was being sought by authorities.
According to a news release from state corrections officials, Mr. Washington was on a labor crew assignment with the Aiken Housing Authority, located on the 100 block of Rogers Terrace N.W. in Aiken, and was last seen by supervisors about 3:30 p.m.
He was last seen wearing a tan Department of Corrections jumpsuit with the letters SCDC stenciled on it.
He is black, stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds.
Mr. Washington, 37, started serving a five-year sentence for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature out of Florence County in October. His projected release date was May 2010.
Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., anyone with information can contact the Corrections' Fugitive Apprehension Unit at 1 (877) 349-2130.
After 5 p.m., call (803) 896-2258, the S.C. Law Enforcement Division at (803) 737-9000, or contact local law enforcement.
Eighth-grader charged with making threats
An eighth-grade pupils at Lakeside Middle School was charged with making terroristic threats Wednesday morning after being accused of threatening to kill her teacher.
The 14-year-old, whose name wasn't available, reportedly threatened to kill her teacher if she wrote the pupil's name on a dry erase board, said Columbia County sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
The teacher perceived the comment as a threat and the Columbia County Sheriff's Office was contacted.
The pupil was charged as a juvenile and released to her parents, Capt. Morris said.
"On our end, we're taking her to a disciplinary hearing requesting a long-term suspension," said Lakeside Middle Principal Felicia Turner.
Man believed to have killed wife, himself
A Burke County man appears to have taken his own life Wednesday night after fatally shooting his wife during a domestic dispute, police said Thursday.
According to a statement released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Gary Lee Scott, of Ben Hatcher Road, Waynesboro, appears to have killed his wife, Calandra Scott, shortly before midnight near Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church, also on Ben Hatcher Road.
He is believed to have then taken his own life.
The GBI is working with the Burke County Sheriff's Office on the case.
Five arrested in string of armed robberies
Deputies arrested five people Wednesday in connection to a string of armed robberies in Richmond County.
The incidents began with the armed robbery of the Super 8 motel on Gordon Highway on Saturday, according to Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Ken Rogers.
The next day, a similar incident happened at the Wingate Inn on Noland Connector, but the assailants weren't able to get any cash.
On Tuesday, a man was robbed in the 3000 block of Breeze Hill Drive and an exchange of gunfire ensued.
Vashown Diggs, 19, of Hephzibah; Julius Tramel Neely, 19, of Hephzibah; Tenesha Monique Williams, 18, of Blythe; Whitney Camellia Reddix, 18, of Keysville; and Kwame Coerez Simmons, 17, of Augusta, face various charges, including armed robbery, stemming from the incidents.
Woman suspected of violating court order
Investigators from Aiken Public Safety were looking Thursday for a woman who they say took her two children out of state in violation of a court order.
Veronica Kirby, 29, of Aiken, was traveling with Trinity Michelle Kirby, 7, and Isaac Hunter Kirby, 5, according to a news release. Mrs. Kirby had told family and friends that she intended to leave the county with her children, the release stated.
She was last driving a silver-colored 2005 Kia Sedona bearing South Carolina plates 640WMB. Edward Kirby, the children's father, may be contacted at (803) 634-9743, according to the news release.
Nursing home for vets receives $2.3 million
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a grant worth about $2.3 million to the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta, U.S. Rep. Paul C. Broun announced Thursday.
The grant will help cover upgrades to the facility that are expected to cost about $3.5 million, according to the VA.
The Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home was dedicated in 1969 and was built with federal financial aid. The facility has 192 beds and provides free medical care to Georgia veterans and their families.
-- From staff reports
Comments
I hope and pray that the grant money for GA War will be used to update the resident's rooms. I think that the admin, first floor has received enough $$$ for awhile. Let the residents enjoy some of it!!
How much money will Ron "Double" Cross make on the new shopping center at Evans to Locks? Will this ever stop? How many grocery stores, Circle K's, drug stores, etc. does one county need? Please stop the over development.
Who comes up with these crazy names that the aforementioned criminals have? If you can't say it how do they figure out how to spell on a birth certificate???
Reality, the names don't look Hispanic, Italian, German, Jewish, English, Oriental, Indian, Russian, or European. Oh, I repeated myself several times there. Gee, I wonder what they might be, American maybe? Your guess is as good as mine!
Reality, where's your imagination? Traditional names are so....traditional.
lol...names like those always make me laugh,,I just can't imagine what the parents were thinking... Also are they aware that by adding all those... "isha's..and k's and l & n's" where they do not belong......they are saddeling their child with a lifetime handicap?
If a resume with one of those names on it came across my desk, it wouldn't stand a chance...
Why is that? What in the hell does a name have to do with job experience? I guess Jessica, or Tiffany, or Jason would be better. Your comment says more about you than the applicants.
They would be a good start. How many Jason's or Tiffany's are doing time?
Hypocrites, stigma exists. There's a reason the more "fringe" names carry this stigma.
Five arrested in string of armed robberies, well at least they are cultured people. According to their names they are all of the Afro-American culture.
A friend of mine knows the father of the missing children and I pray that they are returned home safely. Their mother and boyfriend fled after being court ordered to hand the children over to their father! For those of you who pray, please keep them in your prayers!
I guess robbing & thieving is a part of ya'lls' culture also, right HYPOCRITES 08?
All of you are missing the point........ Who be the baby daddy????
only the truth. probably Vashel.
Racism is stilll alive and some people are still displaying it... but the again ignorance discriminates against no one and if you are not careful it can be contagious.
After reading alot of these comments. It saddens me to think that ignorance is still at a all time high. It is comments like these that shows that we need to spend more time getting to know each other and want to learn about different cultures instead of assuming something about a person because of the name that he or she was given at birth. But then again they say ignorance is bliss so I guess that is enough said.
I don't know POFWE, is raping and mass murdering part of your?
No reality. There has never been a criminal named Tiffany or Jason. What an idiot. Again, you never stated what a name has to do with education. Good thing Sec. Rice was not named Whitney. What idiots.
why on earth, are they giving out Edward Kirby's telephone number. Shouldn't they be giving out a number for the sherrif's office, or something to that extent. They are giving out this man's number, imagine the calls he's going to get.
Here, Blanchard and Calhoun; piggy, piggy, piggy; render this (finger) then wallow in it. The scourge of Columbia County!!!
If they are that educated, they will have their name changed to something that can be spelled and pronounced. Have you not ever seen a study done on hiring people, based strictly on a resume??
How much more money are the commissioners of Columbia County going to WASTE on needless construction. All they have to do is renovated what they already have.
the local TV stations should be ashamed at how they put the deceased burke county's youngest daughter on crying. what were they thinking? how would they feel if this were their loved ones..shame shame shame! what was the purpose?
I want to know why they allowed another Food Lion on the corner of Hereford Farm & Columbia Road when they already have one in Grovetown about 2 miles away?! Sure would have been nice to have a Publix or Kroger instead! They might as well have put an IGA there - ralph!
The names I've seen on Resume's... Formica Dinette Jones... Female' (says the nurses at the hospital named her).... Shatonia...Crackmore.. I'm not Joking...
Reality, just because you can't say it or spell it, doesn't mean the rest of the world can't...after all, it's just a name. On the other hand, it's good to know how judgmental are. You should let everyone know your name so there will be no mistakes.
Quoting "They would be a good start. How many Jason's or Tiffany's are doing time?"
That has to be the absolute stupidest thing I have ever read. You really showed your ignorance then. As of 2006, a record 7 million people were behind bars, on probation or on parole. Do you really believe there are no Tiffanys or Jasons in that number?
And BTW, one of the most productive people that I ever hired was named Keisha.
Trouble, the saddest part about it is there are millions out there who share Reality's outlook on life. According to their beliefs, HBCU's are producing nothing but dummies!?!?! Of the 5 guys that I play golf with on a weekly basis, they all have 'non-traditional' names, but are all professionals...2 engineers, 2 surgeons, and 1 business owner...I guess they are the exception to the rule. IMO, Reality need to get in touch with reality.
so you play a sixum?
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