9.5% huh? How is this "change" working for y'all? "YES WE CAN!" Obama '12 and '16!
3 arrested in Aiken man's shooting death
AIKEN - Three men were arrested early Thursday in connection with Wednesday's fatal shooting of an Aiken man.
According to a news bulletin from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, the three charged with murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to possess marijuana, are: Derrick Valentine, 26, of the 400 block of Biscayne Road; Kristopher Allard Reichardt, 25, of Middleton Drive; and Michael Gary Smith Jr., 22, of the 100 block of Green Acres Park Lane, Langley.
Police say they are linked to the death of Donald Hickman, 24, of Aiken, who was found fatally wounded on Green Road about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
One person injured in Thursday shooting
A person was injured Thursday night in a shooting near Bennock Mill Road and Horseshoe Road in Augusta, a Richmond County dispatcher said.
The person's condition and further information about the circumstances were not immediately available late Thursday, and on-duty investigators could not be reached for comment.
Augusta area jobless rate up in October
The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Augusta area rose to 9.5 percent in October, up one-tenth of one percent from a revised 9.4 percent in September.
According to a news release, the number of unemployed workers in the area increased by 243, from 24,209 in September to 24,452 in October. Statewide, the number of payroll jobs in October was 3,858,800.
Downed stop sign noted after fatal crash
SYLVANIA, GA. --- Authorities say a downed stop sign could be responsible for last weekend's traffic death of a Methodist minister.
It was daylight and clear weather at 4:40 p.m. Saturday when the Rev. Joseph Roberson, 57, was traveling west on Poor Robin Road, said Georgia State Patrol Sgt. Ben Forehand. A yellow sign saying "Stop Ahead" was still in place, but the stop sign at Georgia Highway 21 was down, the trooper said.
The Rev. Roberson drove past the downed sign, across the northbound lanes of Highway 21 and into the southbound lanes, where a tractor trailer driven by a Sylvania man struck his car in the passenger side. The truck was carrying 47,000 pounds of paper. The sheriff said he thinks, based on the way the sign and tire tracks looked, that the sign was knocked down by a logging truck.
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9.5% huh? How is this "change" working for y'all? "YES WE CAN!" Obama '12 and '16!
i am writing this on behave of my family,i do not condone the life style of selling or using drugs and the using of any kind of violance of any kind. but i do want to say that no matter what may or may have not gone on in that car (none of us really can say because we were not in the car with them ),my nephew did not by no means desever to die like that. because you give respect to a dog. and my nephew was not an animal. if it was a drug deal gone bad or whatever he still did not deserve to be left on the side of the road like he was some kind of an animal. valtine could have brought him to his grandmother house or came and told her that he was hurt. because they were like brothers. so the family would likefor you all to concider your selves and how you would feel. and we pray that you will not ever have to feel what we are feeling right now.
Well said, kristenia225. My condolences to everyone that loved him.
Kristenia, you are expecting normal, moral, rational behavior from criminals and drug users. Criminals and drug users don't exhibit those traits. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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