Dalzell church will hold fall festival on Saturday afternoon

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Pisgah Baptist Church, in partnership with other local churches, will host a fall festival from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

The event - which will have food, hayrides, bouncy houses, an obstacle course and more - will be held at 8295 Black River Road in Dalzell.

Visitors will also have an opportunity to meet Richland County sheriff's deputy Lt. Danny Brown with Live PD. There will also be free car seat checks and a Taekwondo demonstration.

For more information, call (803) 720-4238.

S.C. lawmakers to Trump: Save state's nuclear fuel project

WASHINGTON - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the state's congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump on Thursday to reconsider his administration's plan to shut down a half-built nuclear fuel facility in their state.

A federal appeals court last week allowed the Energy Department to go forward with plans to close the multi-billion-dollar facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.

Closing the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility could cost hundreds of jobs and waste more than $7.6 billion already spent. The project is intended to reprocess weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for commercial reactors. But it is billions of dollars over budget and decades away from completion.

A spokesman for McMaster said after the meeting that the governor appreciates Trump's time and attention "and his commitment to resolve this matter in a manner favorable to South Carolina."

McMaster "advocated on behalf of South Carolina and brought to light an important issue that our people are facing, and he made it clear that he will not allow our state to become a dumping ground for the world's nuclear waste," said spokesman Brian Symmes.