In a tough financial year, the Aiken County Board of Education agreed Tuesday to a tentative operations budget with a modest tax increase of 5.8 mills that will actually be lower.
Larry Joe Todd NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C – Mr. Larry Joe Todd, age 60, of North Augusta, S.C., entered into rest on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The funeral service and burial will be private.
During 2013-14 budget deliberations on Tuesday, Aiken County School Board members looked over more than 30 priority items that district administrators and other personnel consider significant needs.
As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, there is good news for local drivers. South Carolina’s average gas price of $3.24 per gallon was the lowest in the country, according to a press release issued by AAA Carolinas on...
Aiken County Habitat for Humanity has been on the rise – nearly 100 homes built in 25 years – and a store that has made one move to a larger location, and may soon require an even larger building. On Saturday, Habitat will hold a...
NEW YORK — When Martin Rawls-Meehan started making adjustable beds in 2004, it was a foregone conclusion that key parts would be made overseas. It was cheaper to manufacture in Taiwan than in the U.S. And from Taiwan it was easier to ship to customers...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs.
NEW YORK — Wynn Resorts kept a suite open all year at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, at a cost of nearly $452,000.
PHOENIX — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct...
