A new initiative being rolled out in Columbia is designed to encourage motorists to call and report impaired drunken drivers, with the tipster receiving $100 if the call leads to an arrest and conviction for driving under the influence.
There is no need to hem and haw over whether South Carolina residents should support a shorter legislative session. There is enough hemming and hawing in Columbia for the choice to be clear; we should. We must.
Location analytics start-up “Placed” last week released its findings of the 10 top-visited businesses in United States. Results showed that nearly half of Americans age 14 and older visited McDonald’s in the month of March alone, which...
Elizabeth Supan, a 21-year education veteran, former teacher at J.D. Lever and now a teacher at Aiken Elementary School, was highly honored Monday at a banquet as the new Aiken County School District Teacher of the Year.
We were all stunned by the bombings Monday at the Boston Marathon. Whether this turns out to be a domestic or foreign terrorist attack, it has succeeding in terrifying us.
To the Masters Tournament — It's been another wonderful week at The Augusta National for the annual Masters Tournament. The golf tournament brings visitors from around the world to our area. The weather has been nice and the...
To Roger Ebert’s death — The film critic, who died of cancer on Thursday, would appreciate that even in death he’s being honored with the thumbs down icon he and the late Gene Siskel made famous for their...
Aiken County appears to be rolling to the top of the heap in the state, and perhaps even the world, when it comes to tire production thanks to Bridgestone’s historic $1.2 billion investment at its plant in Graniteville.
South Carolina has too many unwanted animals. It’s not a stretch to call the continued breeding of these animals an epidemic that brings many public health issues.
To Fresh Market opening in Aiken — The upscale grocery opened Wednesday to a packed house - so many, in fact, that the management opened an hour early to let the long lines of people inside. Now that's a fine welcome.
College basketball teams need talent, good coaching and sometimes a little luck to win. But to win big - to win when it counts - takes a special kind of heart and determination.
The late Marion Carnell served in the S.C. House of Representatives for more than 40 years. There, he was known as a kind and compassionate man who cared deeply for the people in his community of Ware Shoals. He worked hard to help the people in his district...
Aiken voters will choose between two candidates Tuesday in a special election to fill the unexpired seat Don Wells vacated when he was elected to the state House.
