By CHRIS WALSH   Staff writer   5/25/2012 11:53 PM   

To do their part in honoring veterans for Memorial Day, a trio of members of the Pinelawn Cemetery Committee visited the grounds to place American flags on more than 100 tombstones of known veterans. "This is a patriotic thing to do," said Hallie Ho ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/25/2012 11:53 PM   

Aiken's annual Memorial Day Parade, organized by the James L. Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939, will take place this afternoon in downtown Aiken. The event, which has been sponsored by the local Marine Corps League for the past 15 years, w ...

By ROB NOVIT   Senior writer   5/25/2012 9:56 PM   

The Automotive Technology team felt pretty good going into the championship finals of the Aiken County Career and Technology Centers's annual car-racing competition on Friday. A total of 12 teams - all of them composed of students from specific care ...

By ROB NOVIT   Senior writer   5/25/2012 9:56 PM   

Once again, the Aiken Writing Project is seeking teachers from Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick and Allendale counties to participate in the annual Summer Institute at USC Aiken in July. Teachers who have attended the program become models for effective ...

Submitted article     5/25/2012 9:12 PM   

The 2012-13 American Legion Auxiliary National Membership Workshop was held May 5-7 in Indianapolis, Ind. The keynote speaker was Lt. Col. Steve Russell (ret.), who served 21 years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer. During his command of the 1 ...

By ROB NOVIT   Senior writer   5/25/2012 12:31 AM   

Aiken resident Tracy Brooks has announced a plan to create a K-12 private school that will open in August 2013. Construction on Compass Academy's 53,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin soon. The name is intended to project the school's plan ...

By CHRIS WALSH   Staff writer   5/25/2012 12:31 AM   

Once again, Charleston becomes the nation's premier place to be for performing arts. Beginning this weekend and running for 17 days, the Spoleto Festival USA brings performances by renowned artists, as well as emerging performers in opera, theater, d ...

By CHRIS WALSH   Staff writer   5/25/2012 12:31 AM   

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Aiken Choral Society will be heading to Charleston as a part of Spoleto 2012. The singers will be taking the stage at the Harbor View Presbyterian Church on James Island on Saturday, June 9, at 3 p.m. "The g ...

By ELIZABETH FITE   efite@aikenstandard.com   5/25/2012 12:31 AM   

The 2012 hurricane season got a head start when Tropical Storm Alberto formed last Saturday, but states, residents and Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico beachgoers can expect a "near-normal strength hurricane season," according to the National Oceanic ...

By HALEY HUGHES   Staff writer   5/24/2012 9:32 PM   

There is quite a selection of pets available for adoption right now at the Aiken County Animal Shelter and at the Aiken SPCA because they have taken in so many animals in the past several months. Last Tuesday alone, one person surrendered 24 puppies ...

By AMY BANTON   Staff writer   5/24/2012 8:50 PM   

Raquel Bagnal is making a positive impact one country at a time. The USC Aiken graduate is participating in the World Race, a global mission trip offered through Adventures in Missions, headquartered in Gainesville, Ga. Several teams travel to 11 dif ...

By CHRIS WALSH   Staff writer   5/24/2012 5:42 PM   

She has only been performing since the beginning of the year, but her voice resonates well beyond her years. You may have seen her around Aiken, but if not don't worry, Celia Gary will be around for a while. "It's been really exciting, a great experi ...

By CHRIS WALSH   Staff writer   5/24/2012 12:30 AM   

On Saturday, June 2, choral group M'Aiken Music will be putting on their biggest performance of the year. Titled "Jazz in June," Bill Reihl and company invite fans of spiritual and jazz to come enjoy a night at St. Paul Lutheran Church. "There is a ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/24/2012 12:00 AM   

The work performed at the Savannah River National Laboratory in environmental stewardship, national and homeland security and clean energy has implications not just for the United States, but for the entire world, attendees at Wednesday's A.M. Connec ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/24/2012 12:00 AM   

Aiken Public Safety is asking residents who do not plan to attend Saturday's Memorial Day Parade in Aiken to expect delays as they navigate around many of the downtown parkways. "Expect changes to the normal traffic patterns and detours between 1 and ...

By AMY BANTON   Staff writer   5/24/2012 12:00 AM   

The James L. Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939 is holding its annual Memorial Day Parade Saturday. Aiken will be filled with patriotic floats and music as the parade makes its way through downtown. More than 70 groups have entered to partici ...

By ROB NOVIT   Senior writer   5/24/2012 12:00 AM   

A home-school measure - which has passed the S.C. Senate and could reach the House floor today, would allow all home-schooled students in the state to participate on the athletic teams and clubs of a public school within the attendance zone in which ...

By AMY BANTON   Staff writer   5/23/2012 11:49 PM   

Change is afoot at a downtown business, as the ownership has been transferred to two employees known as Tank and Moose. Hence the new name of Soiree in The Alley - Tank'd Moose. Kyle "Tank" Hayes and Josh "Moose" Nicholson are now the owners of the ...

By CAM HUFFMAN   Sports editor   5/23/2012 11:32 PM   

Scott Brown and Dane Burkhart will forever be linked in USC Aiken golf history. Brown, a North Augusta High School graduate, and Burkhart, a South Aiken High School product, won three NCAA Division II national championships together with the Pacers i ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/23/2012 8:48 PM   

An Aiken man wanted on allegations he shot another man in the leg outside a North Augusta apartment complex earlier this week has surrendered to the authorities, police said Wednesday. Brandon Keith Ingram, 22, turned himself in to authorities at the ...