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7/4/2009 12:17 AM
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There will be a celebration to support the Aiken County Veterans Council's Fisher House fund. Admission is by donation. Guest speaker will be retired U.S. Army Col. Ted Spain, former commander of the 10th U.S. Military Police Br ...
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7/4/2009 12:04 AM
Flaky, golden brown crust. Sweet apples with a dash of cinnamon. Delicious aroma.
Each was a factor in determining the winner of the Aiken Standard's and Desserves first Apple Pie Baking Contest.
In the end, Rhana Synak walked away with the blue ...
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7/4/2009 12:01 AM
Winning Pie Recipe
Submitted by Rhana Synak
Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1âÑ2 cup cooking oil
1âÑ4 cup milk
Dash of salt
Dash of cinnamon
Filling
3 cups sliced apples (Synak used a combination of Fuji and Grann ...
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7/3/2009 11:43 PM
Local wood storks, swallow-tailed kites and wild turkeys will get some intense attention later this month with the Wings and Wetlands event set for July 24 to 26, based at the North Augusta Community Center.
The event will include several option ...
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7/3/2009 11:42 PM
It's time to strut your stuff and help a local charity.
The Aiken County Chapter of the American Red Cross is preparing to hold auditions for its second Toast of the Town event. The fundraiser will be held on Oct. 10 at the Washington Center for th ...
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7/3/2009 11:42 PM
The Aiken County Historical Museum will have cool treats on a hot summer evening at an ice cream social fundraiser next week.
The event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the museum at 433 Newberry St. S.W. Sweet Cow Creamery ...
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7/3/2009 11:40 PM
Volunteer firefighters Mark Chase, Justin Goodwin and Jason Goodwin thought they were meeting at their Couchton headquarters Friday to show off the brand new engine, but, in the midst of the conversation, they were surprised with a lifesaving recogni ...
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7/3/2009 11:40 PM
WAAW 94.7 FM Rejoice radio will observe its sixth anniversary with an education-themed celebration Friday and Saturday, July 11.
The gospel station's celebration will kick off with a banquet at USC Aiken's Business & Education Building on Fr ...
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7/3/2009 11:39 PM
Police investigate report of shooting
A Teague Street home was reportedly fired into late Wednesday evening.
According to the 84-year-old resident, his wife heard the sound of a window break, but she did not notice any damage until the following ...
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7/3/2009 11:39 PM
Dillard's Department Store in Aiken Mall is looking for local cancer survivors to strut their stuff on the catwalk during the store's third annual Dillard's/American Red Cross Cancer Awareness Day.
The Cancer Awareness Day will take place from noon ...
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7/3/2009 12:40 AM
Jimmy Golding was up at 4 a.m. Wednesday, preparing his grill to smoke pounds of barbecue throughout the day.
The co-owner of Dave's Grill and Grocery in Couchton is approaching what he says is the Wagener Road business's busiest holiday of the ...
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7/3/2009 12:39 AM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she may be able to forgive her husband's much-publicized affair with an Argentine woman, but true reconciliation will take more time.
In a statement e-mailed to reporters Thursday, Jenny S ...
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7/3/2009 12:39 AM
A fire that ignited about 1 p.m. Thursday burned across more than 220 acres, gobbling up pine trees as it raced across rural Couchton, at times coming dangerously close to a number of homes and forcing more than a dozen residents out of their residen ...
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7/3/2009 12:15 AM
Jackson Police Chief Dennis Rushton said Thursday that veteran officer Andy Keller, who shot and killed a bank robbery suspect in Beech Island on Wednesday, will be assigned to desk duty until the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division concludes its ...
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7/2/2009 11:59 PM
The photos you snap of fireworks this weekend can be great with the right know-how.
Fireworks displays, whether they are sparklers in your backyard or are on the same scale as NBC Augusta's RiverBlast, can be as spectacular on film as they are i ...
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7/2/2009 11:58 PM
The Aiken County Farmers Market took on a patriotic feel Thursday evening as farmers recognized Independence Day with a Pre-Fourth of July celebration. The bash included free ice cream for shoppers and music performed by Hyland Brooks of Lord and Bro ...
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7/2/2009 11:58 PM
In only about 15 months, more than 100 World War II veterans living in the greater Aiken area have had the opportunity to formally describe their experience through the Veterans Oral History Project.
Aiken Technical College has provided the faci ...
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7/2/2009 11:57 PM
Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is bringing her latest novel to Aiken personally next week.
Frank will be the guest of honor at a book signing at 6 p.m. Thursday at Books-A-Million in Aiken Mall. Her new book, "Return to Sullivans Islan ...
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7/2/2009 11:56 PM
The Aiken County Animal Shelter's spay/neuter voucher program is back.
The new fiscal year has begun, and the $30,000 County Council included in its budget is now available to fund the program.
Much like the City of Aiken's spay/neuter program, t ...
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7/2/2009 11:56 PM
Larry Murphy said he plans to run for the Aiken County Council seat that Eddie Butler will vacate when he resigns Nov. 3.
Filing for Council District 5 begins July 17, and Murphy, a former member of the Aiken County Board of Education and the early ...
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7/2/2009 11:55 PM
Faced with the kinds of funding cuts that the Aiken County School District has faced in the past year, no private business would move out the person in charge of human resources, said Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt.
Everitt said it was essential t ...
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7/2/2009 11:54 PM
Man arrested after fast-food altercation
A 19-year-old man was pepper-sprayed and arrested early Thursday after he reportedly threatened to shoot a McDonald's employee and set the restaurant on fire, according to police reports.
The suspect ...
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7/2/2009 5:43 PM
A brush fire has been burning between Snipes Pond Road and Cooks Bridge Road since early Thursday afternoon.
No houses have been burned, but about 15-20 residents have been evacuated from their residences, according got he Aiken County Sheriff's ...
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7/2/2009 1:43 PM
CHARLESTON - If Gov. Mark Sanford were to resign, it would affect the man many feel is actually the most powerful official in state government: Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell.
If Sanford steps down and is replaced by Lt. Gov. Andre ...
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7/2/2009 10:41 AM
COLUMBIA - Gov. Mark Sanford is acting like a love-struck teenager.
Or, maybe he has a deeper personality disorder, some experts speculate.
As the saga of Sanford and his Argentine lover continues, the public, the governor's political rival ...
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7/2/2009 10:12 AM
Because the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday this year, many offices and businesses that traditionally close for the holiday will be closed on Friday instead.
City, County, state and federal offices will be closed July 3.
The Department o ...
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7/2/2009 1:41 AM
Don't get all shook up, Elvis is in the building...
Elvis sightings will rise in Aiken County this week as Visions of a Legend Elvis Impersonator Contest (ETA) invades Aiken for the first time ever on July 10 and 11 at the Aiken County Shrine Club. ...
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7/2/2009 1:09 AM
The Aiken County Board of Education has passed first reading on an updated policy intended to crack down on cell phone misuse in middle and high schools.
Once the policy gets final approval, students will be prohibited to have phones and related ...
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7/2/2009 1:08 AM
The single gunshot wound that killed a robbery suspect Wednesday was consistent with the account given by the Jackson police officer who fired the shot, authorities said Thursday.Preliminary autopsy results show that the officer's account of Jelani E ...
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7/2/2009 12:56 AM
It has been one month into the hurricane season and there has not been any major activity along the coast, but the local chapter of the American Red Cross is ready.
Aiken County Chapter Executive Director Suzanne Jackson said staff and volunteers a ...
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7/2/2009 12:55 AM
The Department of Energy's Savannah River Operations Office and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC will hold job fairs and town halls in Aiken and Augusta on employment opportunities for the Site's Recovery Act projects.
Aiken's town hall will be ...
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7/2/2009 12:54 AM
It was 2003 - three years before Ray Fleming of North Augusta would be elected to the Aiken County Board of Education.
But he was attending board meetings frequently at the time as a citizen concerned about the state funding cuts that were constrai ...
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7/2/2009 12:16 AM
Tony Caffaro Jr. was the first in line Wednesday to have U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint sign copies of his new book.
"This was a book I want to read," Caffaro said after DeMint signed his name to the title page of at least four copies Caffaro had bought a ...
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7/2/2009 12:04 AM
A musical based on the 1995 film, "Spitfire Grill," that shakes a community to its core is coming to rattle the Aiken Community Playhouse (ACP) stage.
"It is a story of redemption," said director Danny Lee, who recently directed "Joseph and the ...
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7/2/2009 12:03 AM
In addition to an increased number of troopers dedicated to holiday traffic enforcement this weekend, a new team will also be on patrol.
Thirty-one troopers have been selected to form a new task force that will be dedicated to serve as full time dr ...
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7/2/2009 12:03 AM
Safety first on the Fourth.
That could easily be the policy put forth by doctors at Aiken Regional Medical Centers regarding Independence Day celebrations this Fourth of July.
While the philosophy of safety first is applicable any time of y ...
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7/1/2009 11:41 PM
Most offices, businesses closed Friday for Fourth
Because the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday this year, most offices and businesses that traditionally close for the holiday will be closed on Friday instead.
City, County, state and feder ...
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7/1/2009 5:57 PM
At least four members of the Aiken County legislative delegation are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
Sen. Shane Massey told Sanford it was time he stepped down during a phone conversation between the two Wednesday.
"I thought I had ...
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7/1/2009 4:04 PM
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who is scheduled to kick off his book tour today at Books-A-Million, is running about one hour late.
He was scheduled to be there at 4 p.m., but a staffer said the Senator's flight was delayed and that he is now exp ...
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7/1/2009 2:02 PM
At least four members of the Aiken County legislative delegation are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
Sen. Shane Massey told Sanford it was time he stepped down during a phone conversation between the two Wednesday.
"I thought I had ...
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7/1/2009 12:28 PM
A bank robbery suspect shot by a Jackson police officer after a police chase Wednesday is dead.Two other suspects are in custody.The suspect who was shot, Jelani Edwards, 30, of Aiken, was pronounced dead at the scene this afternoon at 1 p.m. Authori ...
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7/1/2009 12:21 PM
The Department of Energy announced today that DOE's Savannah River Operations Office and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC, (SRNS) will host two town hall meetings and job fairs on the site's Recovery Act projects.
The town hall meetings and ...
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7/1/2009 10:46 AM
When Andre Bauer was a teenager, he would scavenge golf courses with his sister for stray golf balls, only to clean and repackage them in egg cartons to sell in the parking lot.
As a child accompanying his mother to Lexington County Republican P ...
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7/1/2009 10:42 AM
S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster said Tuesday he wants SLED to investigate Gov. Mark Sanford's travel records.
McMaster, who has expressed interest in running for governor and is expected to declare his candidacy, has so far declined efforts ...
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7/1/2009 12:26 AM
Looking for some excitement? Volunteer or dare to take the stage at the Aiken Community Playhouse.
Opportunities to shine abound at the ACP. No matter what your skills are, there is a place for you. In the immediate future, there is a set build ...
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7/1/2009 12:26 AM
Over a six-month mission trip to Japan that ended last spring, the Rev. Bob Byrne of St. Paul Lutheran Church presented more than 40 sermons and lectures.
While he and his wife Chris were warmly received, Christians in that nation only total abo ...
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7/1/2009 12:25 AM
Aiken County Councilman Eddie Butler will step down from his Council seat on Nov. 3.
He and his family are building a house that is located outside the boundaries of District 5 in North Augusta, the district he currently represents.
Accord ...
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7/1/2009 12:24 AM
Escorted by their mother, the two remaining suspects wanted by the sheriff's office for armed robbery on allegations they held up a bank in Graniteville last week have surrendered.
Javier Hickson, 26, of 137 Woodland Drive Extension in Aiken, is ...
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7/1/2009 12:24 AM
The Salvation Army's food pantry is almost empty.
"Families come to us for help, but it's not an acceptable food bag that we're giving them," said Capt. Angie Repass.
The downturn in the economy has sent more people to the Salvation Army i ...
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7/1/2009 12:22 AM
Today marks the beginning of a new era at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site as a new liquid waste contractor is in place.
As of midnight Savannah River Remediation became the new contractor in charge of the 36 million gallons of high ...
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7/1/2009 12:21 AM
The construction currently taking place on Union Street is beginning to look more and more like Aiken's original railroad depot each day.
Tim Simmons, chairman of the All Aboard! fundraising campaign, said members of the railroad committee are w ...
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7/1/2009 12:21 AM
It's been almost a week since Michael Jackson died, but for one night, his spirit was alive and as strong as ever.
A prayer vigil was held Tuesday night at the James Brown statue in downtown Augusta, followed by a musical tribute in honor of Jac ...
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7/1/2009 12:20 AM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already struggling to salvage his family and his political career after admission of a scandalous affair, added explosive details Tuesday, including more visits with the mistress he calls his "soul mate" ...
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7/1/2009 12:19 AM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already struggling to salvage his family and his political career after admission of a scandalous affair, added explosive details Tuesday, including more visits with the mistress he calls his "soul mate" ...
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7/1/2009 12:15 AM
Chrysler and Jeep cars are available again in Aiken County.
Triangle Dodge announced it has been awarded a Chrysler-Jeep franchise, meaning it will sell and service Chrysler and Jeep vehicles.
Prospective buyers have had to drive outside Ai ...
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7/1/2009 12:15 AM
Thanks to the late arrival of federal stabilization funds, the Aiken County School District has canceled earlier plans to furlough teachers, administrators and staffers during the 2009-10 school term.
The board also approved a tax increase and e ...
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7/1/2009 12:14 AM
An Aiken Public Safety school resource officer reassigned to the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center to beef up security while school is out for the summer found a loaded gun in a pile of personal belongings on the bleachers.
Christopher Antonio Da ...
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6/30/2009 4:57 PM
The Salvation Army's food pantry is almost empty.
"Families come to us for help, but it's not an acceptable food bag that we're giving them," said Capt. Angie Repass. The pantry only has Ramen noodles, chili and cherry pie filling left.
Th ...
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6/30/2009 3:16 PM
Tuesday afternoon, the remaining two suspects involved in last week's Graniteville Security Federal Bank robbery turned themselves in to Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigators.
Javier Hickson, 26, of Woodland Drive Extension, Aiken, is char ...
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6/30/2009 11:55 AM
Aiken County Councilman Eddie Butler will step down from Council on Nov. 3.
He and his family are building a house that is located outside the boundaries of District 5 in North Augusta, the district he currently represents and, according to the ...
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6/30/2009 11:44 AM
Chrysler-Jeep cars are available again in Aiken County.
Triangle Dodge announced today it has been awarded the Chrysler-Jeep franchise, meaning it will sell and service Chrysler and Jeep vehicles.
Dick Smith Chrysler-Jeep closed when Chrysl ...
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6/30/2009 8:50 AM
The Salvation Army's food pantry is almost empty and donations are needed immediately.
"Families come to us for help but it's not an acceptable food bag that we're giving them," said Capt. Angie Repass. The pantry only has Ramen noodles, chili a ...
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6/30/2009 12:38 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who wants to believe she can still experience true love.
She is an intensely private woman who was not afraid to fight back when that privacy was breached.
She w ...
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6/30/2009 12:37 AM
COLUMBIA -- Each Sunday afternoon in May, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife hosted five other couples at the executive mansion for a spiritual "boot camp." Topics discussed during the hour-and-a-half-long sessions included forgiveness and "not loving yo ...
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6/30/2009 12:36 AM
It was officially announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy that a plan that could have brought a nuclear reprocessing facility to the area has been scrapped.
Months after the end of the plan was first reported, the Department of Energy has ...
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6/30/2009 12:35 AM
A break-in at a Westbrook Farms Trail residence Monday morning led to an exchange of gunfire, officials said.
At last word, however, the suspects were able to get away.
About 8:40 a.m., James Westbrook was leaving his nearby residence when he sp ...
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6/30/2009 12:34 AM
Young orphans in Russia may not understand English, but they understand a warm pair of arms wrapped around them in a hug.
They understand a smile and a loving touch, something they may have experienced only a little of, if ever, since birth.
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6/30/2009 12:34 AM
Two of the four suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in a Greg's Gas Plus holdup in the City of Aiken Saturday have been charged with a Friday armed robbery at a North Augusta Kangaroo Express.
Dayfan Tyshawn Fuller, 24, of Edna Street i ...
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6/30/2009 12:33 AM
There will be a Pre-Fourth of July celebration at the Aiken County Farmers Market on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The event will be held in conjunction with Thursday Nights at the Farmers Market, the City's new experiment which has the market open ex ...
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6/30/2009 12:32 AM
Sasha Canty is spending the summer in an internship with the Margaret J. Weston Center and plans to enroll in college this fall.
She takes phone calls, assists patients with appointments and files papers. Each Friday Canty, 21, comes to Aiken Te ...
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6/30/2009 12:31 AM
Aiken native Henry Dyches never forgot his hometown throughout his lifetime, though he traveled from here to there and everywhere in between.
Dyches, 79, passed away on Monday, June 22.
Longtime friend Dennis Shaw said Dyches was an accomplished ...
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6/30/2009 12:31 AM
North Augusta has come a long way since 1954, according to local resident Jean Duckworth, who was one of about 1,500 local residents who attended the open house at the new North Augusta Municipal Center on Sunday.
She attended the celebration wi ...
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6/30/2009 12:26 AM
S.C. Sen. Jim DeMint said he sees America shifting, and he is doing what he can to stop it.
DeMint's book "Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism" chronicles what the senator believes is an unsettling gravitation toward more ...
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6/30/2009 12:26 AM
Police continue to seek suspects
Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigators are still searching for two Aiken men wanted on allegations they were involved in a holdup at the Security Federal Bank in Graniteville late last week.
Javier Hick ...
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6/30/2009 12:25 AM
An Aiken company producing goods to keep soldiers safe is hoping a federal earmark will help them be innovative.
AGY Holding Corp. has been earmarked to receive $3.3 million as part of the $553 billion Department of Defense appropriation bill wh ...
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6/30/2009 12:25 AM
For criminal justice students Ryan Pendergrass, Josh Tuper and Rob Lowe, the crime's the thing - and so is helping solve it.
Less than two months after winning a state championship in crime scene investigation, the trio captured a national title ...
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6/29/2009 12:04 PM
LOS ANGELES -- A court document says Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has filed for guardianship of the singer's three children.
The guardianship papers were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday. A hearing has been set for Aug 3.
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6/29/2009 12:46 AM
Aiken Young Professionals and Young Professionals of Augusta will hit one out of the park for two area charities July 11.
The groups will meet on the field at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta to battle it out on the diamond, promoting commerce betw ...
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6/29/2009 12:45 AM
The kids are rising fourth- through sixth-graders, but they sure don't sing like it.
At the Gateway arts enrichment program, the children deftly fielded their way in rehearsal through some challenging classical, folk and popular selections selec ...
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6/29/2009 12:42 AM
While at the County Connection restaurant in Langley, Stella Woodward met Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin Conner and asked for his picture.
Woodward, who attends Charles Wesley United Methodist Church, wasn't taking the picture for herself; she planne ...
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6/29/2009 12:41 AM
The Aiken County Public Library has a variety of activities coming up in July for the conclusion of the Summer Reading Program.
The program takes a week off in honor of Independence Day but resumes on Tuesday, July 7, with Family Craft Night.
St ...
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6/28/2009 11:59 PM
After losing millions in state cuts over the past year, the Aiken County Board of Education on Tuesday will approve the budget for 2009-10 - a year that could be just as dire financially.
The district lost $12 million in revenue from the beginni ...
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6/28/2009 11:59 PM
COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s not quitting — though he considered it — despite intense scrutiny and criticism over his affair with a woman from Argentina.That woman, 41-year-old former television reporter Maria Belen Chapur, a ...
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6/28/2009 11:58 PM
A single-vehicle crash in North Augusta on Sunday morning has resulted in the death of one man.
Gregory A. Maree, 35, was pronounced dead on the scene after an accident which occurred just past East Buena Vista Road on Highway 1 in North Augusta ...
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6/28/2009 11:57 PM
More than 20 senior citizens recently went airborne over Aiken.
Residents at Cumberland Village, a senior living community, seized the opportunity to participate in hot air balloon rides Thursday afternoon. Hot air balloon pilot Randy Russell to ...
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6/28/2009 10:51 PM
The saying goes, "There is strong and then there is Army strong."
More than a year ago, U.S. Army Pfc. Cory Kvartek, a 2006 graduate of Aiken High School, decided to change his life and joined the Army. At the time Kvartek was a student at USC A ...
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6/28/2009 10:50 PM
Swingsation will entertain tonight's Hopelands crowd, sponsored by Carriage Hills Living Center.
Swingsation is a 15-piece big band with vocals performing music from the 1930s and '40s up to today, according to its website. The band specializes in ...
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6/28/2009 10:50 PM
July 1, 1999, was a gathering of 11 people who heard the call of God and wanted to reach out to the children and youth of our community.
A group of people who wanted to make a difference, to bring a great hope to the children and youth and demo ...
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6/28/2009 10:50 PM
A Laurens Street mainstay will move away in early September, but it won't be going far, and a local business that began on Laurens will be returning to its roots.
Guest Cottage Linens & Gifts, located at 146 Laurens St., will soon move to its n ...
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6/28/2009 12:55 AM
The heat is on as downtown Aiken thermometers reached triple digits Saturday afternoon becoming the hottest day of 2009.
The Laurens Street Bank of America time-and-temperature sign bounced between 98, 99 and 100 degrees during the heat of the ...
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6/28/2009 12:55 AM
Shooting off fireworks is a Fourth of July tradition, but every year people wonder why there isn't a community fireworks show in Aiken.
NBC Augusta 26 is holding its seventh annual RiverBlast on July 4 in downtown Augusta, but it's been a while ...
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6/28/2009 12:54 AM
Four arrested in gas station armed robbery
An armed robbery occurred at Greg's Gas Plus, located at 1610 Richland Ave. E., at about 12:20 a.m. on Saturday. Aiken Public Safety later arrested four suspects for the armed robbery.
Dayfan Fuller, 24, ...
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6/28/2009 12:53 AM
Ice cream and gunshots pierced the weekend's heat in Bath.
Twisters Ice Cream shop located at 3881 Augusta Road in Bath called the Aiken County Sheriff's Office to report an armed robbery at 6:46 p.m. on Saturday.
After an investigation into the ...
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6/27/2009 11:56 PM
An Augusta man is in custody after hitting an officer with his vehicle and fleeing a traffic checkpoint early Saturday morning.
Demarius Lamar Smith, 21, of Augusta was arrested on Saturday afternoon at the Deluxe Inn on Martintown Road in North ...
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6/27/2009 11:55 PM
Community leaders discussed the elements of a healthy community and are working on plans of action to ensure Aiken County is a healthy community.
On Friday and Saturday, local leaders gathered at the Aiken Performing Arts Academy to discuss and ...
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6/27/2009 11:55 PM
Oasis Church provided a forum for those interested in the housing market to learn the nuts and bolts of Aiken real estate at the church's first H.O.P.E. Day seminar.
Some 45 people came out to the Pine Log Road church to hear speakers such as Ed ...
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6/27/2009 11:55 PM
During her first two years at Silver Bluff High School, Camisha Stokes kept hearing about the Aiken County Career and Technology Center and its health science program.
She enrolled in the program her junior year - a decision that has provided be ...
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6/27/2009 5:55 AM
SULLIVANS ISLAND -- South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair.
"I said absolutely not. It ...
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6/27/2009 4:58 AM
The Bath man who held a number of law enforcement officers at bay during a five-hour standoff Friday morning shot and killed himself before deputies could take him into custody, officials said.
Thirty-six-year-old Martin Jarrett committed suicid ...
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6/27/2009 4:58 AM
Michael Jackson merchandise is moonwalking out of stores in Aiken.
Target and FYE reported that a run on the King of Pop's CDs and DVDs began Thursday evening when news broke of the artist's death after he collapsed from an apparent cardiac arre ...
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