By ROB NOVIT   Senior writer   5/25/2012 9:12 PM   

Aiken native Dr. Mike Weaver will appear at the Smith-Hazel Recreation Center today at 2 p.m., seeking young people and adults to take a bus trip to New Orleans in July. Weaver, a 1982 Aiken High School graduate, is calling the trip the 2012 Teen Le ...

    5/25/2012 9:12 PM   

An Aiken man reported that he lost his wallet in Atlanta while he was at the airport earlier this month and recently learned that his identity was stolen and used to open a cable account in his name. The total amount for the bill is more than $275. ...

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 ...

    5/25/2012 9:00 PM   

You've been warned I've been broken into six times. I would like to apologize to the family and loved ones of whomever I catch breaking in my house again, and to the judge that says, "Oh, you naughty boy. We're going to tap you on the hand and let ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:57 PM   

BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) -- He was known as George Blackburn for most of his life, but after his divorce last fall he wanted to start life over. So Blackburn changed his name to Led Zeppelin II. Zeppelin's daughter, Mindy Baker, said he saw the iconic B ...

By SEANNA ADCOX   Associated Press   5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

COLUMBIA -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and her husband earned $367,000 in her first year as the state's CEO, with $200,000 of that coming from a partial advance on her memoir, according to 2011 tax returns she allowed reporters to view Friday af ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

COLUMBIA -- State Rep. Ted Vick dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination in South Carolina's new 7th District congressional seat on Friday, one day after he was arrested on a drunken driving and a weapons charge. Vick, of Chesterfield, ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

ROCK HILL (AP) -- A judge in Rock Hill has sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for his part in the death of a former minister two years ago. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Circuit Court Judge John Hayes sentenced 51-year-old Christopher Va ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

ANDERSON (AP) -- A former 911 dispatcher in Anderson County has been sentenced to house arrest and probation for illegal conduct toward a child. Branden Newton pleaded guilty in Anderson on Thursday. The case involved a 5-month-old girl who suffere ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

COLUMBIA (AP) -- When hurricanes threaten South Carolina, there no longer will be any voluntary evacuations. The State newspaper reported that voluntary evacuations are no longer part of the state hurricane plan. Gubernatorial orders to evacuate ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

CONWAY (AP) -- A two-week law enforcement operation shows that Horry County is doing a good job of keeping tabs on sex offenders in the area. The county worked with U.S. Marshals as part of Operation Carolina Shield to verify that sex offenders wer ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:54 PM   

MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) -- A proposed adventure park at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum could include a zip line from the deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown and a boardwalk through the tree canopy. The Post and Courier of Charleston rep ...

Associated Press     5/25/2012 8:53 PM   

LEXINGTON (AP) -- A car crash in Lexington County has claimed the lives of both the South Carolina driver and a North Carolina pedestrian walking along the highway. Authorities said it happened early Friday along U.S. 378. The Highway Patrol rep ...

By BRUCE SMITH   Associated Press   5/25/2012 8:53 PM   

CHARLESTON -- Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities. "Spoleto, as far as I know, is the only American arts festival to be hosted by ...

    5/25/2012 8:43 PM   

Aiken Public Safety is asking for the public's assistance identifying a man photographed at an ATM in reference to reported fraudulent ATM transactions, which took place in early April. Anyone with information related to the identity of the subject ...

STAFF REPORTS     5/25/2012 3:36 PM   

Aiken Department of Public Safety investigators are seeking assistance in identifying a man in reference to reported fraudulent ATM transactions that took place in early April. Anyone with information related to the identity of the subject pictured o ...

By BEN BAUGH   Staff writer   5/25/2012 12:32 PM   

Jim and Debbie Miller's Maude S. and Daisy Devine continue to amaze. The latter became a Grade 1 winner when she won the 1 1/16-mile $300,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes on the turf at Keeneland on April 14. However, it's the Miller's other horse that's been ...

ROBERT BARR   Associated Press   5/25/2012 11:47 AM   

LONDON -- A British priest has apologized for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says. Canon Paul Shackerley, Vicar of the Minster Church of St. George in Doncaster in northern England, raised eyebrows by using the f--- word and ...

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE   Associated Press   5/25/2012 11:47 AM   

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws. A sna ...

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA   Associated Press   5/25/2012 11:14 AM   

ISTANBUL -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother to him. Nadav Ben-Yehuda, who was climbing with a Sh ...