By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/25/2012 12:31 AM   

State and local law enforcement officers are kicking off the annual summer traffic enforcement campaign to put the brakes on highway traffic fatalities. The state's Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic campaign is aimed at combating aggressive a ...

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 KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/23/2012 11:49 PM   

Approximately $600 worth of damage was reported at an Alderman Street address after vandals reportedly hit the house with BB guns, damaging a picture window, flood lights and sliding glass door. This is the second such incident reported at the home. ...

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 ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/23/2012 12:16 AM   

An estimated 437,000 South Carolina motorists are expected to pack their vehicles with sunscreen, swimsuits, cameras and camping gear this weekend and hit the roads for the first vacation of the summer season – Memorial Day weekend. The unoffic ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/22/2012 9:54 PM   

Aiken EMS transported an18-month-old girl to the hospital after she was burned by hot water on Monday evening. The water burned underneath her chin and the upper left side of her chest. She was taken to a local burn center. Police arrested a Bee ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/22/2012 11:50 PM   

North Augusta Public Safety investigators said they have identified a fugitive gunman who attempted to kill an Augusta man in North Augusta Monday morning. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 22-year-old Brandon Keith Ingram, of Lawrence Stre ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/22/2012 9:35 PM   

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is investigating several newspaper rack thefts around the county reported at several U.S. Postal Service offices this week. At least six change-operated newspaper racks selling Aiken Standard, The Augusta Chronicle ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/22/2012 12:14 AM   

Two Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies who responded to a domestic dispute at Cherry Hills Drive last week that ended with the former couple's deaths have been cleared for duty and have returned to their regularly-assigned duties. The five Aiken ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/22/2012 12:02 AM   

Electronics and other items valued in excess of $16,000 were reportedly stolen from North Augusta High School over the weekend after several storage trailers were broken into, officials said. Police identified the high school and TrueNorth Church a ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/21/2012 9:29 PM   

A 32-year-old Augusta man was treated at a Georgia hospital early Monday after he was shot in the leg at a North Augusta apartment complex, North Augusta Public Safety investigators said. Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, officers received a phone call about ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/19/2012 11:36 PM   

Hold up a $100 bill to the light and notice the portrait of Benjamin Franklin in the center of the bill. Now, look at the watermark portrait of Abraham Lincoln embedded on the right-hand side. Wait! Why is the watermark image on the $100 bill that Ai ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/18/2012 11:50 PM   

Autopsy reports show a 64-year-old Aiken man shot and killed his ex-wife at her home Thursday morning and then turned a weapon on himself during an incident in which he exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement officers. Preliminary findings show ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/18/2012 12:10 AM   

A 51-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle near his Graniteville home Thursday morning. Gary Gregory was pronounced dead at Georgia Health Sciences University at 10:08 a.m. Gregory was transported to Georgia Health Sciences after ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/18/2012 12:10 AM   

Aiken Public Safety officers shot and killed an Aiken man Thursday who is believed to have killed his ex-wife at her home and then turned the weapon on the officers who responded to her 911 pleas for help. Shortly after 10:17 a.m., local law enforcem ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/17/2012 12:00 AM   

Local investigators said the Monday shooting at a Southside apartment complex was not a random act, but rather a targeted attack. William E. Holmes Jr., 24, of 2607 Roses Run, was found dead in the doorway of his apartment around 2:10 a.m. His death ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/17/2012 12:00 AM   

Narcotics investigators entered into the middle of a methamphetamine lab earlier this week where they found a 41-year-old man cooking the potentially explosive chemicals in the presence of his 3-year-old child, according to officials. The Aiken Count ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/16/2012 11:25 PM   

A burglary was reported on Alfred Street in Aiken on Tuesday. The victim said her home was broken into and a 42-inch screen TV was stolen. A monument was reported as stolen from Headstone Monument on York Street this week. The case is under inve ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/15/2012 11:50 PM   

Aiken Public Safety officers are scheduled to meet today to discuss the high number of killings in the City of Aiken this year and attempt to determine if there are any underlying issues that can be prevented to avert further bloodshed, according to ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/15/2012 10:09 PM   

Firefighters said a blaze at a Southside residence Tuesday could have been a lot worse had the resident not returned home after a brief errand and spotted her rear porch on fire. At about 10:05 a.m., Aiken Public Safety officers were notified that f ...