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WAGENER — Local families struggling to make ends meet now have a new resource to consider, with an endorsement from the mayors of Perry, Salley and Wagener.

The catastrophic flooding that hit eastern Kentucky in late July is drawing a response from a variety of Aiken-area residents, and plans are for several more months of involvement. 

Several local churches traditionally take part in mission projects involving passports and plane travel, with summer being a particularly popular time for volunteers to head abroad for several days of service. Aiken's First Baptist Church, however, has put a different spin on that tradition …

The current scenes of perseverance, strife and suffering in Ukraine may ring extremely familiar to at least one Aiken resident, as his memories of a country under siege are fresh.

The Rev. Charles Matthews, as a longtime member of Second Baptist Church of Aiken, is known to some as the leader of the congregation's ministry to children. He's known to others as a former Savannah River Site co-worker, and among a variety of households, he's the guy who keeps the lawn loo…

Second Baptist Church in Aiken, under the leadership of the Rev. Doug Slaughter, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new church facility on Sunday, Oct. 3. The new church building is located at 1151 York St. N.E. The ceremony was also a church service that included many speakers. Tours of…

The Concerned Ministers Fellowship recently recognize a distinguished former high school senior that applied and qualified for the 2021 CMF Scholarship.

In the 58 years that Pastor John Arthur has led the congregation at Eureka First Baptist Church, countless singers and musicians have lifted their voices in praise inside the “little country church that cares.” But there has never been anything quite like what will unfold on the Friday night…

One local family has five kids, four dogs, three cats, two snakes and a chameleon, all in the same household. They affectionately call themselves the "Garland Zoo."

A local congregation has jumped on board with a hearing-assistance system that has won years of positive reviews at Aiken Community Theatre and the Etherredge Center.

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GLOVERVILLE — Hungry households along SC 421 have a fresh option to consider this month, with the establishment of a new partnership between Walking Tall Ministries and the KJ's Market in Clearwater.

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GLOVERVILLE — A local congregation's weekly tradition is going strong and was in gear again Feb. 17, in the form of a massive food giveaway orchestrated by Unity Outreach Church.

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This week's gatherings at several churches around Aiken County have included an acknowledgement of Lent – a period of particular prominence in Catholic and Anglican tradition, beginning a 40-day period that culminates in Easter and is often marked by prayer and fasting in a variety of forms.

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The Rev. Dr. Brian Coulter will be saying goodbye to First Presbyterian Church in Aiken this March as he prepares for his next role in Fort Worth, Texas.

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On a sunny and brisk morning the second Saturday in January, around a dozen people shuffled through the cemetery at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken, learning about many of the people buried there, including soldiers, artists and dignitaries of the past.

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Several 18-wheelers packed with tons of soccer balls, T-shirts, pencils, crayons, soap, COVID-19 masks and other goodies headed out of Aiken County a few days ago, amid the annual show of support for Operation Christmas Child – "the shoebox ministry," as it is often known.