A study currently underway is recommending the widening of a section of the S.C. Highway 118 bypass near USC Aiken from two lanes to four.
Four people received an environmental award unique to Aiken Monday evening. Eugene White and Jim Marra, members of the city's energy and environmental committee, presented four green horse awards to members of the Aiken community at the city council meeting. Kandace Cave, Bob Newburn, Richard Johnson and Allen Riddick received the green horses.
St. Paul Lutheran Church will continue the celebration of its organ with a spring concert by Kathleen Cartledge, a deacon and director of music at the church.
Keen-eyed observers of Hopelands Gardens may notice some visual refreshment in the Dollhouse area this week, with Aiken Council of Garden Clubs having provided volunteers for an April 23 outing to plant spring annuals, place fresh shrubs and spread mulch.
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South Carolina is one step from permitting the hunting of feral hogs by helicopter. The South Carolina Senate voted Thursday to approve third and final reading of S.C. Rep. Bill Hixon's bill allowing the hunting of feral hogs via helicopter on properties larger than 500 acres.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety and several tourism-related events are getting a helping hand from the city of Aiken.
The Aiken City Council voted 6-0 Monday evening to approve a resolution allocating $106,000 from Capital Sales Tax IV proceeds for replacement equipment at the Department of Public Safety.
The city council voted unanimously March 25 to approve a recommended allocation of $484,853.83 of projected accommodations tax proceeds to several tourism-related events.
Lyddie Hansen, president of the Area Churches Together Serving board of directors, spoke to the Aiken Sertoma Club April 15. Hansen told the group about her experience growing up with deaf parents. Hansen began her talk using sign language to illustrate what it's like to be deaf.
A fast-casual restaurant featuring a grilled cheese sandwich concept is scheduled to open this summer in Aiken Towne Park.
Tons of insects that normally go unseen are beginning their grand, noisy appearance in Aiken County this month, in a high-profile representation of Brood XIX — cicadas with a 13-year life cycle.
Volunteers, employees and other well-wishers associated with Area Churches Together Serving shared some stories and a meal April 23, as the interdenominational organization had a gathering to remember the ups and downs of 2023.
The family 30-year-year Jamilla Smith who has been missing since December 2023 speaks after a second person was arrested and charged Friday afternoon.
The Aiken-Augusta Wounded Warrior Charity Golf Classic returns to Woodside Country Club on May 20 for its 15th annual tournament.
Aiken Towne Park reached a milestone Wednesday morning, with the official launch of the first new business there since the redevelopment of the former Aiken Mall site began.
A South Carolina elected official recently paid a visit to the Savannah River National Laboratory. Gov. Henry McMaster visited and toured the national lab April 18 according to his public calendar.
Members of the Aiken Lions Club learned about the service efforts of Lions Clubs across the world Tuesday evening. Past District Gov. and current District Service Chair Louis Drucker spoke to the club at their meeting which was held at St. Johns United Methodist Church. The meeting also feat…
A group of Aiken area Republicans got to meet three candidates running to the Republican nominee for Aiken County sheriff Tuesday afternoon. Stuart Prettel, Marty Sawyer and Ed Wilson participated in a candidate forum at the Aiken Republican Club meeting held at Newberry Hall.
Softball took a sabbatical for a few years, but it's a springtime option again for dozens of Wagener-area kids, largely through the volunteer efforts of Halie Starnes, Morgan Foster and Shelby Nisbet.
The Beech Island Historical Society will hold its 16th annual Historic Beech Island Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27,. The tour will feature 13 historic locations, among them will be the Bowers-Galphin home of Dr. Charles G. Larke. Built in 1833 by plantation owner David Bowers…
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health primarily serves people who continue to live in their homes while receiving assistance.
Aiken Department of Public Safety officers are looking for a vehicle thought to be connected to a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Plywood covered part of the front of the SPCA Thrift Store in Aiken on Monday. There also were orange traffic cones, yellow caution tape and a crumbled wall near the entrance.
The pOpshelf at 3510 Richland Ave. W. in Aiken is getting a makeover.
A real estate firm will soon begin seeking potential buyers for the Hotel Aiken and four other properties downtown. The Aiken City Council voted 6-0 Monday evening to approve an agreement with Colliers International to market the Hotel Aiken, the Holley House/Motor Court, the Taj Aiken building, the C.C. Johnson building and the Warneke Cleaners building to potential buyers.
Through a partnership with Aiken Barnwell Mental Heath and the Aiken County detention center, mental health needs in the jail have been met with several programs to those detained in the jail with a mental illness.
The creation of a new tool has moved the Savannah River Site's liquid waste contractor a step closer to closing some of the tanks holding nuclear waste. A team led by Construction Superintendent Tony Smith and Discipline Engineer Beau Nichols invented a tool to remove obstructions that could have prevented the installation of a mixing pump used for waste removal and tank closure, Savannah River Mission Completion announced Wednesday afternoon.
A Warrenville man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder. Aiken County Sheriff's deputies arrested Carlton James Shaw, age unknown, Friday.
Animal lovers of Aiken came out Saturday to Woofstock, an event that aims to bring awareness to the Aiken County Animal Shelter. The event is organized by Friends of the Animal Shelter.
The Aiken man accused of shooting and killing Kenneth Jones last Halloween once faced two charges of attempted murder and could have been sentenced to more than 70 years in prison. Jemaurea Johnson, 20, of Aiken, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm and discharging a firearm within city limits on Jan. 2, 2022.
A plan to continue the development of the Clearwater Preserve neighborhood in the Graniteville is moving forward.
The Women of Woodside held a spelling bee fundraiser event at the Woodside Reserve Club on April 17 and gave community members a chance to raise money for several local charities and organizations while showing off their linguistic know-how.
It is time of year again for Memorial Baptist's annual Pineapple Festival. This year's festival will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27.
The effort to save several downtown Aiken buildings once slated for demolition could move forward Monday evening. The Aiken City Council is expected consider an agreement with Colliers International for the firm to market the Hotel Aiken, the Holley House/Motor Court, the Taj Aiken building, the C.C. Johnson building and the Warneke Cleaners building to potential buyers.
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The 66th winner of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce's Outstanding Man of the Year award wiped tears from his eyes as he accepted the award at the Etherredge Center Friday evening. Gary Stooksbury, Aiken Electric Cooperative CEO, paused twice as he made brief remarks during the chamber's 106th annual celebration of Aiken's best and brightest.
A second person connected to missing person person case of 30-year-old Jamilla Smith.
House of Raeford Farms Inc. executives are thinking about what to do next after the North Carolina-based company’s plan to build a poultry processing plant north of Aiken near Interstate 20 suffered setbacks earlier this week.
Good Girl Brewing Co. is getting close to making its debut in Aiken.
Aiken County Strings, Jamming with Traditional Acoustic Music
A car crashed into the front of the SPCA Thrift Store in Aiken’s Mitchell Shopping Center on Friday before its scheduled 10 a.m. opening, causing significant damage.
The judicial circuit that includes Aiken County now has a second judge. The South Carolina General Assembly voted by acclimation Wednesday to elect Martha Rivers Davisson to a newly created seat on the Second Judicial Circuit bench.
Some of the contributors to Run United’s success as a major fundraiser for the United Way of Aiken County were recognized Wednesday during a luncheon in Aiken Electric Cooperative’s Community Room.
Frank Townsend has been involved in the banking business for nearly 40 years.
A few tie-dyed T-shirts may be a part of the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center's Tuesdays over the next couple of weeks, with Aiken Pickleball holding a hippie-friendly promotion.
The most recently completed Saltstone Disposal Unit at the Savannah River Site was completed $60 million under budget and seven months ahead of schedule. The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management recently authorized Saltstone Disposal Unit 9 to begin operations, completing the last step before the unit can begin to accept decontaminated salt solution.
The Aiken Standard is bringing the beach to downtown Aiken for its fourth annual Beach Music Blast on Friday, May 17.
Want to go? WHAT: Palmetto Invitational croquet tournament WHEN: Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21 WHERE: The Green Boundary Club, 780 Whiskey Road FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 404-229-7052 or email ppimab@aol.com.
Friends and employees of Rural Health Services celebrated one of their own April 16 at the Clyburn Center, gathering to cheer the near-completion of a new facility and to honor Carolyn Emanuel-McClain, RHS' chief executive officer.
Police are looking for a second suspect in connection to the missing person case of Jamilla Milli Shanae' Smith.
Sewing, pickleball, gardening and music are among Aiken Senior Life Services' focal points from day to day, and yoga instructor Cheryl Murga has helped add hiking to the list over the past several months.
Birds, butterflies and boa constrictors were topics of morning conversation around Newberry Street's festival area April 20, with Aiken's annual Earth Day gathering taking place with input from such organizations as Southern Pickleball Academy, Keep Aiken County Beautiful, Dominion Energy an…
The National Nuclear Security Administration is one step closer to producing plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site. Workers recently completed the installation of a temporary heating, ventilating and air conditioning system in the building that will house the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions announced Tuesday morning.
House of Raeford Farms Inc.’s proposal to construct a chicken processing plant north of Aiken near Exit 22 on Interstate 20 suffered a significant setback Tuesday.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants the Aiken County Council to delay consideration of the House of Raeford ordinance so that the county and the company can work toward a "mutually agreeable solution." McMaster sent a letter to Aiken County Council Chairman Gary Bunker ahead of the council's meeting Tuesday evening in which it is to consider second reading of an ordinance approving a fee-in-lieu of tax agreement with the company.
An Aiken man has been arrested and charged with murder. Aiken Department of Public Safety officers arrested Jemaurea Deonte Johnson of Aiken Tuesday, Lt. Jennifer Hayes said in a news release.
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Family of Jamilla Smith speaks after second person charged in her disappearance
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