Aiken mayor Cavanaugh looks back on 30 years of service
Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh looks to his wife of 40 years, Lee, as his biggest support through the journey the two started together roughly 30 years ago.
On Thursday, Cavanaugh and his wife sat down with the Aiken Standard to reminisce and announce that his journey would be taking a different path in November; after serving Aiken City residents for three decades on City Council, Cavanaugh announced he would not seek re-election.
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Aiken relays to find a cure for cancer
South Aiken High School's athletic field, known as The Stomping Grounds, got plenty of foot traffic Friday evening with hundreds of visitors gathering to take part in the Aiken Relay For Life.
Churches, schools, families and businesses, in keeping with tradition, helped comprise the annual American Cancer Society gathering, which had mostly upbeat music for its soundtrack and an assortment of Frisbees and footballs heading back and forth during the course of the seven-hour event.
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Thinking outside the MOX: A closer look at disposal alternatives
A Carlsbad, New Mexico, plant where employees suffered radiation exposure made headlines again last week as a possible landing spot for down-blended plutonium from the Savannah River Site - one of several alternatives to the current MOX program.
But the plant, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is still shut down from the February 2014 incident, leaving some officials questioning its viability in serving as a disposal site.
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Lukisha Thomas wrongful death suit settled; details of case sealed by judge
The wrongful death civil suit of Lukisha Thomas, who was struck by a car and killed in 2013 as she was walking down the sidewalk, has been settled.
Mediating attorney J. Martin Harvey confirmed last week the case has been settled, but details could not be released because the settlement document has been temporarily sealed.
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Aiken County Coroner makes temporary plans as deadline passes on transport services
The deadline has come and gone for a judge to make a decision on whether Aiken County should pay a transport and removal service for the Aiken County Coroner's Office, leaving Coroner Tim Carlton to put together a temporary plan until the judge's decision is released.
Friday was the last day that Rucker Removal Services, a Langley-based company tasked to pick up and transport the deceased in Aiken County, said it would transport the deceased until an outstanding balance was paid by the County.
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