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Pianist brothers perform in Juilliard master class
Brothers Samuel, 16, and Isaac McNamee, 14, each took piano lesson at age 5; now as teenagers, they got an unlikely opportunity Tuesday.The Aiken residents performed for Rachel Kudo, a graduate of The...
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Aiken's First Baptist Church ministry's 'Pass It On' sale begins Friday
Sixteen years ago, Jenny Fulmer arrived at a new Pass It On sale at Aiken's First Baptist Church - a new ministry in which families could sell and buy used clothing and toys for children and...
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Aiken County Habitat launches 100th Home Community Build Campaign
Aiken County Habitat for Humanity has been providing quality, affordable housing for local families with low incomes for more than 25 years.The organization built its first house in 1989 and erected...
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Edgefield Corridor study moves forward
Aiken Planning Commission pushed the Edgefield Highway Corridor Planning Study forward in a unanimous recommendation Tuesday night.All members supported the study, with the exception of members Kent...
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Bookings for March 9
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for March 9, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released....
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Two suspects jailed on drug charges
Two Aiken County residents were detained on drug charges after they were found unconscious in a vehicle, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.Holds were placed on Randall Lee Rucker, 21, of...
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Blotter for March 11
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 27-year-old Aiken man was charged with criminal domestic violence Monday after he threw a TV remote at his wife twice, striking...
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Barnwell bookings for March 11
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for March 5-10, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released....
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FieldTurf defeated for N.A. football stadium
By a vote of five to four, the Aiken County School Board defeated a motion that would have allowed North August High School to move forward with the installation of FieldTurf, an artificial surface, on...
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Historic Aiken Foundation awards resident with passion for restoring homes
Anne Thomasson bought and began restoring the Carriage House Inn in 1987.Thomasson recently received the Stewardship Award from the Historic Aiken Foundation for being a good steward of the property at...
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Public can comment on scheduled tank closure
The public will have an opportunity to comment during a meeting that will provide information to better understand the Savannah River Site's Tank 16H Closure Module.The Savannah River Operations Office...
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Sex offender, former N.A. educator, released from prison
A former Aiken County assistant principal who pleaded guilty in 2010 to child molestation has been released from prison after serving his sentence, according to the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole...
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Juilliard in Aiken: Showcase concert to feature several festival performers
Throughout this week, the performers of the seventh annual Juilliard in Aiken festival have performed in schools, churches and entertainment venues.At 8 p.m. Friday, most of them will join together at...
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Aiken Corp. a need for City of Aiken economically
Much of what Aiken residents and visitors see in the downtown Aiken area was done because of the Aiken Corp. and the Aiken Downtown Development Association.From the Center for African American History,...
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City Council awards contract to start work in The Alley
An Augusta company was awarded the contract for The Alley renovation project Monday night after a unanimous Aiken City Council vote.The City issued a request for proposals in February to find a company...
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Plane crash, Myrtle Beach slayings and herbicide death: News around the...
Inman dead in ultralight plane crash in ChesneeCHESNEE, S.C. (AP) — An Inman man is dead after his motorized glider crashed in Chesnee.Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger told local media...
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Utah set to bring back death sentence by firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah -- the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad -- is poised to bring back the Old West-style executions if the state cannot track down...
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The Associated Press sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure...
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Latest on military helicopter crash: Remains wash ashore
10:45 A.MAbout a dozen airmen wearing fatigues walked shoulder to shoulder down a foggy beach, looking at the sand for any sign of 11 missing Marines and soldiers who were aboard a helicopter that was...
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Update: Names of Edgefield County fatal fire victims released
A house fire in Edgefield County claimed the lives of three people including two children Tuesday.Laterrious Watkins, 24 and her two children Aubrey McKie, 2, and Jacob McKie Jr., 1, died in the early...
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