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Blotter for March 16
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A 20-year-old Aiken man was arrested for disorderly conduct Saturday at a home on Herndon Dairy Road in Aiken. According to the...
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Color Run to raise funds for Wagener school
Recreating the experience of the nationally-known race, the Color Run, to raise money for the Cyril B. Busbee Elementary/A.L. Corbett Middle Schools Parent-Teacher Organization, is the upcoming...
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Nevada officials quarrel over Yucca site
Controversy over Nevada's Yucca Mountain project has recently sparked documents from supporters and naysayers of the project, with both sides holding high-ranking positions in the Sagebrush State.Yucca...
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South Aiken orienteering team excels at nationals
As Sarah Mell was ending gymnastics training, the South Aiken High School student - now a junior - was looking for something new to keep fit.After joining the Naval Junior ROTC unit, she found...
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Movie, Irish music on tap for St. Patrick's Day concert
The members of the Aiken Concert Band are celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday with a spring concert.On the concert's program, in addition to some Irish music, will be music from American band...
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Local chefs to compete in Horsin' & Hoggin' Cook-off
Award-winning chefs from around the state will serve up Southern-style pulled pork for a good cause at the fifth-annual Horsin' & Hoggin' Barbecue Cook-off on March 28, and at least four of them...
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SRS sees success at student science bowl
A team of four science students from Roebuck, will be rewarded with an all-expenses paid trip to the Department of Energy National Science Bowl Competition to be held in Washington, D.C.About 120...
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Local group bakes cookies for prisoners
A truckload of home-baked cookies is on track to head about 50 miles northwest out of Aiken this week, en route to a rough neighborhood.Kairos Prison Ministry, supported by a variety of local churches,...
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Demonstrative, Palace Malice honored in Sunday ceremony
The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame added its 40th member Sunday afternoon with the induction of Demonstrative. In addition, Palace Malice was recognized as Aiken's 2014 Horse of the Year.More...
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In case you missed it: Top stories from the weekend
Safety debated in proposed pipeline The debate is heating up on the proposed local pipeline.It would be a 360-mile fuel pipeline that will run from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, through Belton, South...
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City debt free, still dealing with budget shortfall
For the first time in more than 20 years, the City of Aiken is debt free. However, as the fiscal year 2015-16 budget nears its beginning, staff continues to find ways to fill a budget shortfall in its...
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Clemson building name debate, Fiorina to speak in S.C.: News from around the...
Man serving life sentences for 3 murders in Pelzer diesGREENWOOD - Authorities said a man sentenced to life in prison in a Pelzer triple homicide and the high-speed chase that followed has died while...
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Man, 20, accused of shooting officers at Ferguson protest
CLAYTON, Mo. — Authorities said a man charged in the shooting of two police officers last week during a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had attended the protest earlier that night,...
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Town of Wagener to hold special meeting on ordinance enforcement
The Wagener Town Council will meet tonight in a special meeting to discuss the enforcement of a current ordinance regarding cleanup.The meeting is open to the public, and will start at 6:30 p.m. in the...
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Report: Burglar offered victim tree services
A Beech Island woman said an unknown man entered her home to offer "tree services" but stole her purse, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.The incident happened 8 p.m. Saturday at a home on...
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UPDATE: Durst waives extradition, will return to California to face murder...
NEW ORLEANS —Wealthy eccentric Robert Durst waived extradition Monday and will return to Los Angeles to face a murder charge in the 15-year-old death of a writer and friend who acted as his...
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Warrenville man accused of child abuse
A Warrenville man is facing charges after he wrapped a belt around a child's neck at least twice, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.Onofre Lopez, 35, was charged with unlawful neglect of a...
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Aiken man jailed on child porn charges
An Aiken man was jailed on allegations of downloading and sharing child pornography, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.Brisbon Chapman, 22, was charged with five counts of second-degree...
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Barnwell bookings for March 17
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for March 13-16, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although...
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Bookings for March 17
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for March 13-15, 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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