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Strom Thurmond High Wins Mock Trial
Strom Thurmond High School won the South Carolina Bar High School Mock Trial State Competition in Columbia on March 14, qualifying the school for the national championship event in Raleigh, North...
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Blotter for March 19
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 31-year-old Aiken man was charged with criminal domestic violence Wednesday after he struck his girlfriend in the face and...
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Motorist charged in Aiken County school bus collision; no injuries
A Graniteville man fled the scene after causing a three-vehicle collision involving a school bus Wednesday afternoon, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.No injuries were reported in the...
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Bookings for March 19
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for March 17, 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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Perry man charged in sex assault
A Perry man who was jailed last month on charges of prostitution and solicitation of a minor was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's...
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Common Core thrown out, replaced by revamped education standards
Children in grades third through eighth in the Aiken County School District will take assessment tests with Common Core academic standards for the first time this spring - and the last.Last June, the...
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Planning begins for return of One Table in Aiken this Thanksgiving
One Table, Aiken's free community Thanksgiving dinner, will return Nov. 26 after it was canceled in 2014."We are in the early stages of planning it, and we have formed a new committee," One Table's...
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Reps. talk SRS shipments, storage
Concerns over Savannah River Site storage space and lower funding levels for the Site's H Canyon facility have not slowed plans to bring foreign shipments of uranium and possibly other nuclear...
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Donald Trump, park shooting & fraternity suspension after death: News around...
Trump to visit Myrtle Beach while exploring runMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Businessman Donald Trump is set to appear next month at the Horry County Republican Convention, as he considers a run for...
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Tunisia: 9 detained in connection to museum attack
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's presidency says security forces have arrested 9 people in connection with the attack on the national museum that killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists.The statement...
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Sharing the roadway: Cyclists and motorists expected to obey rules, can be...
Temperatures are rising, and more people will be getting outside to enjoy the nicer weather - some of them on two wheels.Aiken resident Christian Schaumann, who's been riding bicycles for more than 20...
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Woman accused of cutting baby from pregnant woman's womb
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- A 34-year-old woman was accused of stabbing a pregnant woman in the stomach and removing her baby, while the expectant mother visited her home to buy baby clothes advertised on...
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Coroner Tim Carlton suing Aiken County
An elected official is taking legal action against Aiken County and its Council after months of nonpayment to a local business that's removing and transporting bodies for the coroner's office.Aiken...
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'Cinderella' tickets sold out ahead of Aiken performance
Tickets are sold out to Sunday's Aiken Civic Ballet's "Cinderella" production at the USC Aiken Etherredge Center.This production follows the sold-out Aiken Civic Ballet and Pitter Patter Children's...
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Beech Island woman accused in assault on wheelchair-bound family member
A 17-year-old Beech Island woman reportedly threw a cigarette at a woman who is wheelchair-bound, then tried to push her out of the wheelchair, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.The...
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North Augusta man sought for drug violations
Aiken County deputies needs help locating a suspect.Michael Craig Bellamy, 24, is wanted for drug violations, according to a press release.His last known address is 649 Hutchinson Drive in North...
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Aiken County deputies looking to identify robber in reflective road crew vest
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is looking to identify a man who robbed a local store while wearing a reflective road crew vest earlier this month.The incident happened on March 6 at the Dollar...
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Aiken man charged with assaulting disabled woman
An Aiken man was jailed after he reportedly struck a disabled woman in the face and was found to have drugs in his possession, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.Anthony Davis Coates,...
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SRS advisory board to meet next week
A group that monitors the Savannah River Site and makes recommendations to the Energy Department will have its bimonthly meeting Monday and Tuesday.The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board will...
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Court: Stripper shot at SC club entitled to workers' comp
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An exotic dancer who was shot at a Columbia nightclub is entitled to workers' compensation benefits for her injury, according to a ruling by South Carolina's highest court.The...
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