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On the Agenda for Sept. 10
By AMY BANTON Aiken City Council Agenda Today 7 p.m. Municipal Building 214 Park Ave. S.W. Presentations: • Juilliard in Aiken 2013 Downtown Banner Placement • Request by Pink Ribbonettes to place pink...
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ATC puts knowledge to work
Submitted article Editor's note: This is the final article in a series submitted by ATC in celebration of its 40th anniversary. When Aiken Technical College first opened its doors in 1972, it served...
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Quackenbush survives 12-hole playoff to capture championship flight
By BEN BAUGH Brian Quackenbush finally hit the shot exactly like he wanted to with a 5-iron on the 18th hole, the 12th hole of a playoff, where he and tournament director Bo McCullough traded shots...
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Pacers Tied For Seventh After Round One of The Invitational at the Ocean...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Pacers tied for 7th after 1st round of The Invitational KIAWAH ISLAND - The nationally fifth-ranked USC Aiken men's golf team was tied for seventh after the first round of play at The...
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Ryan with 4 TDs as Falcons beat Chiefs
By DAVE SKRETTA FALCONS 40, CHIEFS 24 By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Falcons gladly took advantage of a short-handed Chiefs defense Sunday. Matt Ryan threw for 299 yards and...
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Horse improves after acupuncture treatments
By Ben Baugh Janet Nagar's Fhantom, an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding, didn't seem to be himself. The dressage horse was lacking in energy and appeared to be sore from head to tail. A call to Golden...
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Blotter for Sept. 10
A Clearwater man reported a subject approached him outside his Augusta Road home on Saturday and asked to use his cell phone. The man let the subject use his phone and stepped inside his house for a...
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Habitat homeowner marks achievement with a blaze
By HALEY HUGHES Helen Prysock danced a little jig as she watched an important piece of paper burn to ashes. Prysock, who was handed the keys to her Habitat for Humanity home on Greenville Street 19...
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Fall weather starts with temps below average for week
By Melanie Herbold Fall weather begins this week, as the rain has stopped and weather in the 80s is ahead. This weather is below normal for this time, according to National Weather Service forecaster...
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Rotary runs food drive for Zambia
By Rob Novit AUGUSTA - More than 300 people gathered at the Christenberry Fieldhouse at Augusta State University, preparing packaged meals that will be sent overseas to families in Zambia. In just 90...
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TalkBack: Divided, Roots, Eastwood
How much is enough? I'm calling regarding the comment from the local Democrats that a 15-percent tax on the dividends and capital gains are so low that it is ridiculous, but what they seem to forget is...
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Bowyer wins race, Gordon beats Busch for Chase
By JENNA FRYER RICHMOND, Va. - With his season essentially on the line, Jeff Gordon used a vintage drive to rally his way into NASCAR's championship chase. The 41-year-old Gordon battled an...
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Jones gets farewell from Mets fans, Braves win
By RICK FREEMAN BRAVES 3, METS 2 By RICK FREEMAN Associated Press NEW YORK - Mets fans cheered the loudest for Chipper Jones once he was out of their ballpark for good. When he took the lineup card to...
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Talbert shoots for history
By JEREMY TIMMERMAN For much of the fall, the eyes of Edgefield County's high school sports fans will be focused on the football exploits of Strom Thurmond High School and Wardlaw Academy. The most...
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Final meeting for 5K race coming up
By HALEY HUGHES The last information session on a training program for what organizers hope will become a premier race event in Aiken is Tuesday. The meeting on the Couch to 5K program starts at 6 p.m....
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Service honors public servants
By HALEY HUGHES CLEARWATER - Two words riddled the 911 Honor Service at Lakeside Baptist Church that law enforcement, fire fighters and other public servants may not hear often: thank you. The service,...
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Small S.C. school college football roundup
ASSOCIATED PRESS COASTAL CAROLINA 47, FURMAN 45, 3 OT GREENVILLE (AP) - DeMario Bennett caught a 26-yard touchdown pass in the third overtime and then scored on the mandatory two-point conversion try...
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Georgia passes September stress test for a change
By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) - When Georgia trailed Missouri 17-9 in the third quarter Saturday night, it looked like the kind of early season test the Bulldogs have often failed in recent seasons....
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Golf Capsules for Sept. 9
ASSOCIATED PRESS CARMEL, Ind. - Rory McIlroy beat the strongest leaderboard in golf this year Sunday in the BMW Championship and joined some elite company. McIlroy made back-to-back birdies around the...
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Serena comes back to win U.S. Open
By HOWARD FENDRICH NEW YORK - Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and...
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