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Falcons fined, lose draft pick for pumping in fake noise
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL has fined the Atlanta Falcons, stripped the organization of a draft pick and suspended team president Rich McKay from the league's Competition Committee beginning April 1...
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Hotel Aiken has rich history and deep ties to Aiken
It has been known as the Holley House, Holley Inn, The Polo Tavern or just The Holley. Whatever it has been called, Hotel Aiken has a rich history that reaches back more than 100 years, when it was...
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Ridge Spring man charged with domestic violence following incident
A Ridge Spring man was jailed on multiple charges after injuring his wife by driving away while she was trying to get into his vehicle, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.Russell Eric...
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Aiken man, juvenile charged with car break-ins
An Aiken man and a juvenile were detained after they were found breaking into vehicles on Kline Street early Sunday, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.Kartel D'Marco Smith, 17, of...
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Forum seeks input on Aiken County school superintendent
Public Education Partners will hold an open forum Thursday to identify characteristics the community feels are important in the new superintendent of schools.Responses will be presented to the Aiken...
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Blotter for March 31
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 42-year-old Aiken woman was charged with criminal domestic violence Sunday after assaulting her husband during an argument.A...
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Isabel Vandervelde remembered as rich asset to the Aiken community
It doesn't take long to notice Isabel Ann Reichert Vandervelde's impact on Aiken; just take a walk through downtown Aiken's The Alley and her work is there scrawled on the wall of the Aiken Brewing...
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Scouts share the love
Girl Scout Troop 415 visited the Aiken County Animal Shelter during the weekend of March 20. Juniors from the trip made the visit as part of their requirement toward achieving their Bronze Award.The...
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Aiken City, County offices closed Friday
Aiken County and City of Aiken offices will be closed Friday in observance of Good Friday.Offices and facilities will continue their regular schedule on Monday, April 6.All Aiken County recycling...
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Aiken residents hope to raise $50K for mother's double lung transplant
Taking a deep, satisfying breath has become a major challenge for Kim Holmes, known to some as a longtime employee of the Bi-Lo on Pine Log Road, and now also for her struggle with idiopathic...
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Pre-schoolers relish Travinia restaurant experience, including the food
Most preschool kids might not have encountered such food before, but they liked it at Travinia Italian Kitchen on Friday - one little girl enjoying Alfredo so much she wouldn't eat much else other than...
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Dedication and lighting ceremony for Megiddo's cross will be held Thursday
GRANITEVILLE — Megiddo Dream Station's 92-foot-tall white cross is well on its way to becoming a popular local attraction after being erected in the back of the Graniteville Cemetery on March 27."The...
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Congressmen question validity of MOX study
The first of two independent studies on alternatives to the Savannah River Site's MOX program is due next month, but U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson says there might be a conflict of interest and a lack of...
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6 killed in crash, cockfighting charges & cold damages peach crops: News...
Coroner IDs 6 people killed in fiery Interstate 26 crashENOREE, S.C. (AP) — The coroner has identified the six people who died in a fiery wreck earlier this month on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg...
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Clash over biscuits may have led to Clemson student's death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A confrontation over his failure to buy fast-food biscuits may have led to the death of a 19-year-old Clemson University fraternity pledge, who plunged to his death from a bridge...
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Police search for armed prisoner after hospital escape in Virginia (w/video)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) -- One shot was fired early Tuesday as a guard wrestled with a prisoner, who then fled a northern Virginia hospital with a gun setting off an hours-long lockdown and search,...
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S.C. Gov. Haley tours arts-integration school in Aiken
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley didn't have to ask students at East Aiken School of the Arts twice to yell "Get Excited!" as loud as they could during a visit to the elementary school Monday.When she...
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SC Senate panel approves closing DUI loophole on mopeds
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Senate panel has approved a measure seeking to close a loophole in South Carolina law and make it illegal to drive a moped while drunk.A Senate transportation subcommittee on...
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Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he wants legislation clarifying that a new religious-freedom does not allow discrimination on his desk by the end of the week.Pence said Tuesday he has...
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Report: Teen makes death threats toward Aiken officers
A juvenile was detained for unlawful carrying of a pistol after he was seen walking around with a revolver sticking out of his pants, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.The 16-year-old...
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