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Marine Corps League to hold fundraiser breakfast
The James L. Hammons Detachment 939 of the Marine Corps League will hold a benefit breakfast at Fatz Cafe on Pine Log Road from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.Tickets for the breakfast are just $7 and will be...
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Aiken High School saddles up for rodeo fundraiser
Aiken High School's Future Farmers of America is bringing the first Aiken High Rodeo fundraiser to the area - an event that the group's adviser, Waylon Priester, believes will receive the community...
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Report: Brick used to shatter door of downtown Aiken business
The Aiken Department of Public Safety is investigating the burglary of a downtown business early Wednesday.Officers responded to a burglar alarm at Palmetto Package and Fine Wine about 1:15 a.m....
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Landlord thwarts N.A. domestic assault
A landlord intervened and called 911 while a North Augusta man was assaulting his ex-girlfriend Tuesday, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.The 36-year-old victim told officers the...
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Report: South Aiken student assaults, spits on teachers
A South Aiken High School student was detained after first creating a disturbance, then assaulting and spitting on two teachers, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.The incident happened...
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Blotter for April 23
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 36-year-old Aiken woman was charged with shoplifting Tuesday after she tried to take $84 in merchandise from a store on Richland...
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Aiken County bookings for April 23
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for April 21, 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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Midland Valley FFA plans gardening class
Midland Valley High School's chapter of the National FFA Organization will host its first adult education program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.The meeting will be held at the high school FFA classroom.The...
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Judge: Aiken Traffic Court in need of new building due to space, health issues
Aiken County officials learned Tuesday another County building has become a topic of concern to many because of limited space.County Magistrate Carl Insley told officials and members of County...
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City: York Street bridge in need of renovation
The City of Aiken would like to see action as soon as possible on one of Aiken's historic wooden bridges, according to Interim City Manager Roger LeDuc.Around 40 residents, including City staff and...
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Board approves new deputy superintendent
Dr. Shawn Foster, selected on Tuesday as the Aiken County School District's deputy superintendent, will bring a range of experiences when he begins work.Currently, he is the director of Student and...
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Board budget wrongly reported
The Aiken County School Board budget priorities listed in an article on page 3A of the Wednesday, April 22, edition of the Aiken Standard were incorrect.Much of that list of priorities was quoted from...
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Volunteers help clear tornado debris in Aiken's River Bluff neighborhood
The S.C. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers helped clean up tornado storm debris in the River Bluff neighborhood in Aiken.Volunteers from Ridge Spring, Saluda, Lexington, Ward, Aiken, Gilbert...
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Study: MOX could cost $51 billion
The first of two studies evaluating alternatives to the Savannah River Site's MOX program estimates that the program will cost about $51 billion to complete, with estimated completion in 2044.The full...
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City: York Street bridge in need of renovation
The City of Aiken would like to see action as soon as possible on one of Aiken's historic wooden bridges, according to Interim City Manager Roger LeDuc.Around 40 residents, including City staff and...
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ATF offering reward in N.A. homicide
Federal investigators are offering a $5,000 reward in the unsolved case of a man who was shot to death at a North Augusta apartment complex earlier this year.Donnie Lee Brooks Jr., 23, died Jan. 11 at...
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National park rescue, strip club dispute & marijuana summit: News around the...
5 rescued after getting lost in Congaree National ParkGADSDEN, S.C. (AP) — A family of five has been rescued after getting lost in the Congaree National Park southeast of Columbia.Columbia Fire...
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Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile, and nearby town evacuated
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern...
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5 nursing students killed in Georgia interstate crash
ELLABELLE, Ga. (AP) — Five nursing students died early Wednesday in a chain-reaction crash in southeast Georgia that authorities said began when a tractor-trailer failed to slow down and smashed into...
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Aiken Kite Festival will not be rescheduled
The eighth annual Aiken Kite Festival will not be rescheduled, despite being canceled last week due to rain and poor field conditions."The City of Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department had...
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