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Advisory boards talk DOE communication, budget in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Representatives from eight advisory boards that make recommendations to the Department of Energy met in Augusta on Wednesday to discuss communication strategies and the Department's budget...
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Woman gets 3-7-years for shooting over bacon-less burger
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman has been sentenced to three to seven years in prison for opening fire at a McDonald's restaurant after workers twice failed to put bacon on her...
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Update: American, Italian hostages killed in US drone strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American and an Italian held hostage by al-Qaida, as well as two Americans working with the terror group, were inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes early this year, the...
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Prosecution rests in penalty phase of Boston bomber's trial
BOSTON (AP) -- The prosecution rested its case Thursday during the penalty phase of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial after playing a video showing the mother of 8-year-old Martin...
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Loretta Lynch wins confirmation as attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Loretta Lynch has won confirmation to serve as the nation's attorney general, ending months of delay.The vote was 56-43 in the Senate Thursday.Lynch will replace Eric Holder and...
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ATC ranks No. 1 in graduate job placement
Aiken Technical College has achieved the highest graduate job placement rate statewide, ahead of 15 other colleges in the S.C. Technical College System.ATC's graduate placement rate was near perfect in...
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Day of Caring has impact on teens at Helping Hands
This year, 40 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions employees and their families participated in United Way's Project Vision Day of Caring at Helping Hands.Projects included replacing a counter-top,...
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Palmetto Pipeline hearing scheduled in North Augusta
Aiken County finally will get to hear directly from representatives of the Palmetto Project pipeline.Kinder Morgan, the company planning to build the pipeline, will participate in a public meeting in...
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Blotter for April 24
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:A 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old girl were charged with disorderly conduct Tuesday after fighting at Aiken High School.A...
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Barnwell County bookings for April 24
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for April 20 to 22, 2015 Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were...
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Aiken County bookings for April 24
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for April 22, 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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Uncertainty looms on shipments to WIPP
AUGUSTA - Officials said Thursday that it is still premature to discuss when Savannah River Site and other Department of Energy sites can resume shipments of transuranic waste to a plant in Carlsbad,...
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AHS students discover that the predatory lionfish tastes good
Those familiar with the lionfish might be incredulous that anybody would actually eat one.That didn't stop Aiken High school senior Sophie Nance from having three servings in Charleston this week."I...
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EDP, County break ground on spec building, hopes to bring in industry
The Aiken-Edgefield Economic Development Partnership and Aiken County Council broke ground Thursday on a new speculative building, hoping it draws in large industrial business and jobs in the...
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Kenneth Starr to speak at USCA
Judge Kenneth Starr, who from 1994 to 1999 was appointed to serve as independent counsel for five federal investigations, including Whitewater, will be the speaker at USC Aiken's spring commencement at...
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Run United volunteers to meet at Center for the Performing Arts
Volunteers working with the Run United half marathon should meet inside the URS Center for the Performing Arts at 126 Newberry St. S.W. beginning at 5:30 a.m. Saturday.Volunteers will be served...
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Aiken's Relay For Life gearing up for its big event May 15
This year, Relay For Life is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding. It began in May 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, to raise...
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'Never a dull moment': A day in the life of an Aiken County jail booking...
Most law enforcement officers don't know what a typical shift will bring.But with every arrest - from misdemeanors to violent crimes - funneling into the intake division of a single jail, the same...
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Aiken Steeplechase Association 'exploring all options' as construction...
Should they stay, or should they go?It's a question that officials of the Aiken Steeplechase Association are pondering as construction crews transform Bruce's Field at the Aiken Horse Park into a major...
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Aiken's Relay For Life gearing up for its big event May 15
This year, Relay For Life is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding. It began in May 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, to raise...
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