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Tricycle races to be held today
H. Odell Weeks Activity Center will play host to its annual celebration of three-wheeled, kid-powered locomotion today, in the form of the Aiken Kiwanis Club's annual tricycle races.The event, with...
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Godolphin sends colt to grade I Kentucky Derby
Godolphin Racing, which has a division in Aiken, owns a 3-year-old colt in the 141st Kentucky Derby.Frosted, who captured the Twinspires.com Wood Memorial Stakes in New York in March, will run for the...
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Blotter for May 2
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.A 49-year-old North Augusta woman reported a burglary at her home on Cherokee Drive.A 53-year-old Warrenville woman reported a bicycle...
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Officers' torch run supports Special Olympics
Nearly 30 law enforcement officers from Aiken County ran about 10 miles from the Savannah River Site to the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center on Friday in a torch run to benefit the S.C. Special...
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Police body cameras live in North Augusta
NORTH AUGUSTA — Every North Augusta Department of Public Safety officer is now equipped with an extra set of eyes.As of Friday morning, the department made Digital Ally body cameras standard-issue...
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Young entrepreneurs unveil businesses at Chamber breakfast
The companies and services students created as part of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce's Young Entrepreneur Academy officially are open for business.The middle and high school students from across the...
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Supreme Court ruling doesn't curb Aiken K-9s
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that police officers cannot extend traffic stops to wait for drug-sniffing K-9s to inspect vehicles.However, the Aiken Department of Public Safety said the ruling...
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Shoplifting suspect pulls knife on Wal-Mart employee
An employee of the Wal-Mart on Richland Avenue W. reported a subject suspected of shoplifting. When he confronted the subject outside the store, the subject presented a knife, police said.The employee...
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AAA/SAB Band will hold spring concert Tuesday
Rain or shine, the Aiken Area Akademie Homeschool/South Aiken Baptist Christian School Band will hold its spring concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday.Pieces such as "Gallant March," "Amazing Grace," "Londonderry...
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Wreaths across America comes to Aiken County
In 1992, Morrill Winchester started the Wreaths Across America movement with a donation of 5,000 memorial wreaths placed on graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.An iconic photo of...
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Crowning Lupus attracts donors at Saturday event
The track around Odell Weeks Activity Center played host to an estimated 200 visitors Saturday morning, with the second Lupus Walk taking place and about 12 lupus patients being in the mix, ranging in...
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Bills to benefit veterans education, retirement
One of two S.C. bills that will benefit veterans' education and retirement made it to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk this week after being passed by both bodies of the General Assembly. The other is expected...
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United Methodist Women hold spring luncheon
On April 25, the United Methodist Women of St. John's United Methodist Church gathered in friendship with others from their various smaller circles. They enjoyed salads and dessert, welcomed new...
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Blotter for May 3
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A 39-year-old Aiken woman reported Friday that someone shot a gun into her vehicle on Westmont Drive. Officers saw bulletholes in the...
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Rash of car break-ins under investigation
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is investigating more than a dozen vehicle break-ins between Friday and Saturday.Most of the break-ins were reported Friday, with Beaver Creek Lane in Aiken, Brewer...
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Hopelands Gardens concert series returns Monday
The Southern Thunder Cloggers will open the 2015 Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Monday, bringing the art of modern clogging to the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage.The free...
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Peach Blossom Festival in full bloom
JOHNSTON — As popular as the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival is, that popularity once led to the festival being halted for many years. But ask any organizer of the 32nd annual event and they'll likely...
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Deadline to enter Memorial Day Parade is Friday
Memorial Day is less than a month away, and the deadline for participants to enter Aiken's annual Memorial Day parade to honor America's service men and women who sacrificed their lives for their...
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Kids put the pedal to the medal at Kiwanis' annual tricycle race
Three-wheeled transportation was high fashion for dozens of kids Saturday morning at H. Odell Weeks Activity Center, with Aiken Kiwanis Club holding its annual tricycle races. The event had a...
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Langley Dam investigation still ongoing
Aiken County officials hope to have options by mid-June for County Council with how to move forward with repair and maintenance of Langley Dam.The public is still unable to get to the dam or walk to...
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