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Auction of Colbert's desk helps raise $800K for schools
NEW YORK (AP) — Money from the auction of the desk and set of "The Colbert Report" will help thousands of school kids in comedian Stephen Colbert's native South Carolina.Colbert announced on Thursday...
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Three Aiken County School District principals retiring
With three elementary school principals retiring, the Aiken County School District will hold public input opportunities next week as part of the search for successors - both at the schools and...
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Aiken County bookings for May 8
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 6, 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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Blotter for May 8
A 55-year-old Aiken man reported Wednesday someone took his trash can from his Heathwood Drive residence.A 44-year-old Ridge Spring woman reported Wednesday someone took the rain shields from her...
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Errors made during SRS liquid waste work
The Savannah River Site's liquid-waste contractor inadvertently transferred 6,600 gallons of high-level liquid tank waste into the incorrect tank because of degrading infrastructure, according to the...
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S.C. legislators talk water-withdrawal rules at Statehouse
The Statehouse was the scene for almost four hours of discussion Wednesday on the topic of helping South Carolina farmers while preserving the state's rivers, with particular emphasis on the Edisto...
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University Parkway widening moves forward
The subcommittee of the Augusta Regional Transportation Study unanimously voted Thursday to amend the Transportation Improvement Program to include the proposed widening of University Parkway, with...
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Aiken High student's top scores earn him scholarship trip to Germany
As he reached eighth grade at Schofield Middle School, Jacob Sargent met Aiken High School German teacher Art Lader, who also offers German I to eighth-graders at the school."He won me over," Sargent...
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Update: Victim identified in Trenton homicide
Investigators have identified two suspects connected to the death of a Trenton man.The Aiken County Sheriff's Office has obtained warrants for Donald George Hurtekant Jr., 36, and Sandra Ann Marie...
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Day of Prayer unites residents
Thursday afternoon's "business" in downtown Aiken included messages offered by several dozen people focusing on delivering a message beyond lunchtime options and window shopping.Aiken's National Day of...
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Downtown Aiken eatery Davor's closing May 21
After 14 years in The Alley, Davor's restaurant will serve its final meal May 21.Closing the popular eatery in downtown Aiken was a bittersweet decision, owner Heidi Sklizovic said, but the closure...
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State of Georgia joins Palmetto Pipeline opposition
Georgia has joined the anti-Palmetto Pipeline movement.Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal told WRDW-TV Thursday during a visit to Augusta that he plans to fight the proposed 360-mile fuel pipeline that could...
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Clemson Tiger head coaches Dabo Swinney and Brad Brownell visit Aiken
GRANITEVILLE — Clemson's Prowl and Growl Coaches' Tour made its seventh stop in a monthlong trek across South Carolina and North Carolina on Thursday evening.Head football coach Dabo Swinney and head...
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Chihuahua killings, emergency landing & arrests made in deadly shooting:...
3 pet Chihuahuas killed at South Carolina homeLANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Police say three pet Chihuahuas were shot and killed at a home in Lancaster.The Rock Hill Herald reports officers went to a home on...
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Subtropical Storm Ana drifting in Atlantic off US coast
MIAMI (AP) — The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is meandering in the Atlantic off the U.S. southeastern coast Friday after forming nearly a month before the season officially...
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Arkansas veterinarian operates on dog that ate 23 bullets
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) -- An Arkansas veterinarian has kept a dog from going out with a bang after the animal ate 23 live rifle rounds.The Baxter Bulletin reports that 4-year-old Belgian Malinois,...
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Seven displaced after fire Thursday on Boardman Road
An Aiken home was destroyed and seven people, including three children, were displaced after the two-story building was engulfed in flames Thursday morning.Dispatch received the call at 8:44 a.m. about...
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Collision blocks both lanes of Whiskey Road
Traffic is backed up on both sides of Whiskey Road due to a collision.The wreck happened shortly before 3 p.m. Friday in front of Ruby Tuesday. Injuries and how many vehicles involved are unknown at...
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Blotter for May 9
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.A 33-year-old Graniteville man reported that an unknown subject entered his vehicle and removed a firearm at his residence on Crystal...
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Graniteville man faces drug charges
STAFF REPORTSA Graniteville man was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine Tuesday, according to an Aiken Public Safety incident report.Richard Martin Grogg, 33, was...
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