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Report: Deputy uses stun gun twice on North Augusta man
An Augusta-Richmond County deputy deployed his stun gun when responding to a heated altercation near his North Augusta home Friday.According to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Michael...
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Aiken County bookings for May 9
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 7, 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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2015 Innovative Teaching Mini Grants
CATEGORY A1. How the West was Fun: Carla Tudor Kerrigan, Aiken Elementary2. S.T.I.R. I.T. UP (Scientifically Teaching Independent Research through Informational Text) : Jennifer N. Powell, Aiken...
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Women's a cappella group will present Mother's Day concert in Aiken
Women's a cappella group M'Aiken Music will present its spring concert Sunday at the Aiken County Historical Museum, 433 Newberry St. S.W.Titled "The Story of Love," the show will be at 2 and 4:30...
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Warrenville man shot after confronting driver of speeding vehicle
A Warrenville man was shot in the leg after a verbal argument escalated with the driver of a truck that was speeding through a neighborhood Thursday.The 37-year-old man was transported to an area...
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Teen birth rates declining in Aiken County
WARRENVILLE — The problem of teenage girls having babies in Aiken County isn't as big as it used to be, but it still is a significant one.Doug Taylor, the chief program officer for the South Carolina...
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Aiken Bluegrass Festival continues Saturday
As the sun was lowering on the hot Friday evening, people were lounging in chairs, running with dogs and setting up booths for the 2015 Aiken Bluegrass Festival.Noah Cartin was at a booth when his dog,...
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Garden Club of Aiken, state club celebrate anniversaries
The Garden Club of Aiken and the Garden Club of South Carolina commemorated milestones together during a tea Thursday afternoon at Rose Hill Estate on Greenville Street.The event recognized the Aiken...
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Six shots fired into North Augusta home in drive-by shooting
A drive-by shooting occurred at a home on the 500 block of Pershing Drive in North Augusta Friday afternoon.Six shots were fired into the home. The bullets penetrated the walls and went into the home,...
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Officials call for more SRS funding
Savannah River Site funding is shrinking and needs are growing.These sentiments were shared last week in Washington, D.C., by David Jameson, the president and CEO of the Greater Aiken Chamber of...
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Restoring Graniteville: Funds seeks garden, green space
GRANITEVILLE — The Graniteville Brownfield Project is literally an effort to replace brown grass and contaminated areas with more useful and beautiful space, said Anne Fulcher, the community...
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Aiken County teachers receive SRNS mini-grants
After retiring as a kindergarten teacher serving 33 years at North Aiken Elementary School, Annie Ruth Williams wasn't quite ready to call it quits.She received a "Making Math Magical" mini-grant from...
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Service honors county residents
GRANITEVILLE — Wanda Dansereau of North Augusta remembers her daughter, Cynthia Ann Sullivan, as a dedicated nurse who knew from the time she was a child the career path she wanted to follow.Sullivan,...
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Column: Release the Craven video
This newspaper has been working to shed light on the details of an officer-involved shooting death last year that officals have largely kept from public view.In February 2014, 25-year-old North Augusta...
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Aiken police investigating early morning shooting
Aiken Public Safety and the S.C. Law Enforcement Division are investigating a shooting that left one person injured.The condition of the victim, who was transported to an area hospital, is...
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Chairman of American Defense International, Inc., author speaking at next...
The Aiken Republican Club will host the chairman of American Defense International, Inc. at its May luncheon meeting.Van Hipp, also the author of the recently released book, "The New Terrorism: How to...
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Aiken County holds art competition
Aiken County wants residents to step back into the past and get involved in a little fun competition by helping to identify several photographs that used to hang in the former Shoney's on Whiskey...
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Public Safety asks drivers to avoid Whiskey Road Sunday morning
Drivers are asked to avoid the area of Whiskey Road and East Gate Drive part of today to reduce any traffic delays as the Accident Reconstruction Team will be diverting traffic to a single lane in each...
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Aiken County students honored for character
Every year Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh can't help but think that as each day passes the students in Aiken County will one day "be our leaders."Those future leaders and Aiken County students were honored...
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Celebrity Waiters to 'offer meals that include everything'
On Monday, 14 Aiken restaurants will open their doors for the annual Children's Place Inc. fundraiser - Celebrity Waiter Night.Children's Place is "a charity that has helped thousands of young children...
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