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Blotter for May 10
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A 71-year-old Aiken man reported Thursday someone took items, including a refrigerator, out of a residence on Morgan Street.A...
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Aiken Council to take final vote on 1% hospitality tax
Aiken City Council will hold the final vote Monday on whether to approve a 1 percent hospitality tax.The 7 p.m. meeting is open to the public and will be held in the Municipal Building's Council...
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Garcia Theatre Project awards top winners
At the annual Garcia Theatre Project at the Etherredge Center, South Aiken High's Alonzo Hay took top male acting honors, and Ridge Spring-Monetta's Amber Merrit finished as the best female...
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Study: MOX at SRS to be less cost-effective in plutonium disposal
A down-blending method of weapons-grade plutonium is more cost effective than the current MOX program, according to a long-awaited study mandated by Congress.The highly anticipated, 47-page...
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Cool cars showcased for good cause
BURNETTOWN — Souped-up old and new cars were on display not just to gain looks Saturday at Langley Pond Park, but also to support a good cause.Area Churches Together Serving, or ACTS, held their first...
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Companies to host free management workshop
Ignore it and it will get worse.That is the message BlueCross Blueshield, and one of its corporate subsidiaries, First Sun, has been spreading to business managers and human resources officials across...
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SRNS repairs cooler at Golden Harvest
Employees for the Savannah River Site's management and operations contractor recently volunteered their construction skills at Aiken's Golden Harvest Food Bank.Led by Vice President Dan Armstrong, a...
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Superintendent search, budget top School Board agenda
The Aiken County Board of Education will introduce the Superintendent Search Committee and give the members their charge at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the District office at 1000 Brookhaven Drive.The Board...
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Aiken Planning Commission to discuss RV camp, building height
The Aiken Planning Commission will meet Tuesday to recommend whether to change a City zoning ordinance allowing a RV camp inside City limits.The 6 p.m. meeting is open to the public and will be held in...
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Annual golf tournament raises money for mission trip to Bolivia
Spring is a time for golf tournaments around North Augusta, and one of the longest running will be back once again.The annual Bolivia Golf Tournament is in its 17th year, and it will return May 18.The...
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Charity golf tournament needs players, sponsors
The 5th Annual Aiken-Augusta Wounded Warrior Charity Golf Classic will be held May 18 on the Plantation and Wisteria courses at the Woodside Plantation Country Club.Last year's event raised more than...
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Palace Malice finishes third in return to racing Sunday
Palace Malice didn't win while making his long-awaited return to racing Sunday, but Dogwood Stable President Cot Campbell wasn't discouraged by the 5-year-old bay horse's performance."I think we had to...
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Suspect in Trenton homicide taken into custody in Virginia
A male suspect in the homicide of a Trenton man was taken into custody early Sunday morning.The Aiken County Sheriff's Office reported that the Buckingham County Sheriff's Department in Virginia...
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Aiken County Career Center students receive emergency response certificates
Six seniors at the Aiken County Career and Technology Center have been certified as community emergency responders to provide first-response care and services during disasters.Valerie Castillo, Talesia...
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Aiken Concert Band to bring big band, Broadway to Hopelands stage
The Aiken Concert Band will continue the 41st season of the Hopelands Summer Concert Series tonight.The free concert, held by the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, will last...
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Citizens Advisory Board: NNSA, MOX not under purview
On more than one occasion, the Savannah River Site's Citizens Advisory Board, or CAB, has had to remind the public that the MOX program and other missions overseen by the National Nuclear Security...
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No joke: Colbert funds all donorschoose.org school projects in Aiken County
Comedian Stephen Colbert last week funded nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers in South Carolina schools.Colbert's donation of $800,000 funded projects at 375 schools, including 13 schools...
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Update: Shooting reported in Woodside neighborhood, one person injured
An accidental shooting occurred in Woodside Plantation Saturday afternoon, and one person was taken to the hospital.Police arrived at a home on Magnolia Lake Court at 1:08 p.m. in response to the...
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Indecent exposure, car explosion death & dump truck police chase: News...
NC man accused of exposing himself in SC police lobbyYORK, S.C. (AP) — A Sharon man has been arrested in a South Carolina police station after officers say he exposed himself in the lobby.The Rock Hill...
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AP Exclusive: Self-driving cars getting dinged in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on...
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