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Aiken Community Playhouse Coffee House will offer variety
A musical preview and a Mark Twain portrayer will be part of Friday's Aiken Community Playhouse Coffee House event.Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show beginning at 7 p.m.Admission of $12 includes...
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Homeschool students celebrate graduation
The Aiken Homeschool graduation was celebrated on May 8 at River of Life Church in Aiken. Dr. Gary Senn, director of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at USC Aiken, delivered the address to the...
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TalkBack for May 14: Council, snakes and nukes
On councilWe need Gary Bunker back on the council.Want versus needCity and County Council focus too much on the word "want" when they should be focused on the needs. It's their job to create projects...
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Take trip around the world with Bound to Sing this Saturday
The preteen boys choir Bound to Sing is wrapping up its 2014-15 season with a concert at 4 p.m. Saturday.The free Folk Songs from Around the World concert will be at Aiken's First Baptist Church, 120...
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Residents invited to raise flags half-staff
Aiken County Council has asked the public to fly flags at half-staff Friday to honor the community's law enforcement officers who have lost their lives or become disabled in the line of duty.The...
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Aiken County set to gain $1.6M in 2014 ice storm funds through S.C. Senate...
The South Carolina Senate's $7 billion 2015-16 budget that passed last week included an amendment to send $4 million to counties affected by the February 2014 ice storm.The 42-to-3 vote sends the...
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Organizers hope for big crowd at Relay For Life
Relay For Life of Aiken's purpose is to raise money for the American Cancer Society, and Lisa Glass is hoping that a big crowd turns out to support its main event for 2015 at the South Aiken High...
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FOIA power removed from body cam bill
The S.C. House renamed a bill requiring police to wear body cameras after Walter Scott, who was killed in a North Charleston police shooting, en route to unanimously passing the bill Wednesday...
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New District deputy superintendent begins school visits
After visiting all seven area high schools earlier this week, Dr. Shawn Foster, the Aiken County Public School District's new deputy superintendent, said his initial impression is the same as when he...
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Brother: Dog blocked bullet zooming toward its owner's head
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Gunfire that struck a Montana bartender as he carried his injured dog outside his house after a shift likely would have killed him if it didn't hit the pit bull first, the man's...
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Woman sought for fraudulent transactions
The Aiken Department of Public Safety is asking for assistance in identifying a fraud suspect.A woman is being sought for fraudulent credit card transactions that took place recently at an Aiken...
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Aiken Garden show Friday, Saturday
People with green thumbs or an interest in gardening have plenty to do this weekend.The Aiken Garden Show will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Aiken County Historical Museum.Tickets,...
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Murder-suicide, lawyer suspended for client affair, & sea turtle release:...
Sheriff: Lexington County man a victim in murder-suicideGASTON, S.C. (AP) — Lexington County authorities say a man killed at his Gaston home last month was a victim in a murder-suicide.The coroner's...
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SC House takes up bill banning judges from using Sharia Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is debating a law prohibiting courts from enforcing foreign law in the state.Rep. Chip Limehouse says his bill is needed to prevent something like Sharia...
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Soft lockdown at East Aiken Elementary lifted
East Aiken Elementary was put on a soft lockdown earlier today, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.The school, located on Old Wagener Road, was on a soft lockdown because a man living...
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4 men including one SC resident charged with using 14-year-old in...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Three men from New Jersey and another from South Carolina have been charged with forcing a 14-year-old girl into a prostitution ring.Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman...
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Artists K. Michelle, Future coming to Augusta, tickets on sale Friday
Hip-hop artist K. Michelle and rapper Future are taking part in the Power 107 Birthday Bash at the James Brown Arena, 601 Seventh St., on Aug. 1.The event, was previously known as Powerfest, will start...
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Police: Graniteville man attacked woman, neighbor with rifle
A man is facing criminal domestic violence and pointing and presenting a firearm charges after an altercation Wednesday.Jeremy Smith, 41, was arrested after the Aiken County Sheriff's Office responded...
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Report: Aiken man attacks woman with gun
An Aiken man was arrested after a shooting incident Wednesday on Herndon Dairy Road.Sherman Reeves, 37, was charged with criminal domestic violence first offense, trespassing and for multiple Aiken...
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Blotter for May 15
According to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A Graniteville man on Betis Academy Road reported larceny Tuesday after an unknown man scammed him out of $600.A North Augusta man was arrested Wednesday...
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