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Bookings for May 13
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 13. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although...
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Aiken traffic stop yields drug charges
An Aiken man and Augusta woman were arrested on trafficking cocaine charges after a car search Wednesday.Clyde Smith, 29, and Erica Smith, 31, were arrested when Aiken Department of Public Safety...
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Edisto Singers to present second concert of spring season
SALLEY — The Edisto Singers will continue their spring concert series at 7 p.m. Sunday.Based around the theme of Faith, Hope and Love, the adult singers will perform such songs as "Undivided," "My...
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Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum seeking docents
The City of Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department is looking for volunteers to become docents at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum. Training sessions will be 9:30 a.m. to...
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Aiken mayor announces retirement
Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh announced Thursday he would not seek another term as mayor in the November election.Cavanaugh, alongside his wife, Lee, sat down with the Aiken Standard to announce his...
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Belles Canto concert to feature variety of music
For their spring concert, the teenage female singers of Belles Canto will pull from a variety of genres.Listen - Reflections and Connections in Song will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian...
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Update: Aiken County set to gain $1.6M in 2014 ice storm funds through S.C....
Aiken County is set to receive about $1.6 million out of a 2015-16 budget amendment the South Carolina Senate passed last week.The amendment is part of the Senate-approved $7 billion 2015-16 budget...
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SRNS honors employees children
Twins Mikaela and Jessica Schifer are perhaps best-known as South Aiken High School's highly successful soccer players and are active and competitive as well in swimming, basketball and tennis.They...
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Bon appétit: Kennedy students share French cuisine, conversation
Kennedy Middle School students studying French and French students studying at Kennedy Middle took some time away from their books Tuesday for a pique-nique sur l'herbe, a picnic on the grass.The...
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Choral Society to hold concert
Since pianist Gabriel Mangiante graduated from USC Aiken, he has gone on to win the 2012 Stephen Sondheim Young Artist Citation award and to work on musicals such as Steve Martin's and Edie Brickell's...
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Palmetto College aids working students
To his surprise and delight, Ben Calhoun discovered Palmetto College at USC Aiken in 2013 and considers the opportunity a life-changing experienceHe had long realized he could benefit with a business...
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Hitchcock Woods officially a 'Safe Harbor' for endangered woodpeckers
Red-cockaded woodpeckers once flitted through the trees of Hitchcock Woods, looking for insects and berries to eat and mature longleaf pines in which to excavate their nesting cavities.It's been years,...
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S.C. lawmakers on body cams: 'If we mandate, we have to fund'
A S.C. bill that requires every officer in the state to have access to a body camera might soon become law, but ensuring the state can provide funding for the cameras will take a number of years,...
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'King of the Blues' blues legend B.B. King dead at age 89
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late...
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Deputy wounded, American flag protest & endangered species: News around the...
Berkeley County sheriff's deputy shot and woundedMONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — A Berkeley County sheriff's deputy has been shot and wounded and officers are looking for a suspect.Sheriff Butch Henerey...
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Nepal rescuers find 3 bodies near crashed US chopper, 1 Marine from SC
Associated PressKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepalese rescuers on Friday found three bodies near the wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the...
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Suspects of armed robbery in Aiken still sought
Four suspects are being sought by Aiken County Sheriff's deputies after an early morning robbery Friday.Deputies responded to a burglary in progress call at 12:57 a.m. and found the two victims walking...
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Police: Beech Island man charged with meth possession
A Beech Island man was charged with methamphetamine possession Thursday afternoon.Aiken County Sheriff's deputies found Grady Owenby, 35, of Beech Island, sleeping at the steps of an abandoned house by...
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House passes $612 billion defense policy bill opposed by Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a nearly $612 billion defense policy bill Friday despite President Barack Obama's veto threat and Democratic worries that the measure opens the door to sharp cuts in...
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Alumni object to logo of school named for black congressman
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Alumni of a school named for a slave who later became a South Carolina congressman say the school's logo is offensive.The school is named after Robert Smalls, a slave who escaped...
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