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USCA's Botsch retires, retires exit polls too
During the mid-term election day last November, hundreds of people agreed to participate in a comprehensive exit poll - coordinated by USC Aiken Professor Dr. Bob Botsch and his former and current...
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Grimm named to state school panel
Freddie Grimm, of North Augusta, has been named to a state parent advisory council by State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman.Grimm has had three children go through the public schools and is...
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Crosland Park Association, Dumpster Depot provide fire relief
The Crosland Park Neighborhood Association, residents of the Northside community and employees of a local business came together to help a family whose home was destroyed by fire May 11.Dale Couch, the...
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Aiken gears up for Memorial Day Parade
The Aiken Jaycees, the Aiken County Veterans Council, A is for Advertising, WFXG-TV and Security Federal Bank will hold a Memorial Day parade at 11 a.m. Saturday. The parade will begin at Park Avenue...
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Learn how to make a personal historical documentary at museum fund-raiser
Award-winning filmmakers Jamie and Christi Koelker will show people how to preserve their memories in a personal historical documentary during the 90 Day Doc Workshop at the Aiken County Historical...
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County: Property tax hike a 'last resort'
What Aiken County Council member Andrew Siders called a "last resort" Tuesday night could be the fix to smooth out some of the County's financial woes, said County Administrator Clay Killian.Council...
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Rusche remembered for 'firmest handshake' in state
L.L. Willis did not know Ben Rusche very well when they worked together on the Aiken County School Board in the early 1970s, but one of his physical traits remains in his memory."He had one of the...
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Sen. Tim Scott on body cams: 'A video is worth a thousand pictures'
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said the federal government should not mandate the use of body cameras for law enforcement agencies across the nation, but that Congress should strongly encourage their...
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Judge: Enough probable cause to try former North Augusta officer Justin Craven
EDGEFIELD - An Edgefield County judge found enough probable cause on Wednesday to require former North Augusta Public Safety officer Justin Craven to stand trial.Craven is facing a felony charge of...
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$19,000 stolen from elderly man, kidnapping & SLED investigation of EMS:...
Couple accused of stealing $19,000 form elderly manHILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A Hilton Head Island couple is accused of cashing over $19,000 worth of forged checks from an elderly man they were...
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Charleston police in standoff at home over deputy shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Charleston police say they've surrounded a home where they think the suspect in the wounding of a sheriff's deputy is holed up, and officers have been in a standoff with the...
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Aiken man threatened over parking spot
An Aiken man was threatened Wednesday morning over a parking spot at his place of work on Columbia Avenue.Aiken County Sheriff deputies responded to the business at 8:12 a.m. The victim told officers...
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Suspect named in killing of wealthy DC family, housekeeper
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Savvas Savopoulos was energized. He spent the day sprucing up his northern Virginia martial arts studio for its grand opening with his family's longtime housekeeper. Around 5:30...
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Mock interviews help prepare local young people for adulthood
Regena Brackett, the general manager of the Hampton Inn, gave 16-year-old Daija Gary a lot of positive feedback after a mock job interview at Helping Hands on Tuesday."You are very professionally...
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Thousands of gallons of oil sopped up from California coast
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- More than 6,000 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo...
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Chamber report: Aiken's zero growth no longer seems likely
Fears that Aiken County could approach a zero, or negative, growth in population subsided after the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce's 2015 benchmark report revealed that population in Aiken County...
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After violence a year ago, and recently in Waco, SC prepares for bike rally
ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of bikers descend on the Myrtle Beach area on the South Carolina coast this Memorial Day weekend for the annual Atlantic Beach Bikefest — and when they do,...
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S. Carolina police shoot, kill suspect in deputy wounding
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- After a 10-hour standoff Thursday, police fatally shot a man they suspect was involved in the wounding of a South Carolina's sheriff's deputy last week at a gas station,...
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Bond denied for offenders in Operation Mayday arrests
The two Aiken County men arrested in Augusta during Operation Mayday's child sex ring bust are still behind bars.Thomas Moxley, 43, and Jordan Waters, 22, along with 20 other people, were charged...
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Paralyzed man uses his thoughts to control a robotic arm
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man paralyzed by gunshot more than a decade ago can shake hands, drink beer and play "rock, paper, scissors" by controlling a robotic arm with his thoughts, researchers...
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