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Aiken Civic Orchestra to hold spring concert Sunday
The Aiken Civic Orchestra will wrap up its season with a spring concert Sunday.The free performance will feature guest singers from the Aiken Choral Society and violinist Caroline Cain.The Aiken Choral...
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RC aircraft competition takes flight Saturday
athomas@aikenstandard.comAiken skies will be filled with miniature planes Saturday as local pilots navigate their radio-controlled aircraft up to 400 feet in the air.The Aiken Radio Control Society...
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Blotter for May 22
According to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:An Aiken woman reported Thursday her purse was stolen from her vehicle parked on Powderhouse Road.An Aiken woman reported Wednesday items were missing...
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Aiken County bookings for May 22
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 20, 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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Goodwill thanks Aiken Elementary with a donation
Aiken Elementary School received a $275 donation Monday from Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA to use for the purchase of school supplies and to cover the costs of other needs.The...
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Rickman honored as computer center's Volunteer of the Year
Before he became a coach and then a teacher with the McGrath Computer Learning Center, Wayne Rickman, who was named the organization's Volunteer of the Year on Thursday, took classes as a student to...
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Hospital honors EMS workers
National EMS Week is coming to a close but Daryl Davis, the chief of the Aiken County division, happily reported that local hospitals have been honoring the group all week long.Davis sat with Scott...
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New domestic violence passes S.C. House
An anti-domestic violence bill that serves as a compromise between the S.C. House and Senate would look closer at degree of injury and bodily harm to victims to determine punishment and add domestic...
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Chamber report: Aiken's zero growth no longer seems likely
Editor's note: The Aiken Standard will follow up next week with reactions from Aiken County, City of Aiken and North Augusta officials.A zero, or negative, growth in population is unlikely, according...
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STEM brings team-building at Jackson
At Jackson Middle School on Thursday, students were building free-standing towers with marshmallows and gummy bears through a group exercise.Each spring, most middle schools welcome fifth-graders to...
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Longtime Habitat volunteer looking forward to 100th house milestone
Roger Anderson was around when Aiken County Habitat for Humanity built its 50th house in 2004, and he's looking forward to being part of the construction of the 100th later this year."It's a big...
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Teen drowns, woman charged with setting own home on fire, convicted killer...
Teen drowns while diving into river in Spartanburg CountySPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old man has drowned after apparently hitting his head on a rock or a tree while jumping into...
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Former Clemson University official files malicious prosecution suit
Gene Troutman, the former executive secretary of the Clemson University board of trustees, has filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit seeking $15 million in damages, his attorney said Thursday.Former...
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Boy Scouts' leader says ban on gay adults not sustainable
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization's longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable and...
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Demilitarizing the cops: States retool police training
BURIEN, Wash. (AP) -- When prosecutor Dan Satterberg used to visit Washington state's police academy, the seas would part before him. Recruits would snap to attention, backs to the walls, and allow him...
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Memorial Day Parade is Saturday
Aiken will salute its veterans and fallen heros at the annual Memorial Day Parade today.The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Park Avenue and continue down Laurens Street.Aiken native Dr. Irene...
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City of Aiken's hospitality tax to take effect June 1
The City of Aiken's 1 percent hospitality tax will take effect June 1, and the 220 businesses inside City limits that serve prepared meals and beverages will turn in their first month's worth of...
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Clinton got now-classified Benghazi info on private email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server that has now been classified about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities...
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Gay couple has adoption vacated now that they can marry
When Bill Novak and Norman MacArthur moved to the Philadelphia suburbs nearly 20 years ago, they were dismayed to learn that Pennsylvania would not recognize their domestic partnership from New...
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North Augusta Planning Commission approves Hammond's Ferry modification
The North Augusta Planning Commission has issued a recommendation to City Council for a major modification to the Hammond's Ferry general development plan.After a 5-1 vote, the commission accepted the...
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