Men's College Basketball Roundup: Arizona wins top-10 battle
TUCSON, Ariz. -- T.J. McConnell scored six of his 12 points in overtime, and Arizona held on for the win after Byron Wesley air-balled the first of three missed free throws with 3.3 seconds left.
View ArticlePearl Harbor attack still remembered
Just before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
View ArticleWinter Weather Awareness week: State agencies join forces with weather...
If a dusting of snow the day after Halloween wasn't warning enough: Winter is coming, and emergency officials around the state last week partnered with the National Weather Service for Winter Weather...
View ArticleCity Council to look on increasing garbage fee
Aiken City Council will decide Monday whether to increase the current garbage fee by nearly $6.
View ArticleAiken business celebrates new, bigger location
Darlene Winkler couldn't even walk into My Aiken Body Restorative Massage three weeks ago because of a lower-back issue. On Saturday, she walked into the business' new location and even took part in a...
View ArticleLocal Results: Fox Creek wins Garden City Classic
Fox Creek won the Garden City Classic for the second straight season with a 70-69 victory over Augusta Christian.
View ArticleECOVIEWS: Would you like to name a wild wolf?
How do scientists determine what the long-term impacts would be to humans living in a radiation-contaminated environment? An ecological study of wolves in the Ukraine may provide the answer.
View ArticleLetter: Continue same City services
Although we elect Aiken City Council to make the decisions for the City, I would like to add my comments regarding potential contracting of City Services - garbage, trash, and recyclables pickup. I...
View ArticleColumn: Party's real civil war
Old habits die hard. The media are so enamored of the continuing (and largely contrived) story about the great Republican civil war that they fail to appreciate that the real internecine fight is being...
View ArticleLetter: Lack of stores hurting Aiken
With all the chatter about the one percent sales tax increase, no one has answered my inquiry about the stores. The mall stands more than half empty. People would love to stay here to shop. The notion...
View ArticleEditorial: Immigration continually coiled with bitter politics
The debate over immigration reform continues to roll out of control.
View ArticleENGAGEMENT: Dorthalina-Lemmond
Carol and Carlos Dorthalina of Aiken, South Carolina are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Katherine (Shelley) to Erik Lemmond, son of Deborah and Carlton Lemmond of...
View ArticleWEDDING: Cates - Meyers
Ashlynn Leigh Meyers of Windsor, SC and Matthew Warren Cates of Houston, TX were married December 6, 2014 at the Old Medical College, Augusta, GA. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Mr....
View ArticleChristmas on parade in city of Graniteville
Cloudy skies and rain might have dampened the turnout and participation at the Graniteville Christmas parade Saturday, but not the Christmas spirit.
View ArticleCo-op members oppose tighter CO2 standards
CHARLESTON (AP) -- A lot of people served by South Carolina's largest electric cooperative don't like proposed tighter government standards on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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