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Ridge Peach Festival opens Friday in Trenton
TRENTON — Gospel music will open the 45th Ridge Peach Festival Friday at 6 p.m.Performing will be Bill Edwards at 6 p.m.; Randy Bradley & Scared Ministries at 7 p.m.; Shaw Creek Baptist Church...
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100+ Women Who Care CSRA fundraising initiative will give boost for local...
Nonprofits in the area are about to get a new source of funding that could make a big impact.Kim Kitts of Balanced Body Spa in Augusta recently founded 100+ Women Who Care CSRA. It is a chapter of the...
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Comments on Charleston church tragedy start pouring in from around South...
Following the tragic hooting deaths of S.C. Sen. Clementa Pinckney and eight church parishioners, lawmakers and others have sent their condolences and expressions of outrage in press releases.U.S. Rep....
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Two victims in New Ellenton wreck released from hospital
Two of the victims involved in last night's motorcycle wreck in New Ellenton have recovered, according to police.Aiken County dispatch confirmed the wreck occurred Wednesday evening in New Ellenton,...
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Edisto among river basins to be studied
BLACKVILLE — South Carolina's rivers were the focus of a Thursday gathering at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, as representatives of the public and private sectors gathered to...
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SRS contractor reduces spent fuel hazards
Spent fuel project personnel at the Savannah River Site recently implemented the use of a new platform that increases efficiency and reduces hazards to employees while moving materials on site.The...
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Aiken County bookings for June 19
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for June 17, 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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Police: Explicit videos of woman put online
Aiken County Sheriff's deputies responded Wednesday to a call on Tab Drive in Aiken where a woman stated a man had posted two videos of her naked on Facebook.The woman told deputies she consented to...
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Police: An Aiken toilet paper fight turns violent
An Aiken toilet paper fight that began over a cellphone turned violent Wednesday night.Aiken County Sheriff's deputies responded to William Park Lane at 8:31 p.m. where a man said he had gotten into a...
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'Nights of Horseplay' to open museum book series
The adventures that Aiken's horse statues brew up when no one is around will be the topic of the first presentation in the Sweet Tea Book Lecture Series sponsored by the Aiken County Historical...
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Police: Windsor man facing drug charges
A Windsor man is facing drug charges after a traffic stop in Wagener.Aiken County Sheriff's deputies conducted the traffic stop at Railroad Avenue at 10 a.m. when Gary Cox, 44, passed by them on a...
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Barnwell County bookings for June 19
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for June 11-17, 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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Blotter for June 19
According to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A Beech Island woman reported Wednesday her identity had been stolen after she lost her Social Security card.A Langley man reported Wednesday an unknown...
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New group holds first duplicate bridge game Monday
The new American Contract Bridge League-sanctioned AikenAugusta Duplicate Bridge group will host its opening game Monday.Refreshments will be served starting at 9:30 a.m., with the game beginning at 10...
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Aiken shooting under investigation
Police are investigating a Wednesday shooting in Aiken.Aiken Department of Public Safety officers responded to Aiken Regional Medical Centers at 9:21 p.m. where a man said he had been shot in the foot...
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Charleston shooting victim Pinckney had strong Aiken connection
In the spring of 2002, S.C. Sen. Clementa Pinckney addressed Aiken Technical College's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society - suggesting that people must work to find ways to better live together.Father Greg...
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Update: One dead in New Ellenton shooting, victim's name released
One person is dead and another is in custody after a shooting occurred in New Ellenton on Thursday night.Brana Vaughn, 36, was pronounced dead at her Cooper Drive home at about 10:30 p.m., according to...
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Attempted murder, embezzlement & possible drowning: News around the state...
Police: Man charged with attempted murder of girlfriendORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — An Orangeburg man has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say he used a stun gun on his girlfriend and...
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Charleston shooting suspect charged with nine counts of murder
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A former friend who had reconnected with the man accused of a shooting massacre inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, said Dylann Storm Roof had become...
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Prayer vigil for Charleston shooting victims to be held at Aiken church
A memorial service for the victims of the shooting that occurred Wednesday at Emanuel AME in Charleston will be held Saturday evening.Cumberland AME Church at 111 Kershaw Street in Aiken will hold the...
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