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Dog owner charged after pets kill neighbor's cat
An Aiken was met with charges Wednesday after his two pit bull dogs reportedly killed a neighbor's pet cat.According to an Aiken Public Safety incident report, officers visited a residence on Long...
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$1M bond set for Charleston shooting suspect
2:45 p.m.A judge has set a $1 million bond for a 21-year-old white man accused of fatally shooting nine people at a black church in Charleston.The magistrate judge set the bond for a weapons charge but...
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DOE Secretary Moniz talks foreign shipments, SRS waste
GRANITEVILLE — Germany is about 18 months away from a decision on whether the country will send shipments of highly enriched uranium from the country to the Savannah River Site.Meanwhile, U.S....
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Aiken County status upgraded to first level of drought
The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call Friday, upgraded the drought status to the first level of drought, incipient, for 28 counties, including Aiken County.The counties...
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Victim's identity released in fatal crash in Aiken County
A head-on collision in Aiken County left one person dead and another with minor injuries Friday morning.Deborah Greer, 57, of Aiken was pronounced dead from multiple body trauma at the scene of the...
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New Ellenton man charged with murdering wife
A man was charged with murder Friday after the fatal shooting of his wife in New Ellenton.Edward Douglas Vaughn II, 38, of New Ellenton, was arrested and transported to the Aiken County detention...
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Aiken Sertoma Club golf tournament raises $17,000
The Aiken Sertoma Club held its seventh annual Camp Sertoma Golf Tournament at the Woodside Plantation Country Club on June 15.A field of 120 Sertomans and their guests from around South Carolina...
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Aiken Newcomers' Club learns about Nurture Home
Lisa Tindal, director of Mental Health America of Aiken County, presented information regarding Nurture Home during a recent meeting of the Aiken Newcomers' Club.She said the goal of Nurture Home is...
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Aiken man arrested for drugs in Crown Royal bag
An Aiken man was arrested Friday after police reportedly found him in possession of a Crown Royal bag containing crack cocaine.Officers witnessed driver Shannon Stukes, 36, conduct a hand-to-hand...
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Aiken County bookings for June 20
These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for June 18, 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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New Warrenville Elementary principal wants to build on school's successes
After teaching in Lexington District 4 for several years, Salley native Charlene Heard returned to Aiken County in 2014 to become the assistant principal at Chukker Creek Elementary.Now, after just a...
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Golf tournament will support Wreaths Across America
In support of the Wreaths Across America organization, local resident Tony Venetz Sr. is holding his second golf tournament on June 29.The registration deadline is Monday.The tournament will be held at...
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Brown spots: Aiken lawn damaged by Scotts defective product
Tom and Pat Thomas are just glad they didn't use Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed in their front yard.But in the backyard, the product has damaged the couple's lawn, leaving brown...
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Student apprentices impress S.C. Schools Superintendent in Aiken
During a tour of the MTU Aiken Plant on Friday, S.C. Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman couldn't stop smiling as she talked with a plant apprentice, Nigeria Williams - a recent Aiken County...
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Budget 101: City of Aiken budget full of financial hopes, goals
The City of Aiken's roughly $53 million 2015-16 budget has already been passed, but won't officially start until July 1.For months, Council members sat down with officials, tearing through the budget...
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Blotter for June 20
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A Warrenville man reported Thursday that someone stole the tag off his car at his home on Filyaw Acres Lane.A Springfield man reported...
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'4 Cats' to serenade crowd at Hopelands Gardens concert series
Aiken's 4 Cats in the Doghouse will help keep the heat down Monday with a little cool jazz during the 41st annual Hopelands Gardens summer concert series.The free concert, held by the City of Aiken...
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Aiken City Council to vote on building height, shared bike lane markings
A new building height limit in downtown Aiken will go before its first City Council vote Monday.The 7 p.m. meeting is open to the public in the Municipal Building's Council Chambers, 214 Park Ave.For...
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Fathers, daughters get in the groove at annual dance
Fathers dressed in their best Sunday suits and their daughters in frilly skirts decorated with sequins and gathered by sashes boogied, twirled and bounced to the beat of classic and contemporary tunes...
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Column: S.C.'s Confederate flag flies high, keeps us low
It is a sin before God that every federal and state flag in South Carolina has been lowered to honor the nine victims of a white-power terrorist in Charleston this week — but the Confederate flag...
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