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Aiken County Animal Shelter launches 2 for 1 puppy special, $9 cat promotion
The Aiken County Animal Shelter and Friends of the Animal Shelter, also known as FOTAS, are offering two new adoption specials this month to help speed up the process in which dogs and cats find...
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Clearwater hosts national night out
Kids and adults enjoyed a casual evening at the Clearwater Village apartments just off the Aiken-Augusta Highway on Tuesday.The Aiken County Sheriff's Department has participated in the event for...
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Citadel's Confederate flag, Hilton Head man shot & Voting Rights Act: News...
Clyburn says The Citadel needs to remove Confederate flagCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's only Democratic congressman says The Citadel should remove the Confederate flag from Summerall...
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Aiken County Teacher of the Year gears up for fall in new car (w/ video)
GRANITEVILLE — Rosalyn Greene was speechless when she was named the Aiken County Public Schools Teacher of the Year in April, and although she teaches English, she was almost at a loss for words again...
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Stolen Stradivarius violin is recovered after 35 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Renowned violinist Roman Totenberg left his beloved Stradivarius in his office while greeting well-wishers after a concert in 1980. When he returned, it was gone.Its case was later...
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Indoor football game scheduled at USC Aiken canceled
The indoor football game scheduled for Saturday at the USC Aiken Convcation Center has been canceled.The Aiken-based CSRA Gladiators Indoor Football team was scheduled to play, but canceled due to...
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Aiken man charged in connection to the sexual exploitation of minors
An Aiken man was arrested this week and charged in connection to the sexual exploitation of minors.Christopher Clark Seigler, 33, is charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor third...
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Police: Aiken man claims wife tried to run over him
Deputies were called to a residence on Buldra Lane in Aiken early Thursday morning in response to a call from a man who claimed that his wife had attempted to kill him.The victim told police that his...
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Barnwell County bookings for Aug. 7
These are the bookings recorded for the Barnwell County Detention Center for July 31 through Aug. 3, 2015. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and...
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Blotter for Aug. 7
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:A Beech Island woman reported Wednesday that her father's house had been broken into on Douglas Drive. She told deputies her father...
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Photo at Old Aiken Hospital set for Saturday
Anyone born in the former Aiken County Hospital can be part of a group picture to be taken in front of the building at 828 Richland Ave. W. at 2 p.m. Saturday.A photographer will be at the event, and...
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Former New Ellenton Mayor Art Hanna remembered for service to church,...
Around Foreman Memorial Baptist Church in New Ellenton, Arthur J. "Art" Hanna wasn't just a member. He was a rock."He was one of those quiet people who did everything around the church," said Wendy...
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The Latest: GOP hopefuls say they'll cancel Obama's orders
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president:--------6:15 p.m.What's the first executive order they'll issue on the first day in the Oval Office?For the...
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Mayoral candidate Lessie Price opening campaign office Saturday
Aiken City Councilwoman Lessie Price, a mayoral candidate on the Democratic ticket, will host the grand opening of her campaign headquarters this weekend.The public is invited to attend the event,...
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SRNS firefighters participate in off-site situations
They may patrol the confines of the Savannah River Site, but firefighters with the site's management and operations contractor are also used outside the perimeter of the 310-square-mile facility.Since...
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Trump refuses to rule out third-party run in GOP debate
CLEVELAND (AP) — Setting a combative tone, billionaire businessman Donald Trump grabbed the spotlight in the first Republican presidential debate, declaring he would not commit to supporting the...
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Possible Greeneway expansion to include alleyways
An alleyway system is in the plans to expand North Augusta's Greeneway.Alta Planning and Design, working with North Augusta 2000, gave a public presentation in the Palmetto Terrace of the Municipal...
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S.C. sales tax holiday runs Friday through Sunday
The state's annual sales tax holiday began at 12:01 a.m. Friday and will run through midnight Sunday.During the annual event, the 6 percent state sales and use tax - and any applicable local sales and...
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GOP candidates Paul, Cruz stop in S.C. & Richland County standoff ends in...
Cruz kicking off campaign tour in Mount PleasantMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is kicking off a weeklong campaign swing with a stop in South Carolina.The U.S....
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US economy added 215,000 jobs in July; unemployment 5.3 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a solid 215,000 jobs in July, signaling a steadily rising job market and likely nudging the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates in September.The...
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