Women's shooting league hosts match to benefit Cumbee Center
A new women's shooting league started off its time in Aiken with a bang Tuesday at a charity shooting match.
View ArticleTalkBack for Dec. 18: Graniteville cross, reason for Christmas and sparkling...
What we do in Graniteville is our business and no one else's. If you don't like the cross out here, stay out.
View ArticleProfessionals offer tips on selecting horse feed
Horses, like humans, can be poisoned by what they eat, and fatalities sometimes occur.
View ArticleSouth Aiken vocalists present concert, receive grant
When Craig Coelho was growing up in New Jersey, he took piano lessons from an inspirational, grandmotherly teacher and also began taking voice lessons at a small Methodist church.
View ArticlePanthers' Newton practices eight days after crash
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton returned to practice Wednesday eight days after a horrific-looking automobile accident left him with two fractures in his lower back.
View ArticleSilver Bluff alum Robbins takes long road to major college football
PETTICOAT JUNCTION -- It isn't the route to playing college football that Blake Robbins planned to take. After leaving Silver Bluff High School, he encountered an unexpected turn and change of course....
View ArticleSony cancels 'The Interview' amid terror hack threats
NEW YORK -- Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers and with the nation's largest multiplex chains pulling the film from their screens, Sony Pictures Entertainment took the unprecedented...
View ArticleLetter: Holidays shouldn't involve guns
Instead of having a "Christmassy" headline on the front page of the Aiken Standard, you have a big thing about gun sales, gun gifts for Christmas.
View ArticleColumn: Gun headline a wrong message
"Giving the gift of guns" in bold letters graced the front page of the Aiken Standard on Dec. 14, the second anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut gun massacre. It's blasphemy to tie the holy season...
View ArticleColumn: Once again, a president seeks a change on Cuba
Thousands in Miami's sunny Orange Bowl stood and cheered as one, thrilled to ecstasy and even tears of joy by what they'd just witnessed on the field.
View ArticleEditorial: Freedom of information needs to have new breath
The death of a federal Freedom of Information bill last week was a clear failure by lawmakers.
View ArticleColumn: A wish for Christmas
My Christmas wish this year is singular and simple. It is for a kinder, gentler America. There are many things that we can do to help make our country more peaceful. First and foremost, our elected...
View ArticleMilitary mom surprises daughter following deployment
Peyton Rorer hadn't seen her mom, Erika, for about 12 months, since Erika had been stationed in Afghanistan as a human resources specialist with the Army.
View ArticleSite of Bath shooting has history of troubles
The Bath home where a man was shot and killed Friday was "a known drug residence" that was the subject of a narcotics investigation just four months ago, according to Aiken County Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleTree theft costs Optimist Club $2,500
NORTH AUGUSTA -- The North Augusta Optimist Club had nearly 50 of its Christmas trees stolen.
View ArticlePalace Malice's New Orleans Handicap win earns top rating
Dogwood Stable and Three Chimneys Farm's much decorated Palace Malice has earned another accolade.
View ArticleScott visiting western Midlands constituents
COLUMBIA (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was scheduled to visit constituents in four South Carolina counties in the western Midlands.
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