Golden Harvest helps the hungry with Yule Get Food
The light rain and chilly temperatures didn't dampen the spirits of volunteers at the Golden Harvest Food Bank's annual drive-through holiday food distribution Saturday morning.
View ArticleAP sources: Cops' killer angry at chokehold death
NEW YORK -- A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed two officers in a patrol car and shot them to...
View ArticleWomen's College Basketball Roundup: Georgia survives scare from Furman
ATHENS, Ga. -- Shacobia Barbee scored a career-high 25 points to go with 12 rebounds and five steals as No. 15 Georgia scored the last seven to close out Furman 58-51 on Saturday.
View ArticleMen's College Basketball Roundup: No. 1 Kentucky wins easily
CHICAGO -- Devin Booker had 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky scored the game's first 24 points in an 83-42 victory over UCLA on Saturday.
View ArticleBowl Game Roundup: Bowl season starts with lopsided results
NEW ORLEANS -- Terrance Broadway passed for 227 yards and a touchdown, Hunter Stover kicked three field goals and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Nevada in the New Orleans Bowl 16-3 on Saturday.
View ArticleTalkBacks for Dec. 21: Ticketing the handicapped, flashing lights, and...
The law enforcement officials need to start ticketing vehicles using handicapped placards that are expired. It's irritating when you're handicapped and have a current placard but there are individuals...
View ArticleState and local officials keep an eye on Langley Dam during holidays
The Langley Dam is still considered stable, nearly a month after a leak found in the dam had Aiken County officials and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control on alert.
View ArticleJohnson's parents honored as civil rights trailblazers
"Selma," a movie scheduled to open soon, is about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches in Alabama in 1965.
View ArticleCivic ballet brings "Nutcracker" to children
For the sixth year, the Aiken Civic Ballet presented a public performance of the classic, "The Nutcracker," - sold out on Saturday and again on Sunday.
View Article'He was an angel': Slain Aiken officer Scotty Richardson remembered three...
Outside a home on East Pine Log Road, there is a light display unlike many of the others seen around Aiken at Christmastime.
View ArticleDOE signs off to continue SRS tank closures
Liquid waste work at the Savannah River Site takes a step forward with the recent signing of a document that allows SRS to complete cleanup and closure of the underground liquid waste tanks in the H...
View ArticleChanging lives: Second Baptist Church on mission to create affordable housing
Making a difference in the community isn't just a goal for Second Baptist Church; it's a mission.
View ArticleEditorial: Police body cameras idea worth exploring
Wiring police officers in South Carolina with body cameras sounds advantageous, but it won't come without challenges.
View ArticleColumn: Is this war or a Miss Congeniality contest?
The attack on a cafe in Sydney, Australia, by a self-described Islamic cleric with a long police record, left two hostages dead, along with the cleric, one Man Haron Monis. He was an Iranian refugee...
View ArticleLetter: Cyber attack and lack of movie release warranted more action
I'm very disappointed that our country has surrendered the movie industry to North Korea and terrorist hackers.
View ArticleColumn: Report by SLED shows why Bobby Harrell wasn't prosecuted for...
It was a classic example of a powerful legislator using that power to get special favors for a business he owns, and as calls began two years ago for a criminal probe of corruption allegations...
View ArticleOnly white Christmas on S.C. coast came after Hugo
CHARLESTON Since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1880, there has been only one white Christmas on the South Carolina coast. But that storm, which blew in 25 years ago this week,...
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