Events to attend on June 6, 2016
Events to attend on Monday, June 6, 2016:- The eighth annual PAR Fore Parkinson's Golf Tournament will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 6, at The Reserve Golf Club at Woodside Plantation, 1000...
View ArticleAiken Weather: High 80, low 68, thunderstorms
Thunderstorms are expected throughout the day in Aiken County.The high on Monday is expected to be 80 degrees, with a low of 68 degrees.The rest of the week is as follows:Tuesday: High 91, low 64,...
View ArticleICYMI: Armed robbery suspect, SCE&G project cost increases & N.A. athlete...
Aiken police ask for public's help in search of armed robbery suspectThe Aiken Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help in identifying a man wanted for armed robbery.Aiken police...
View ArticleProstitution ring, Walterboro shooting & Sanford, Horne to debate: State...
27 arrested in Spartanburg County prostitution stingSPARTANBURG - Authorities say 27 people are facing charges as part of an undercover operation to curtail prostitution in Spartanburg County.The...
View ArticleTropical Storm Colin gains strength as it nears Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Tropical Storm Colin was gaining speed and strength Monday on its way to strike Florida, threatening rains forecasters said could cause some serious flooding along much of the...
View ArticleU.S. Justice Department holding listening session in North Charleston
NORTH CHARLESTON - U.S. Department of Justice officials are in North Charleston this week in efforts to reform the city's police department, a year after a white officer shot unarmed black motorist...
View ArticleAnderson County deputies investigate Lake Hartwell drowning
TOWNVILLE - Anderson County sheriff's deputies are investigating a drowning at Lake Hartwell.Capt. Garland Major said in a news release that deputies were called around 4:15 p.m. Sunday to a location...
View ArticleProsecutor: No charges against mom of boy in gorilla exhibit
CINCINNATI - A prosecutor said Monday that he isn't seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered...
View ArticleVets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings 72 years ago
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France - Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies vanquish...
View ArticleBible study, unity walks to honor Charleston church victims
Associated PressCHARLESTON - A memorial service at the arena where President Barack Obama last year led the congregation in "Amazing Grace" is among more than two dozen events scheduled during 12 days...
View ArticleThe class of 2016: Wagener-Salley, Silver Bluff, Midland Valley high schools...
Aiken County Public Schools welcomed its newest high school graduates Thursday at three commencement ceremonies.More than 400 students from Wagener-Salley, Silver Bluff and Midland Valley high schools...
View ArticleAiken teen charged with possession of stolen firearm
Aiken County deputies arrested an Aiken teenager on Friday after deputies say a gun was stolen from a man's truck.Michael Defillips, 18, of Nokesville Circle, is charged with possession of a stolen...
View ArticleOrangeburg man dies after vehicle collision near Wagener
An Orangeburg man died Saturday after a two-car collision near Wagener in Aiken County.Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton has identified the deceased as Darriel J. Hughee Jr., 22.Hughee was pronounced...
View ArticleCollection of Pat Conroy's nonfiction coming in the fall
NEW YORK - A collection of nonfiction works by "The Prince of Tides" novelist Pat Conroy is coming out this fall.Meanwhile, his publisher is trying to salvage a novel he was working on at the time of...
View ArticleElectric co-ops planning solar options for South Carolina
COLUMBIA - Solar energy may soon become easier to use in South Carolina.On Monday, the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina announced the creation of the largest network of community solar...
View ArticleFlash flood watch in effect for Aiken, Barnwell counties
A flash flood watch has been issued for Aiken and Barnwell counties through late Monday night.The National Weather Service in Columbia said heavy rain is expected tonight as moisture associated with...
View ArticleAiken schools honor support staff
Parenting coordinator and aide Jennifer "Brooke" Garrett, of Greendale Elementary School, recently was named the Aiken County Public School District's Giving Even More, or GEM, award recipient.The...
View ArticleMOX now accepting contract bids for heating, AC and ventilation
Bids are due this week for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, construction subcontract at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication facility at Savannah River Site.MOX Services issued the...
View ArticleAiken County Council to talk 2016-17 budget in second vote
Aiken County Council will vote on the second of three readings on the proposed fiscal year 2016-17 budget today and some policy decisions could be ahead for Council members, County Administrator Clay...
View ArticleFred Sheheen, ex-higher education head, killed in car accident
CAMDEN - Fred Sheheen, former commissioner of the state Commission on Higher Education and part of a long-standing South Carolina political family, has been killed in a car accident.Family spokesman...
View Article