Will Palace Malice and Demonstrative win? Watch on TV and online to find out
The best in North American Thoroughbred racing in 2014 will be honored Saturday during the 44th annual Eclipse Awards Dinner and Ceremony, and two horses with close ties to Aiken – Palace...
View ArticleJudge denies motion to stop river, lake water withdrawals
The Edisto River "water war" isn't any closer to a truce.
View ArticleResidents address MOX concerns at public meeting
For more than a decade, the decision to take weapons-grade plutonium and convert it into fuel for nuclear reactors has been a controversial issue. Thursday, naysayers and supporters of that initiative...
View ArticleEditorial: Hard to heed Hagel's words on foreign involvement
Chuck Hagel came to the U.S. Defense Department at a time when it look liked President Barack Obama's administration was intent on taking a step back from foreign involvement.
View ArticleColumn: The honorable and not so
Legalizing teen drinking. Exempting home-school parents from paying property taxes on their homes. Liberalizing our too-liberal ethics law.
View ArticleTopless sentence, mayor defamation case & flu deaths: News around the state...
YORK, S.C. (AP) - A York County woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after her second arrest for walking topless outside her home.
View ArticleParents of terror defendant say they saw a change in him
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Christopher Lee Cornell showed little direction in his life, spending hours playing video games in his bedroom in his parents' apartment, rarely going out or working, and voicing...
View ArticleKy. authorities searching for teens suspected in crime spree in SC, GA
LEITCHFIELD, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities are looking for a teenage couple from central Kentucky who are suspected in a multi-state crime spree.
View Article'In Dog We Trust' rug to be auctioned for animal group
LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- Is "In Dog We Trust" your motto?
View ArticleCongress passes Keystone bill despite veto threat
Confidence over a Republican majority seems to be validated as legislation to move forward with the expansion of domestic oil drilling and support for building nuclear power plants in South Carolina...
View ArticleMedicare chief steps down, took part health care roll-out
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner -- who oversaw the rocky rollout of the president's health care law -- says she's stepping down at the end of February.
View ArticleAiken man reports mob assault on Laurens Street
An Aiken man said he was assaulted by multiple people Thursday while walking on Laurens Street, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
View ArticleReport: $3K in jewelry lost in store transition
A bag containing more than $3,000 in jewelry might have been thrown out with the trash while an Aiken jewelry store in is in the process of changing locations, according to the Aiken Department of...
View ArticleActress to star in upcoming western TV show
From the moment she saw the Western musical "Annie Get Your Gun," actress Sheila Cochran of South Carolina set out to be a cowgirl.
View ArticleTuna recalls in east coast Publix stores, Aiken included
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC is voluntarily recalling cans of tuna sold at several Publix stores, which includes Aiken.
View ArticleReport: Man slapped ex-fiancee while officer completed trespass warning
A North Augusta man whose ex-fiancee placed him on trespass notice from her home allegedly slapped the woman while an officer was on the scene writing the trespass warning, according to the Aiken...
View ArticleFox Creek art students ace 'gesture drawing' challenge
Art students at Fox Creek High School faced an unusual challenge Thursday, in the form of "gesture drawing," without much time to spare.
View ArticleBrandon Clark graduates from basic training
Brandon Clark graduated from Great Lakes Naval Training Center Bootcamp on Jan. 9.
View ArticleNAMS students named junior scholars
The following North Augusta Middle School students were named junior scholars for the 2014-2015 school year: Thomas Clayton, Emily Davidson, Amaya Emmons, Raven Flicek, Carley Guill, James Hale,...
View ArticleElectrical problem on smoky DC subway lasted 44 minutes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An electrical malfunction that filled a Washington subway train with smoke, killing one passenger and sickening dozens more, continued for 44 minutes before the Metro...
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