Warm Up the Winter drive will help the homeless
The Warm Up the Winter supply drive provides a way to help people who don't have a permanent place to live during cold weather.
View ArticleSchool Choice Week features information sessions
National School Choice Week is Jan. 25-31, and local sessions are planned to give parents information about education options for their children.
View ArticleUpstate tattoo business teams up with tax preparer
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Two Upstate businesses hope to make things easier for people who want to spend their tax return on a new tattoo.
View ArticleTown once run by polygamist leader is sharply divided
HILDALE, Utah ­­- As polygamist leader Warren Jeffs awaited his fate in a Texas prison, he sent an order to his followers on the Utah-Arizona border: Build me a new compound.
View ArticleNortheast preps as 1st significant winter storm approaches
HARTFORD, Conn. - A fast-moving coastal storm is forecast to blast several major cities in the Northeast with a mix of snow, sleet and rain on Saturday in the season's first real taste of winter along...
View ArticleWhat issues roil Washington? Obama's veto threats are clues
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has a telling hit list.
View ArticleBoard seeks more input on SRS waste issues
A recommendation to allow the public to submit written comments on Savannah River Site cleanup missions is one of several expected to go to vote at a public meeting next week.
View ArticleBlotter for Jan. 24
According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:
View ArticleMan wrongly convicted 4 decades ago freed from prison
WHITEVILLE, N.C. - A 70-year-old man wrongly convicted of the 1976 stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter walked out of prison Friday, saying he was looking forward to sleeping in a real bed and...
View ArticleEffort to get Obama library draws Chicago-style suspicions+
CHICAGO - Chicago's rush to secure space in a public park for Barack Obama's presidential library has unleashed a tussle typical of the president's hometown – loud, contentious and full of...
View ArticleU.S. says it's not clear after Cuba talks if new policy works
HAVANA - The highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Cuba in more than three decades said Friday that two days of talks on re-establishing full diplomatic relations had left her with no sense of whether...
View ArticleFans have chance to meet Braves of present and future
The 2015 Atlanta Braves Country Caravan, presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, is returning to the CSRA Saturday. The players and coaches that are scheduled to appear are a microcosm of what fans can...
View ArticleUSCA women cognizant of Patriots
All signs point to Saturday's game between the USC Aiken women's basketball team and Francis Marion being another positive note in what has been a fast start to Peach Belt Conference play for the...
View ArticleFMU offers another chance for Pacers to improve
USC Aiken head coach Vince Alexander won't be looking to make too many changes in the gameplan heading into Saturday's home game against Francis Marion. Instead, the coach is excited to see if his...
View ArticleSurveillance cameras proposed by Aiken Public Safety
The Aiken Department of Public Safety could have a few extra sets of eyes to spot crime in downtown, if they obtain funding for one of several capital improvement projects.
View ArticleUSA Today best-sellers list for Jan. 25
1. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice (William Morrow Paperbacks)
View ArticleRare South Carolina plant makes international debut
A rare plant found only in South Carolina made its debut on the scientific stage late last year. Herbarium curator John Nelson and alumnus Douglas Rayner published the details needed to establish a...
View ArticleContemporary Christian music artist will come to Aiken
John Michael Talbot's musical journey as a Franciscan friar began in the 1960s when country-rock bank Mason Proffit opened for Janis Joplin. The drug and party scene dismayed Talbot, whose spiritual...
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