Love of horses, her husband guide Aiken author's new book
Aiken author Ruth Kipnis's debut novel "Lane's End" is more than just a story about horses; it is a love story to be enjoyed by both teenage and adult women, alike.
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The Aiken County Public Library, 314 Chesterfield St. S.W., is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
View ArticleBook offers info on establishing family values
"The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money" (Harper), by Ron Lieber
View ArticleTurboTax stops processing state tax returns on fraud reports
NEW YORK (AP) - TurboTax, the country's most popular do-it-yourself tax preparation software, said Friday that it has temporarily stopped processing state tax returns because of an increase in...
View ArticleReports: Aiken to get a Panera Bread on Whiskey Road
Reports were confirmed by the City of Aiken that a Panera Bread looks to move into the former Ryan's location.
View ArticleProposal cuts funding for H Canyon missions
An anticipated slowdown of operations at the Savannah River Site's H-Canyon facility is inching closer to a reality, according to the Department of Energy and a federal budget proposal that seeks to...
View ArticleNBC launches internal probe on Brian Williams claims
NEW YORK - NBC News has assigned the head of its own investigative unit to look into statements made by anchor Brian Williams about his reporting in Iraq a dozen years ago.
View ArticleGirl, 9, wounded by gunfire on way to Girl Scouts meeting
INDIANAPOLIS - A 9-year-old Indianapolis girl wounded by gunfire as she was heading off to her weekly Girl Scouts meeting to pick up cookies she planned to sell door-to-door is now racking up sales in...
View ArticleExperts: Pilot video shows militants are raising stakes
BEIRUT - A video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death was exceptional in its brutality, even for the Islamic State group, and also was a sign that the militants intend to raise the stakes in...
View ArticleLawmakers expect resistance to granting Obama war powers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress will face some resistance to a vote to authorize President Barack Obama's war against Islamic State militants despite international...
View ArticleBoth TransAsia plane engines lost power before Taiwan crash
TAIPEI, Taiwan - One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots apparently shut off the other before making a futile attempt to restart it,...
View ArticleGerman, French leaders take Ukraine peace effort to Moscow
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany began talks Friday on a new proposal for ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
View ArticleAntiques show and sale continues Saturday and Sunday
Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham on TV's "Downton Abby," would have been right at home shopping in the Victoriana booth at the 16th annual Aiken Center for the Arts' Antiques in the...
View ArticleArea restaurants featured on BBQ Trail interactive website
Bobby's, Duke's and Carolina are all familiar names along the South Carolina BBQ Trail.
View ArticleRefs union backs female ref after Chris Paul's 'personal' comments
NEW YORK - The union representing NBA referees defended official Lauren Holtkamp on Friday after "personal and unprofessional comments" by Clippers guard Chris Paul.
View ArticleProposal cuts funding for H Canyon missions
An anticipated slowdown of operations at the Savannah River Site's H Canyon facility is inching closer to a reality, according to the Department of Energy and a federal budget proposal that seeks to...
View ArticleReports: Aiken to get a Panera Bread on Whiskey Road
Reports are confirmed by the City of Aiken that a Panera Bread is planning to move into the former Ryan's location.
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