Crackerneck opens to public Saturdays in March
Aiken County's Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve will be open to the public on the first three Saturdays during March, and the final Saturday, March 28, will be reserved for a...
View ArticleErnest Pringle accepted to Leading Change Institute
Ernest Pringle, vice chancellor of information technology at the USC Aiken, has been accepted to the Leading Change Institute for an intensive, invitation-only, week long executive training program...
View ArticleSteel guitar convention all about music appreciation
Jerry Reece grew up with an appreciation for the steel guitar.
View ArticleGovernors jockey behind closed doors as 2016 looms
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pay little attention to the official agenda for this weekend's meeting of the National Governors Association. It's the presidential politics being played in the hallways and private...
View ArticleLawyer: Teen infected by 'superbug' struggling to survive
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An 18-year-old student is struggling to survive after he was infected by a "superbug" outbreak tied to contaminated medical instruments at a Los Angeles hospital, his attorney said.
View ArticleHealthCare.gov gives wrong tax info to 800,000 people
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - About 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers got the wrong tax information from the government, the Obama administration said Friday, and officials are asking those affected to delay...
View ArticleUSCA tries to right the ship at Lander
The USC Aiken baseball team heads into its second Peach Belt Conference series of the season this weekend. For the second week in a row, the Pacers will be on the road.
View ArticleMLB makes small pace of game changes, passes on bigger steps
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is slowly addressing the lagging pace of games.
View ArticleNASCAR suspends Kurt Busch after domestic violence details
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - In a stunning move just two days before the season-opening Daytona 500, NASCAR suspended Kurt Busch indefinitely on Friday after a judge said the former champion almost...
View ArticleAikenite will be Presidential Leadership Scholar
More than 1,000 U.S. citizens made it through round one.
View ArticleCounties worry as SC House tries to change local funding
MARION - Marion County Administrator Tim Harper keeps wishing he could give county workers raises or hire replacements as some of his employees retire or leave. But he hasn't been able to fill a...
View ArticleLoaded gun, knife found in bag at Myrtle Beach airport
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) - A Virginia woman is in jail after authorities say they found a loaded handgun and a knife in her carry-on bag at the Myrtle Beach International Airport.
View ArticleSCE&G sets demand record amid frigid SC temps
COLUMBIA (AP)- South Carolina Electric & Gas has set an electric demand record as customers try to keep warm in the arctic cold.
View ArticleLeading senators join call to remove SC State's leadership
COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina's most powerful legislator has joined a growing number of people who say the leadership of financially troubled South Carolina State University needs to go.
View ArticleAikenite will be Presidential Leadership Scholar
More than 1,000 U.S. citizens made it through round one.
View ArticleSRR earns 26.8M performance fee
A federal regulatory committee praised the Savannah River Site's liquid-waste contractor en route to awarding the contractor a $26.8 million performance fee – 95 percent of the total amount...
View ArticleS.C. author known for her 'real but very funny' stories
When South Carolina author Tracy Lynn isn't with her poodle-schnauzer mix or out "fiddling" in her garden, she's interacting with her next-door neighbor, a stranger in the grocery store or a senior...
View ArticleMystery novelist releases new book
North Augusta author Charles Campbell's 2014 horror-mystery novel "Mrs. Field's Journal" was barely printed when he got to work on his fourth publication "Behind The Creaking Door: Tales From The Dark."
View ArticleBattle of Aiken School Day gives students a 'sense' of history
Past the funnel cake and fajita trucks on one side of a brown rail fence, students traveled back in time 150 years Friday at the annual Battle of Aiken School Day program.
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