Aiken Steeplechase traffic to be improved next year
Officials plan traffic flow changes for Ford Conger Field on Audubon Drive and Powderhouse Road after a record crowd of about 25 000 attended the spring Steeplechase. Pete Frommer of the Aiken Public Safety Department says coordination with the Steeplechase Association will seek earlier routing and lane guidance to ease congestion. Volunteers directed roughly 11 cars per person for parking and organizers invite public input at (803) 648-9641 or chasin atlantic dot net.
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Wright
Harrington
ATC honors inductees as 27 join PTK chapter
Aiken Technical College inducts 27 Phi Theta Kappa members into the Alpha Xi Lambda chapter. Speaker SC Senator Clementa Pinckney praised education’s statewide impact. Inductee Jake Mahoney, an Army veteran and DPS officer, works toward a criminal justice degree for his family’s future.
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Jake Mahoney
Audrey
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Lynn
Mahoney
Public Safety
ATC
Alpha Xi Lambda Chapter
Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society
S.C
Clementa Pinckney
Pinckney
Rob Novt
Jarred
Edgefield Johnston mayors elected in tight race
Bob McKie won the Edgefield mayoral seat with 268 votes to Frank Feltham’s 141 while incumbent Dean Campbell led Johnston with 419 for mayor and 417 for Mary Alice Jackson after a nonpartisan election. Campbell said results may be recounted. three incumbents, John D. Ellis Ward 1, William B. Jackson Ward 3, and Robert Rodgers Ward 5, were re-elected.
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Edgefield
Johnston
Dean Campbell
Mary Alice Jackson
Campbell
Westinghouse
Savannah River Comany
Bob MeKik
Frank Feltham
John D. Ellis
William B. Jackson
Robert Rodgers
Aiken man indicted on armed robbery counts
An Aiken man, Aaron Jay Carter, 24, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Columbia on two counts of armed robbery for allegedly robbing the SRP Credit Union in Aiken in late December 2001. He faces up to 25 years plus fines, and a firearm charge could bring seven years to life. The case, investigated by multiple agencies, was assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey D. Haynes for prosecution.
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Columbia
Aaron Jay Carter
SRP
United States
J. Strom Thurmond Jr
Carter
Thurmond
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aiken County
Woman says she was kidnapped and assaulted in Aiken area
A 25-year-old woman told police she was abducted from Eagle Express on Richland Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Monday. She said three unidentified men forced her into a vehicle, took her to an abandoned Wagener house, and assaulted her sexually before escaping Tuesday morning. Wagener and Aiken authorities are involved.
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Eagle Express
Richland Avenue
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Wagener
Wagener Police Department
Jeff Key
Aiken Public Safety
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