Aikenite completes 4000 mile Zac Attacks Cancer ride
Aiken native Zac Holford finishes a 4000 mile coast to coast ride begun May 1 at Hunting Island to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. After 85 days and 14 states he arrived July 27 at the Pacific Ocean in Seaside Oregon. A welcome home party and fundraiser at Newberry Hall Monday will help push his fundraising past fifteen thousand dollars.
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Zac Holford
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Hunting Island
Pacific Ocean
Seaside
Ore
Zac
Holford
Newberry Hall
Chef Finds Niche as Eden Gardens Executive Chef Brandon Hanisee
Eden Gardens reveals executive chef Brandon Hanisee, a seasoned culinary professional with French training and Spanish influences. His career spans Marriott kitchens, Calvert's in Augusta, and a catering side business, now balancing family life in Aiken while pursuing a world cuisine restaurant dream.
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Eden Gardens
Eden Garden
Brandon Hanisee
Hanisee
Mariott
The
Amy
Fort Gordon
Aiken
Calvert’s
Johnson & Wales University
Charleston
Dhefiend
Johnson & Wales
Spain
France
Calvert
Augusta
Aiken County
Fashion Metro opens in North Augusta Edgewood Square
The Cato Corp opens Its Fashion Metro in North Augusta with a Thursday ribbon cutting led by district manager Pam Lange. Judy Kirk, store manager, and about 15 to 25 staff will run the shop offering private label junior misses plus sizes children and men lines with jewelry shoes handbags and belts. First 250 shoppers spend $30 receive a free rate as part of the event. John Cato CEO expected Friday evening.
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Pam Lange
North Augusta
Fashion Metro
Cato Corporation
Lange
It’s
Cato
Judy Kirk
Augusta
Southgate
Gordon Highway
Peach Orchard Road
John Cato
Phyllis Britt
It's Fashion Metro
Edgewood Square
Jason Whinghter
Kourtney Sullivan
Kevin Freebern
Officials aid driver cut by a chainsaw
A woman on Whiskey Road suffered a facial laceration from a chainsaw and was stopped by Aiken Public Safety first responders near IHOP about 4:30 p.m. She called 911 from a Chukker Creek address and was transported to the hospital by Aiken County EMS. A Perry man, Fredrick O. Sampson, 18, is jailed on charges including criminal conspiracy and firing into a vehicle in a separate July 20 case.
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Aiken
Perry
Fredrick O. Sampson
Roberts Street
Local assault case leads to multiple arrests in Aiken County
An 18 year old faces charges of assault with intent to kill firing into a vehicle on Wagonton Road while another man was present. Deputies say the suspect conspired to commit the crime and is held at the Aiken County detention center. An undercover investigation along Highway 421 Friday evening resulted in three arrests Handy D. Johnson 31 Trenton Jerome Sullivan 25 North Augusta and Thomas E. Mathis 38 Aiken all charged with solicitation of prostitution and detained at the same facility.
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Wagonton Road
Aiken County Detention Center
Handy D. Johnson
Trenton
Thomas E
Mathis
Aiken
Jerome Sullivan
North Augusta
Aiken County
Robbery suspects turn themselves in
Two teens charged with strong-arm robbery turned themselves in after allegedly assaulting a pizza delivery driver at an abandoned home on July 23. Suspects Gary T. Jackson, 18, of Langley, and Joseph W. Taylor, 17, of Warrenville, are in custody. a third man linked to the crime was arrested earlier.
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Gary T. Jackson
Camp Kiwanis Drive
Langley
Joseph W. Taylor
Whaley Street
Warrenville
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