Former USC players plead guilty to burglary charges
Two former South Carolina football players admitted guilt to burglary counts in a Monday hearing. Local concert series ends on high note with the Aiken Community Band closing Hopelands Summer Concert Series for the season. Four candidates seek two City Council seats in a tight 2A race. Aiken Public Safety arrested six on drug charges over the weekend, seizing nearly $1,000 in drugs and paraphernalia.
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USC
South Carolina
Hopelands
Aiken
Aiken Public Safety
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Aiken
Phyllis Peliarin delivers the sixth edition in the series set in the African city of Aiken. The novel follows Precious Ramotswe as she solves a case involving a local client and a troubling family mystery.
Area Deaths Augustus Jenkins Farmer Jr James Milton Aiken
Obituaries list local deaths including Augustus Jenkins Farmer Jr and James Milton in Aiken area. Notices note funeral details and surviving relatives among community.
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Augustus Jenkins Farmer Jr
Two Men Charged in Union Academy Road Slaying
Aiken County investigators say two men are in custody and two others are being sought connected to a Saturday shooting that killed newspaper carrier Debra Dorch and home delivery worker Joseph Brewer on Union Academy Road. Willie Ware III faces murder and assault with intent to kill. Edward Walker faces murder, assault with intent to kill and firearm charges. Walker was arrested after a foot chase on Honeysuckle Road. Ware was arrested earlier at his Windsor Road address.
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Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Union Academy Road
Aiken Standard
Debra Dorch
Joseph
Willie L. Ware III
Windsor Road
Springfield
Edward N. Walker
Honeysuckle Road
Perry
Walker
Ware
Katrina strikes inland and floods Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast with 145 mph winds near New Orleans on Monday, submerging neighborhoods, flooding hospitals, and cutting power to more than 750000 people. Rescues were ongoing from rooftops as authorities feared many more deaths beyond the five confirmed.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Terry Ebbert
Homeland Security
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco
Katrina
Florida
Panhandle
Aiken crews mobilize to aid Katrina relief efforts
SCE&G has dispatched 36 contract crews about 137 workers to southern Florida to aid hurricane victims as part of a mutual assistance program. Local organizers in Aiken mobilize volunteers through the American Red Cross chapter to support relief efforts.
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Aiken
Sce&g
Florida
Eric Boomhower
South
Carolina
Boomhower
Aiken County
The
American Cross
Christy Dvorscak
Lawsuit challenges Hall sale right of first refusal
National HealthCare Corp and its predecessors sue Aiken County over the planned sale of Mattie C. Hall to Pruitt Properties. The suit filed August 2 in the Court of Common Pleas seeks declaratory judgment and specific performance, asserting NHC’s right of first refusal was valid and should allow purchase of the facility. County votes and quotes from Willar Hightower are noted, with earnest money involved and claim that terms of the management agreement were not renewed.
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National HealthCare Corporation
Aiken County
Mattie C. Hall
Pruitt Properties, Inc
Court of Common Pleas
Second Judicial Court
NHC
Aiken
National HealthCorp, L.P
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Dorthy Bell
Hyatt Hotel
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