Teen pleads to lesser charge in Aiken kidnapping case
Xavier Jones 18 of Williston pleads guilty to strongbery the lesser included offense in the March 31 kidnapping and robbery of a 29 year old man in Aiken. He receives six years with five years probation. Co-defendants Gleaton and County also face charges. Black pleaded guilty to armed robbery and received 12 years.
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Xavier Jones
Simmons Heritage Circle
Williston
Jones
Susie Ringler
Alan Black
Black
Ringler
Bill Weeks
Alfred Street
Aiken
Quinten Gleaton
Aldrich Street
Jevon County
Conifer Court
North Augusta
General Sessions Court
Beef O' Brady’s pub closes in Aiken after three years
Beef O' Brady’s on East Gate Drive in the Publix center shut its doors after a three year run. Co owner Kevin Williams blamed the economy and a weak summer for the closure noting the business could no longer remain open. The pub hosted Super Bowl viewings and SEC matchups with 15 TVs and a dog friendly patio. Williams said the venue fostered a positive local atmosphere and funded SPCA dog dining events. Haley Hughes covered the pub’s final days for the Aiken Standard.
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Beef *O
Brady
Brady’s
East Gate Drive
The
Georgia Bulldogs
South Carolina Gamecocks
O’ Brady's
Aiken
Williams
Haley Hughes
Haley
Haleyeah
Aiken woman pleads guilty to drug charges
A 34 year old Aiken woman Shala Holmes pleaded guilty to trafficking crack cocaine and distribution of marijuana. She received 10 years suspended after three years on the crack ticket and five years suspended after three years on the marijuana charge with sentences running concurrently. Co defendant Bennie Wright also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking marijuana and cocaine and one year for unlawful carrying a pistol with all terms running concurrently.
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Aiken
Mari
Juana. Shala Holmes
Jackson Road
Jackson
Jon
Holmes
Highway 1
Bill Weeks
Bennie Wright
Hampton Avenue
Morgan Street
Weeks
Wright
Dillon Avenue
Beth Ann Young
Ernie Frazier
Johnny Frazier
Vincent Avenue
Scholarship winner named for Robert Mahr Memorial
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness announce the 2011 Robert Mahr Memorial Scholarship winner Dillon Inabinent from Charleston. The USC senior mechanical engineering student will receive a $5,000 award to support his continuing education.
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Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness
Robert Mahr
Dillon Inabinent
Charleston
University of South Carolina
Wimberly Receives Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Lafayette M. Wimberly earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Systems Engineering concentration from Tuskegee University Alabama on July 22. He is the son of Carl W. Wimberly and his wife of Aiken.
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Lafayette M. Wimberly
Tuskegee University
Alabama
Carl W. Wimberly
Aiken
Bevan Receives Senior Honors at Montevallo Honors Day
Shailah M. Bevan of Aiken was named a Senior Honors recipient during the University of Montevallo Honors Day in Montevallo Alabama.
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Bevan
Shailah M. Bevan of
Aiken
University of Montevallo
Montevallo
Ala
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Whiskey Road
Amy Anton
John Palmer
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Carolyn
Kevin Williams
CNTA
Wimberly
Thelma J. Chavis
Mary A. Herron
Martin Herron
Garrett Cates
Tiffany Cates
Porky Bradberry
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