Christmas in Hopelands lights up Hopelands Gardens
Tomorrow begins a 14 day Christmas in Hopelands featuring over 100000 lights with ice castles gifts carolers and angel displays. The event runs 6 to 9 pm nightly through December 27 closed December 17 24 and Christmas Day with holiday concerts on the first eight evenings at 7 pm on the Roland H Windham stage.
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Hopelands
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame & Museum
Doll House
Carriage House
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Roland H. Windham
NBC plans Leno move to 10 pm sparks division
Viewers react to NBC strategy shifting Jay Leno to a ten o clock slot drawing mixed opinions. Some praise the change as bold while others worry about its impact on dramas and late night programming.
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NBC
Jay Leno
County Proposes Spayan Neuter Program For 35 Puppies
County recommends a neuter program after 35 puppies were born to mother dogs in the past 10 months. Public input is invited via atkenstandard.com to place votes and share opinions on the plan.
Deaths and Funerals notices for multiple South Carolina individuals
Obituaries list Margaret Dill, Aiken Keith Douglas, Salley Eddie Drumming Jr., Trenton Gyles Harrison III, Aiken William Hicks Sr., Rosa Mae Reed Graniteville Ridge Spring Jean Elizabeth Betty Hoag Robinson Aiken James Red Williams North Augusta with funeral notices and brief memorial details.
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Margaret Dill
Aiken
Keith Douglas
Church gathers aid after vandalism at Welcome Travelers Baptist
After Welcome Travelers Baptist Church was vandalized, prayers and a flood of aid arrived from strangers across racial lines. Rev. Donald E. Bookard praised volunteers from Jackson and Millbrook for donations, labor offers, and window repairs while investigators begin probing possible hate crime charges.
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Good Samaritans
Welcome Travelers Baptist Church
Donald E. Bookard
Bookard
Jerry Waters
Kitchings Mill
Cecil Butler
Jackson
Millbrook Baptist
Leno to Take Prime Time with Five-Night 10 PM Show
The network announced Tuesday that Leno will host a five night a week 10 pm program after leaving the Tonight show next year. The move places Leno in a prime time slot as he transitions from late night.
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Leno
Local man killed in yard fire in Graniteville
An 82-year-old man, William C. Hicks Sr. of Avis Street, Graniteville, died after a yard fire he started to maintain his lawn spread to his clothing. He collapsed on his porch after pounding on his door for help. The coroner cites burns over 95 percent of his body and cardiac arrhythmia as the cause. Neighbors recall his friendly nature and caution about fire safety.
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William C. Hicks Sr
Avis Street
Graniteville
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Phil Napier
Hicks
Napier
Carlton
County Council reopens debate on taxpayer fence fronting salvage yard
Aiken County Council unanimously agrees to add the fence proposal to the agenda then votes to table it for more information from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. Opponents question the plan and contend the fence would be on road right of way near B and W Auto & Truck Parts, with contamination concerns raised.
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Aiken County
Scott Singer
South Carolina Department of Transportation
Kathy Rawls
Charles Barton
Gary Bunker
Larry Murphy
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Singer
B& W
SCDOT
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Gwen Cole
City of Aiken
Atkenstandard.com
Inythernews
Church
Deacon Zonnie Jenkins
Cecil
Butler
Rachel Johnson
Welcome Travelers Missionary Church
Karen Daily
William Hicks
County Council
Seecee Iatiicunt
Wire Road
Council
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