Aiken Police Blotter Details Wednesday Incidents
An Aiken man was thrown into a trash can at Smith Hazel Recreational Center. A purse was stolen from a desk at University Parkway suite. Aiken man shoplifted two packs of cigarettes and two compact discs at Wal-Mart on Whiskey Road and was trespassed. A man arrested at Comfort Suites for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness and found with marijuana. A brick fence damaged on Sumter Street after a vehicle strike. A radio stolen from a vehicle at Publix Eastgate. A stolen vehicle belonging to a Belvedere man recovered on Edgefield Road. A Batesburg woman assaulted by an Aiken woman on Columbia Highway. A purse stolen at a Waffle House in North Augusta.
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Smith Hazel Recreational Center
Wal-Mart
Whiskey Road
Comfort Suites
Richland Avenue
Belvedere
Edgefield Road
Batesburg
Columbia Highway
Food banks rebound after recall of 10,600+ food cases
South Carolina food banks including Golden Harvest report recapture of most food initially recalled due to rat contamination at CRK Enterprises in Columbia. 978 cases were contaminated while the rest were diverted to Sumter for redistribution. Local donations from Westinghouse SRS Bridgestone Firestone and others bolster holiday meals with turkeys and hams.
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Golden Harvest Food Bank
Owen Clary
Agriculture Department
CRK Enterprises Inc
Columbia
State Department of Social Services
Sumter
Women of
Woodside
Bechtel Corp
Savannah River
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
WSRC
Golden Harvest
Bridgestone-Firestone
South Carolina
Banks Mill
Enterprise Ave
CRK Enterprises
Star Proto
Charlotte Holly
Westinghouse Srs
Valley Empty Stocking Fund Fund Drive Wraps Up Support
The Valley Empty Stocking Fund concludes this year s campaign to aid children in need for the holidays. Sponsors include L B C American Legion Post 153 Samuel Swint American Legion Post 77 Graniteville Midland Valley Lion s Club and Midland Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Contributions still welcome by mail to PO Box 517 Langley SC 9634. Recent donors listed with totals bring the grand total to 29638 40.
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Valley Empty
American Legion Post
Samuel Swint
American Legion
Graniteville
Midland Valley Lion's Club
Midland Valley Area Chamber of Commerce
Valley
Langley
S.C
Securiy Federalarwee
Securty Federal Bank
Clearwater
Crna
Caper Chapel United Matochist Church
Teenager wounds himself in accidental gunplay in Aiken
Justin Burnett a 19 year old of 1538 Hamilton Drive shot himself in the chin Tuesday night at his home with a 25 caliber handgun given by a friend. He initially blamed a supposed friend before his sister admitted he was handling the gun and fired it with a round still in the chamber. The gun was recovered by Burnett’s girlfriend and turned over to police. He has been released from Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
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Justin Burnett
Hamilton Dr
Burnett
Two vandalism suspects arrested in Stratford Hall pool damage
Aiken Department of Public Safety arrested two people on Wednesday afternoon after surveillance tape showed two youths vandalizing the Stratford Hall subdivision pool and damaging mailboxes. Nicholas Eugene Willing, 19, and a 16 year old juvenile were charged with malicious injury to real property.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Nicholas Eugene Willing
Banks Mill Road
Wendell Hall
Televisio
Hall
Confederate Cavalry Attack Near Aiken in 1865
In February 1865, Confederate General Joe Wheeler posted about 4,500 cavalry around Aiken to ambush Union forces under Kilpatrick. A day of close combat near Richland and York Streets ended with Kilpatrick retreating and a flag of truce exchanging wounded. Wheeler then moved north to join defenses of Columbia as Lee soon surrendered.
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Joe Wheeler
Kilpatrick
Aiken
Alabama
First Baptist Church
Cor
Richland
York Streets
Sherman
Wheeler
Columbia
Aiken-Augusta
Lee
Be Yours DB Jennings and the Burden of Enthusiasm
Fragmented quotes from multiple authors including Geraldine Strang Annie L ain and bitter AP Niven mix with reflections on enthusiasm as a spark of will and rational aims. Several ages and names appear in truncated form, with a closing thought that vast life without breadth is tragic.
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Be Yours
DB. Jennings
Geraldine . Strang
Annie L
Sarah Byrd
Vera Walden
Ela Hardee
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Aiken County
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Pam Simpson
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By Melissa Hanen
Vanes
Stratford Hall
Millennium Countdown
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Ed Carroll
Melanie Arrington
Kathy White
Hans
Thor
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OUNTY
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Scott B. Hunter
Merman
Rae
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Wm ‘Enous
Lazare
Windsor
Jewelers
Washington
Augusta
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