Police blotter report details several Aiken incidents
A school crossing guard separated two men after a Pine Log Road and South Aiken Boulevard collision led to a verbal confrontation with threats. Graffiti marred the H Odell Weeks Center handball courts. North Aiken Elementary was burglarized. a shattered window at room 11 occurred during a traffic stop. Dr Richard Cheser’s Park AvenueSW office windows were broken by rocks. Schofield Middle School saw a weekend break in with $100 window and $100 snack-machine damage. A gray Dodge van stop near Edgefield and York streets revealed a Sumter Street resident with no license, a passenger fleeing, and $891 cash plus a rock-substance film can. driver charged with crack cocaine possession with intent and resisting arrest, passenger escaped.
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South Aikien Boulevard
H. Odell Weeks Center
North Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Richard Chesser
Park Avenue
Schofield Middle School
ADPS
Edgefield
York Streets
Sumter Street
Omitted survivors named in Kight obituary correction
In Sunday’s edition an obituary for Harry Gordon Kight left out survivors Kenneth G. Kight of Chattanooga Tennessee and Harry R. Kight of Aiken. A separate Saturday note corrects a 1996 rate change by Aiken Electric Cooperative from an increase to a decrease.
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Harry Gordon Kight
Kenneth G. Kight
Chattanooga
Tenn
Harry R. Kight
Aiken
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Suit filed over bus child death targets state DSS
The father of Brittany Inez Tindal, 4, killed in a December 1996 car school bus crash near Wagener, sues the state Department of Social Services for at least 750000. He alleges DSS ignored abuse concerns and failed to act after his reports.
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Department of Social Services
Troy Williams
Brittany Inez Tindal
Linda Motes Tindal
Wagener
Linda Logan
DSS
Brittany
Tindal
Christine Tindal
Nikkie Tindal
Williams
Katherine Flake
Job Shadows Students See Hands On Career Possibilities
Local teens spent Groundhog Day shadowing workers in a program led by the Aiken Tech Prep School to Work Consortium. City leaders and educators joined the sessions as participants weighed career paths, with some students expressing clarity about their future goals and others reevaluating their choices.
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Aiken Tech Prep
Gary Lawrence
Consortium
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Bill Gallman
Aiken County
Ginny Southworth
Michelle Cooper
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Chris Miller
Mike Day
Smith Hazel celebrates Black History Month with daily events
Betty Gyles of the Smith Hazel Recreation Center outlines a February lineup for all ages. Activities include a Josie Hazel tribute lobby display a reading contest arts and crafts for youths and seniors park cleanup crafts beads and masks a benefit drop in and Youth Dream program support with times spread through February.
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Betty Gyles
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Ms. Gyles
Josie Hazel
Smith Hazel Center
Ms. Hazel
Authors of the Confederate Era symposium set at USC Aiken
The second annual Authors of the Confederate Era symposium will gather at the University of South Carolina Aiken on Saturday February 14 at 10 AM. Notable guests include Anne Carter Zimmer a Lee descendant and author of The Robert E Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book Noah Andre Trudeau author of Like Men of War and Carrie Allen McCray author of Freedom's Child. Admission is free.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
Robert E. Lee
Anne Carter Zimmer
The
University of North Carolina Press
Noah Andre Trudeau
Carrie Allen McCray
Mary Rice Hayes Allen
McCray
Malinda Rice
Funds hinder Rose Hill's push for support and growth
Rose Hill College faces a major funding obstacle as private backers have backed its Eastern Orthodox rooted program since 1996. President Owen Jones and trustees including a US Circuit Court judge and a Marine Corps officer appeal for new financial partners to sustain the residential college and raise public awareness.
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Rose Hill College
Owen Jones
Rose Hill
Tobias Mathes
Athens
Circuit Court of Appeals
US. Marine Corps
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Owens-Corning
Justin Tindal
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