City Council Faces Questions From Citizens Over Services
Readers push council to consider all residents not just retirees as they debate trash pickup funding skate park and Playhouse spending. A Woodside resident urges data driven outreach while concern grows over SUV safety and public safety response levels in Aiken.
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Aiken shooting victim to undergo surgery
An 18 year old Aiken man Carl Airrington remains in stable condition at a Augusta hospital after a head gunshot. His companion Brandon Hicks 18 is jailed on multiple assault robbery and firearm charges.
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Carl Airrington
York St
Aiken
Michael Frank
Frank
Brandon L. Hicks
University Parkway Apartments
Hicks
Airrington
Campbell to read at Hall of Fame event in Aiken
Cot Campbell author and Dogwood Stable owner will read from Rascals and Racehorses at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum on Feb. 9. The exhibit features photos and artwork of stable winners including Summer Squall and Smok'n Frolic, tying to the stable's 30th anniversary. The display runs through Feb. 23 with a reception after the 3 p.m. reading.
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Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
Dogwood
Cot Campbell
Hall
Mary Jane
Mary Jane Howell
Dogwood Stable
Howell
Call Hall
Read-In celebrates Black History for Cronieville kids
About 90 children gathered at the Cronieville recreation building for the 14th Read-In, a national Black History Month event tying history to reading. Helen Simpkins read two stories and encouraged daily reading, with a reading club and monthly prize for top readers.
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Pernoon
Ken County
Vcreation Center
Helen Simpins
Pkins
Rosa Orks
Parks Hte
Parks
Tory
Simpkins
Tahirr Brandingham
Martin Luther King
Amber Quiller
Sharon
Sam
Blood donors urged as local bank highlights lifesaving work
Linda Walker of Shepeard Blood Bank explains the center serves 12 CSRA hospitals including Edgefield County Hospital Aiken Regional Medical Centers and Barnwell County Hospital. Platelets require daily replenishment and a single bag can aid three or four lives, with up to 33 bags used by one patient in a single day.
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CSRA
Shepeard Blood Bank
Walker
Shepeard
Rotary Club
Edgefield County Hospital
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Barnwell County Hospital
Lexington
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