This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1997
Page
13
Kay Mixon directs the Cumbee Center and aids North Augusta Department of Public Safety officers in learning domestic violence awareness and intervention strategies. The briefing emphasizes survivor support and preventive outreach in the community.
Jim Huff, an attorney, spoke to a Rotary Club meeting detailing how driving under the influence charges affect defendants. The talk covered legal consequences, reputational effects, and potential penalties.
The Aiken County Libertarian Party will meet today at 6:30 p.m. at the Buffet Restaurant on University Parkway. The public is invited from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to discuss handgun and ammunition legislation and react to the State of the Union address.
The advisory council for Aiken County Area Five schools will meet at 6 30 p m today in the area office at 60 DeSoto Drive. The session will address student disciplinary questions for Silver Bluff High New Ellenton Middle Jackson Middle Redcliffe Elementary and Greendale Elementary.
Area One Advisory Council will hold a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the area office 105 Gator Lane Aiken with a business session followed by a closed session. Schools in Area One include Aiken High South Aiken High Aiken Middle Kennedy Middle Schofield Middle and several elementary schools.
Police blotter lists a Feb 5 burglary at Holley Fuel Union Street with a broken rear window and a $50 office phone plus $15 cash stolen. Feb 5 larceny on Cadence Court involved wheels from a 1985 Chevrolet Blazer valued at $1,000 with $200 damage from SSC letters scratched on a door. Feb 3 burglary at Parks and Recreation Storage Shed on Jefferson Davis Highway cut fence causing $350 damage. circular saw $50 and weed eater $150 stolen. A dog stolen from Slater Circle Graniteville, Rotweiller puppy valued at $200. Updated 2/6/97.
Dr Teresa Pope principal of Greendale Elementary School sat front row in Augusta for President Bill Clinton's address on school programs. She attended with many educators from the CSRA listening to the president discuss proposed education initiatives.
Eight counties including Aiken Bamberg Barnwell Calhoun Edgefield McCormick Orangeburg and Saluda sign to build a phased-in landfill on a 1400 acre Savannah River Site tract. Allendale declines. DOE will lease the site and join as a user as bonds move forward.
High energy performers Jeff Moore and Kim Holzer visited Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary Middle School and wowed hundreds of students with an interactive poetry show. The act included shouting, movement, and occasional student participation, highlighting poetry as an oral art and linking it to history and storytelling traditions.
Robert Henry Stewart, ringleader in the January 1996 First Citizens Bank robbery, was sentenced by U S District Court Judge Charles E Simons Jr to 387 months in prison. Authorities cited terror caused to two tellers and his prior convictions dating to the 1970s.
Nathaniel D. Kirkland, a key witness in a major cocaine conspiracy trial in South Carolina, received a 60 month federal prison sentence after a plea agreement. U.S. District Court Judge Charles E. Simons Jr noted the light term, while Assistant U.S. Attorney Marvin Caughman urged downward departure from a potential 97 months. Kirkland aided the government's cases against Elmore Montcrieff and Albert Shaw Nelson.
Dr. Skip Everitt spoke in Aiken as part of the UCS Aiken Distinguished Business Speakers Series, presenting on Paradigms in Troubled Environments and Employee Empowerment. He emphasized trust as the core element of leadership and urged truth telling before it reaches the press, noting his research since 1969 on internal forces over external rules.
North Augusta officers fear dangers in domestic violence incidents as Officer George Shaw notes. The NADPS hosts two advanced courses at Station II to improve investigation, evidence handling, victim support, and prosecution with input from DSS and the Cumbee Center.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.