Police blotter items spark multiple Aiken incidents
The blotter details a McDonald’s fight between a manager and a female worker’s brother. a 17 year old employee charged with simple assault. a York Street disturbance with a man shouting at customers and police. burglaries at multiple locations including Dallas Court Summer Grove Church Augusta Road and Edgefield Road. lighter fluid alleged at University Parkway Apartments. a stolen car at Airport Shell and another theft from a Washington Road mobile home. a USC Aiken vandalism incident. an incoherent man overdosed on Xanax. a car theft tied to a 17 year old relative leaving a note about Virginia or Wyoming.
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McDonald's
Richland Avenue
Department of Public Safety
Church’s Chicken
York Street
Welle
Jal
Dallas Court
Summer Grove
Aiken County
Augusta Road
North Augusta
Washington Road
Edgefield Road
Weston Street
Pacer Downs
University of South Carolina
Aiken
Augusta
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Memorial Day festival sponsor corrected in Aiken notice
The Memorials Day festival on May 29 will be sponsored by the Aiken Downtown Development Association. An earlier Wednesday Aiken Standard report mis-stated the sponsor and the newspaper regrets the error.
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Aiken Downtown Development Association
Ohe
Aiken Standard
Winterfest Bird Fair Showcases Colorful Avian Treasures
The third annual Winterfest Bird Fair fills 13,000 square feet with pet birds and vendors from the Southeast. Attendees can buy cages, harnesses, perches, and DIY bird toys at discounts, with proceeds donated to aviaries and a Columbia zoo exhibit. BY Margie Hobbins and organizers highlight variety from finches to macaws and canaries.
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Haller
Margie Hobbins
Columbia Zoo
Literacy program promotes reading in Graniteville
Helen Simpkins led her third annual Teach a Child To Read program at Aiken County Recreation Center during Black History Month. Levitta Nesbitt from Barton Chapel Elementary School assisted by guiding 30 children through word games and reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Students like Shikita Jones stress reading as essential for future jobs. Simpkins plans year round expansion beyond February.
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Graniteville
Helen Simpkins
City of Aiken
Life sentence for burglary under appeal
Jim Huff said he mailed an appeal Thursday for David Hightower who received a life sentence plus 10 years after a jury found him guilty of first degree burglary and grand larceny in Aiken. Hightower broke into the Gordy home on Ludlow Lake Road stealing guns jewelry and money. The defense questions witness testimony and chain of custody surrounding a $2 bill linked to the case.
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Jim Huff
David Hightower
Hurt
Hightower
Colin
Linda Gordy
Ludlow Lake Road
Gary Clary
Huff
Public Defender’s Office
Aiken County
Two wounded in shootings in Graniteville arrest made
GRANITEVILLE The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dana Devon Risi 22 of Blackville on two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill after a Friday night fight outside a relative’s home at 699 Jefferson Davis Hwy. A hand gun was fired wounding Curtis Blocker 18 and James Williams Jr. 24 both taken to Aiken Regional Medical Center in stable condition.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Curtis Blocker
Ms. Risi
James Williams Jr
President Drive
Aiken
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Women share visions at unique conference at Rye Patch
A Women’s Conference at the Rye Patch near Hopeland Gardens drew Ms. Karen Papouchado and Donna Gleeson among speakers. Lectures covered Women and Finances, planning for the future, and healing foods as attendees emphasized self-actualization and shared experiences.
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Unique
Rye Patch
Hopeland Gardens
Karen Papouchado
Cathy Kirkland
Edward Jones Investments
Nancy Hansen
Pain of losing a loved one lingers in memory
A narrator recalls a conversation with Annie Lou Gossett about her lost son and reflects on the enduring grief of parents. The writer shares a family memory of a baby’s death at the turn of the century and a grandfather’s poignant observation on a mother’s lifelong sorrow as time wears on.
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Annie Lou Gossett
Annie Lou
Phil
Grover
Shellhouse Funeral Home
Aiken
Savannah River
Cowens
Spartanburg
Funeral Home Chapel
Gossett
Banks Mill Road
Phil Langley, 47, Attorney, Dies After Illness
Carl Langley recounts the life and death of his son Phil Langley an attorney who served New Ellenton and died at 47 after a hard illness. Annie Lou Grover Langley mourn the son while facing family worries including a ill daughter in law and an aging dog. Phil helped with Christmas tasks amid his struggle and left a family of Sandra Chase and Lea Ann.
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Annie Lou
Phil
New Ellenton
Grover
Sandra
Chase
Lea Ann
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Lawrence Brown
Ron Baxley
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