Man shot in head at Colleton Court Apartments
Aiken Public Safety investigates a Wednesday night shooting on Colleton Avenue that left 35 year old Anthony Oakman shot in the head and hospitalized at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Investigators found shell casings. no weapon recovered. no arrests reported.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Colleton Court
Colleton Avenue
Anthony Oakman
Oakman
Geor
Gia Regents Medical Center
Jake Mahoney
Mahoney
Hitchcock Parkway widening draws crowd at county meeting
At the Augusta Regional Transportation Study Policy Committee session residents crowded the Aiken County Council Chambers to weigh a 4.8 mile widening of Hitchcock Parkway from Silver Bluff Road to Jefferson Davis Highway. The plan seeks four lanes, funded with 9.5 million dollars from state and local sources, despite 75 percent of 250 commenters opposing the scope. Officials pledged another public information session in two to three months to present a smaller footprint plan and gather more input.
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Augusta
S.C
Travasictre Bank
Ficheod Paty Vikagesther
SCDOT
Kevin Gantt
Gantt
Gant
Tara Hat Thy
Ron Paton
North Augusta Citizens of the Year honor for Baggotts
Lifelong North Augusta residents Jim and Carolyn Baggott were named Citizens of the Year by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting. Ray Fleming announced the dual honor, noting the couple’s Santa Claus presence at local events. The couple thanked the community and highlighted family support for their civic work.
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CSRA
Jim
Carolyn Baggott
North Augusta
Santa Claus
Nual
Carolyn
AHS Culinary Students Host Benefit Dinner
AHS culinary students plan a benefit dinner for a local cause. The event showcases student cooking, with proceeds supporting community programs and scholarships. Mardi Gras parade adds festive backdrop as residents prepare for celebration.
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AHS
Area Deaths and Funerals Listing 6A
Obituary brief lists several individuals with deceased names and locations including Bobbie Carter Steen Warrenville Carol Olivia Fricks Turner Aiken Charles Henry Blitch II Folly Beach Clara Robeson Greenwood and Stewart Gray Harrison II.
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Bobbie Carter Steen
Warrenville
Carol Olivia Fricks Turner
Aiken
Charles Henry Blitch
Folly Beach
Clara Robeson
Greenwood Stewart Gray Harrison II
Southern fried foods tied to higher stroke risk study finds
A large federally funded study links heavy Southern diets rich in fried foods and sugary drinks to higher stroke risk, with blacks in the South showing five times the risk of whites. The findings, presented at the American Stroke Association meeting in Honolulu, suggest diet may explain much of the black white stroke disparity.
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Deep South
South
Suzanne Judd
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Juddaid
Honolulu
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Aiken Standard
Clemson University
Hallrom Wiliston
Hitchcock
DOT
En. Com Young
Tom Young
NTS
Department of Transportation
Ron Patton
Robert Gilbert
Andrew Siders
N.A. Chamber
Charlotte
N.C
South Side Branch Whiskey Road
Larget
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