Sunshine House centers heighten safety amid security alert
Four Sunshine House child care facilities in Aiken County implement extra precautions after a nationwide security alert. Regional Director Sharon Freeman notes ongoing parent communication and an emergency plan. The company follows Homeland Security guidance by supplying essentials and ensuring centers can shelter families during emergencies.
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Sunshine House
Aiken County
Sharon Freeman
Nan Rikard
Freeman
Homeland Security
Rikard
Fleeman
House fire recalls memories for Iowa woman
Judy Keaton recalls the Woodside November blaze that destroyed keepsakes including her baby shoes, grandmother's vase, photo albums, and two black and white family photos. She remembered a cold night when lightning struck Aiken as alarms rang and she worried about bread baking beside the TV show.
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Judy Keaton
Woodside
Keaton
Aiken
Dean
Shoplifting at Aiken Mall Causes Power Outage
Two women fled a Dillard's inside the Aiken Mall after video showed them loading clothing into bags. They escaped in a red Jeep Liberty at about 7 pm, struck an electrical transformer, and left power out for more than an hour as officers pursued.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Dillard's Department
Aiken Mall
Jody Rowland
Darren Norris
Duty calls local workers called up from reserves
Local reserves and National Guard activations surged in two weeks with about 25 workers from the Savannah River Site, four at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital, and two Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies leaving on Friday. Sheriff Capt. Bobby Wilson described deputies departing to defend the nation.
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Savannah River
Medical College of Georgia Hospital
Aiken County
Aiken
Bobby Wilson
United States
Inquisitive deputy honors former Aiken sheriff
Deputy Bobby Wilson spent months researching and interviewing sources to document the 1925 line of duty death of Aiken Sheriff Henry Hampton Howard. He learned Howard was gunned down April 25 1925 amid Prohibition era enforcement and worked to ensure the slain lawman receives proper recognition in South Carolina police history.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Henry Hampton Howard
South Carolina
Bobby
Wilson
Howard
Columbia
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