Aiken police blotter reports thefts and arrests
A Nokia cell phone valued at 60 dollars was stolen from a vehicle at a York Street business. A fire hydrant was stolen from Sessions Drive with theft dating between November and December. Two men from Charleston were arrested on York Street and Richland Avenue after a repossession attempt. the car alarm deterred the scene. A nervous 26 year old Tren ton man visiting a Pawnee Street business prompted a suspicious person report. Three juveniles were arrested for shoplifting 180 dollars in video games from a department store. items recovered intact. Dupree Place harassment report cited yelling from a treehouse, profanity noted. suspects gone prior to officer arrival.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
York Street
Sessions Drive
Charleston
Richland Avenue
Windmill Drive
Aiken
Pawnee Street
Trenton
Dupree Place
Crosswalks Gain State Green Light in North Augusta
North Augusta’s Engineering and Public Works notes approval of a test crosswalk at Georgia and Spring Grove avenues by SCDOT. Plans to install three more crosswalks use red brick pavers, with dates set after DOT acceptance, as part of the Georgia Avenue Streetscape Project worth 1.4 million dollars including lighting and benches.
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North Augusta
Department of Engineering and Public Works
Georgia
Spring Grove Avenues
South Carolina Department of Transportation
Buena Vista
Pine Grove
Geor
Spring Grove
DOT
Tom Zeaser
Public Works
Zeaser
SCDOT
Georia Avenue
South Carolina
NAACP Plans State House Rally In Aiken
The Aiken NAACP branch will meet Tuesday January 4 at 7 pm at Smith Hazel Recreation Center to plan a march to the State House and a Martin Luther King Jr Day rally. The January 17 march will memorialize King and support the NAACP boycott of the Confederate flag at the State House.
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Aiken
NAACP
State House
Martin Luther King Jr
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Aiken Branch
Aiken County Schools Publish Weekday Menus
Breakfast and lunch menus for Aiken County public schools cover January 3 to 7. Elementary meals feature sausage biscuit, cereal and pancakes while middle and high schools offer options like biscuits, French toast, lasagna, pizza, and burgers. Costs: breakfast and lunch 75 cents to $1.30, with reduced price 40 cents and adult meals $2.30. salad bar varies and no salad bar Monday-Thursday this week. Further info at 641-2406.
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Aiken County
City of Aiken proclaims sincerity as trait of the month
The city defines sincerity as meaning what one says or does and rejects hypocrisy. Mayor Cavanaugh cites ancient origins of the word from sinecere meaning without wax. He urges leaders and residents to be transparent, consistent, and free of ulterior motives in daily life.
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Chiese
Confucius
Aiken
Mayer Fred Cavanaugh
Fomans
Cavanaugh
Regions completes merger with Minden Bancshares in Louisiana
Regions Financial Corp announced the completion of its merger with Minden Bancshares of Minden Louisiana. Regions will issue about 2.5 million shares for all outstanding stock valuing the deal at about 64.9 million. Minden Bank and Trust operates seven offices in northwestern Louisiana.
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Regions Financial Corp
Miden Bancshares
Minden
Regions
Jack E. Byrd Jr
Minden Bancshares
Minden Bank and Trust Co
Shreveport
Sarepta
Louisiana
South Carolina
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