Pine Log Road widening starts in Aiken South Carolina
A 6.1 million Pine Log Road widening project began this week on Aiken’s south side. The SCDOT expects periodic lane closures but no major delays while Cherokee Construction handles curbs, gutters, drainage, base work, asphalt, and markings. Completion is slated for July 31. Wagener council swears in new members Raymond Dickson and Koster Brown at Monday night meeting. A sewer plant upgrade was awarded in new business.
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Pine Log Road
Aiken
S.C. Department of Transportation
Cherokee Construction Company
Wagener
Raymon Dickson
Koster Brown
Aiken Police blotter reports multiple domestic and property incidents
The Aiken Department of Public Safety responded to a welfare concern on Horry Street NE where a 40 to 55 year old man lived two months without heat or water and was hospitalized. A jail inmate attempted suicide by cutting her wrist at Aiken County Detention Center. A Nokia phone was stolen from an unlocked car near J B White Dillard's. An Aiken woman was arrested for simple assault after scratching a woman during an argument on Columbia Avenue. A Salley area reserve deputy found a trailer and two jet skis on Crossthorn Road and secured them. A Pelion man was arrested on Dec 30 for possession of crime tools and illegal weapons.
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Aiken
ARMC
J.B. White/Dillard’s
Columbia Avenue
Aiken County Sherif's
Crossthorn Road
Salley
Wedding notice for Venus Tucker and Donnie Fulmer corrected
The Aiken Standard furnishes a correction for a Sunday wedding notice of Venus Ann Tucker and Donnie L. Fulmer. Officiating at the ceremony was Pat Peel, a notary public, and the newspaper regrets the error.
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Venus Ann Tucker
Donnie L. Fulmer
Pat Peel
Aiken Standard
Trade official to address Chamber at January meeting
Rita Derrick Hayes, a top US trade official and ambassador to the World Trade Organization, will address the Aiken Chamber of Commerce on January 14 at the chamber's first meeting. The event includes presenting man, woman and youth of the year honors and a look at past honorees. The chamber can be reached at 541-1111. new headquarters are at 121 Richland Ave. East.
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Rita Derrick Hayes
America
Aiken
World Trade Organization
Clinton
Butler Derrick
Lindsey Graham
Gene Redd
Wayside
Betty Ryberg
South Aikien High School
Julie Anne Thome
Chamber
Richland Ave
Aiken police adopt Faces crime tool for quick composites
ADPS and USC Aiken Public Safety plan to use the Faces software by InterQuest to produce composite drawings faster. The system lets officers click facial features to build likenesses, with options for hair glasses and wrinkles, though skin shading remains unavailable.
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InterQuest Inc
Hall
InterQuest
Mike Finley
University of South Carolina Aiken Department of Public Safety
Finley
Hospice care extends beyond medicine in Aiken
Members of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce learned about bereavement services during the first Aiken's Wakin meeting of 1999. Rev. Martha Ebel of St. Joseph Hospice and Rev. Cathy Cole of Aiken Regional Medical Centers and Hitchcock Hospice discussed educational programs and support groups at a Tuesday breakfast at Newberry Hall.
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Aiken
Best Friend Express Adds New Routes to Service
West Friend Express, part of Aiken County Public Transit, updated the route schedules effective Tuesday. Transit manager Joe Ewing said a Graniteville express was added by shortening North Augusta travel times, with an extra Mall New Ellenton run and more drivers’ schedules now available through the transit office and aging council. Call numbers 648-6493 or 642-1525 for full details.
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Aiken County
Graniteville
North Augusta
Joe Ewing
Mall
New Ellenton
Aiken
Teen charged after boy struck by car near Warrenville depot
A 5 year old boy remained in intensive care after being hit by a car in front of the Depot station in Warrenville. The 17 year old driver was charged with felony driving under the influence as the Bronco rolled forward striking the boy and driving into a store. The boy suffered internal bleeding and was taken to the Medical Center. Robin Renee Simpson, 17, of Graniteville, faces the felony charge.
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Warrenville
Cpl
TM. Bell
S.C. Highway Patrol
Howlandville Road
S.C. 421
A Wines
Bell
Robin Renee Simpson
Railroad Ave
Graniteville
Aiken CNA named SC CNA of the Year for 1998
Josie Gantt, a certified nurse assistant at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center, earned South Carolina’s 1998 CNA of the Year award from the State CNA association for outstanding contributions to the nursing home industry. Her supervisors praised her dedication.
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Josie Gantt
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center
South Carolina
CNA
South Carolina Health Care Association
Ms. Gantt
Mattie C. Hall
Vicki Major
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