Aiken Standard Unveils New Web Site Design
The Aiken Standard launches a redesigned web site at aikenstandard.com with up-to-date local news wire features photo galleries and a streamlined reader experience. A five year old chestnut horse named Aiken Trained Horse of the Year is honored by the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Sharon remains in a medically induced coma as doctors report limited recovery prospects after a massive stroke.
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Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Trained
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Mid-Career Mancuse and Area Deaths Feature
Aiken Standard highlights readers and literature space while listing area deaths. Tamatha Folk of Barnwell introduces a feature on mid career Mancuse. Obituaries note Louis James Drayton, John E Johnson, Malcolm Clark Schroder Jr. and others in Aiken and Paso Texas.
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Louis James
Buster” Drayton
Aiken
John E. Johnson
Paso
Texas
Malcolm Clark
Mal” Schroder Jr., Aiken
Graniteville marks first anniversary of deadly 2005 chlorine crash
Graniteville in Aiken County observes one year since a Norfolk Southern freight train collided with a parked train, rupturing a chlorine tanker and killing nine. Evacuation, health issues, and business hardships marked a year of recovery for residents, families, and workers.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Norfolk Southern
Vigil and ceremony mark Graniteville wreck site
At 6 a.m. a candlelight vigil will be held at the Graniteville train wreck site. At 11 a.m. an appreciation ceremony for victims and first responders is planned at USC Aiken.
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Graniteville
Usc Aiken
Wounds remain a year after Graniteville spill on Ralph Morris Jr
Donna Morris recalls the night of the Graniteville chemical leak as her son Ralph Morris Jr. recovered at a Stevens Steam Plant. He survived but still suffers anxiety and unemployment while enduring delayed workers compensation as family memories linger.
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Graniteville
Donna Morris
Ralph Morris Jr
Stevens
Avondale
Sonny Morris
Ralph Sr
Gloverville
Donna
Morrises
Clearwater Fire Department
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Kmart
Richland Avenue
Usc Aiken
Red Cross
Ralph Jr
Rob Novit
movit@aikenstandard.com
Milk safe again in Aiken County schools after recall
Officials ended a precautionary pull of Coburg milk in Aiken County schools after finding contamination on the carton exterior causing a chemical odor. Coburg recalls one percent white milk and acidophilus sold to schools. Oakwood Windsor faced misdirected milk from a North Augusta site. Health department continues investigation.
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Aiken County
Barnwell County
Bill Gallman
Food Service
JoAnn Griffin
Coburg
Aiken
State Department of Education
Gallman
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Oakwood- Windsor
SDE
North Augusta
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