Missing woman found after hours in woods near Beech Island
Tonya Wilds 44 wandered from her Beech Island home Tuesday and was found cold and disoriented about 650 yards from home by a neighbor. She has the mental capacity of a 10 year old and lacked shoes or a purse. Deputies and SLED conducted a large search with helicopters and a county plane, then found her and she is returned home with her family.
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Tonya Wilds
Troy Elwell
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Elwell
Aiken Ems
Aiken County
South Carolina
Sheriff's Office
Karen Daily
Aiken Standard
USC
King MLK tribute at Aiken Technical College highlights service
A commemorative King celebration at Aiken Technical College with speakers Gail Diggs Carlos Garcia Winston Butler and Sharon Rodgers urged students to choose service over selfishness. Diggs praised King for courage in pursuing equality while Garcia traced his path from Cuban immigrant to founder of a charitable firm.
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Aiken Technical College
King
Aiken
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Diggs
Margaret J. Weston Medical Center
The
Technical College
USC Aiken
Carlos Garcia
RCS Corporation
Winston Butler
North Augusta
Talk Consulting
Sharon Rodgers
United Way
Aiken County
Garcia
Cuba
Local leaders urge action to support youth and education
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. themes guide community efforts on education, parenting, health, and scholarships. Butler and Rodgers highlight programs by 100 Black Men of Augusta and United Way Life United campaign to aid African American youth in Aiken and surrounding areas. ATC president Winsor and USCA chancellor Hallman spoke, with the Voices of Praise choir performing. Senior writer Rob Novit notes education coverage in the Aiken Standard.
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USC Aiken
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James Holliday
Aiken Technical College
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Butler
100 Black Men of
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United Way
Life United
Aiken
ATC
Susan Winsor
USCA
Tom Hallman
Megan Middleton
Aiken Standard
Three area women sentenced for meth in federal case
Three Aiken County women among seven defendants in a meth manufacturing network in Aiken County and Augusta were sentenced in Columbia. Kristie J. Boyd Brenda S. Hair and Ashley R. Hair pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of meth. Boyd got 70 months plus five years of supervised release. Hair 27 months plus three years. Ashley Hair 63 months plus five years.
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Columbia
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North Augusta
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Aiken
Ashley R. Hair
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Boyd
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Shawn C. Lowman
Beech Island
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Warrenville
Danny L. Young
Fitzpatrick
Lowman
Gregory
Young
Drug Enforcement Administration
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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