Police blotter reports dog theft and multiple local incidents
A white male 30s with long black hair and a woman in a blue hatchback vehicle fled with a gold lab mix named Buster after the dog owner’s car struck the animal on Kershaw Street. Other notes include a truck theft after a window was broken at Newberry Street N.W., a burglary charge against Glenn Gallman, a TV theft by Craig Hughes who pleaded guilty and received 30 days, shoplifting tactics at Roses, a counterfeit bill at Food Lion, a pistol stolen on Old Bell Road, and cash stolen from a purse on Wagoner Road. Updated 1/21.
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Kershaw Street
Buster
Loctor
Newberry Street
N.W
Glenn Gallman
Brant Court
Craig Steven Hughes
Seneca Avenue
Aiken
Department of Public Safety
Six Points
Hughes
Creative
Food Lion
Richland Avenue
Old Bell Road
Montmoreness
Wagoner Road
High School Students End Overnight Trip to Atlanta
Dozens of SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL students completed an all night trip that began Wednesday and ended around 2 a.m. Today. The group, nicknamed the Thoroughbreds, visited the High Museum of Art and attended an evening performance of Les Miserables at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
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South Aiken High School
Atlanta
High Museum of Art
Fox Theater
Parole denied for Graddick in 1981 burning death case
A New Ellenton woman serving life for the 1981 burning death of Walter Slayton was denied parole by the D C Board. Diane Graddick’s release bid was rejected before the hearing began amid protests and witness attendance. The panel will revisit the case in two years as family members vow to oppose release.
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Ellenton
D.C
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Walter V. Slayton
Ms. Graddick
Slayton
Miss Graddick
Melanie Creech
Aiken Bamberg Barnwell Edgefield Library Bookmobile Schedule
ABBE regional library releases a January to May bookmobile route calendar. Route 1 visits Aiken County locations on specified Mondays with times from 9:00 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. Route 2 covers Barnwell on select Tuesdays with visits to Elko, Wal-Mart, and nursing homes. Route 3 in Monetta and Route 4 in Aiken run on Wednesdays and Thursdays with multiple stops and precise times. Route 5 in Aiken lists dates through May with sequential stops including Pepper Hill Nursing Home and Hitchcock House. Route 6 in Edgefield County shows January 26 and March 9 with note to see page 3B for details.
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Aiken-Bamberg-barnwell-Edgefield
Aiken County
Ludlow Lake Road
Fairway Ride
Cumberland Village
Couchton
Oakwood Windsor Elementary
Montmorenct Post Office
Barnwell County
Elko
Triple E
Wal-Mart
Silver Springs Nursing Home
Garner's
Kneece’s
Deerwood
Sterling House
K-Mart
Graniteville Shopping Center
Pepper Hill Nursing Home
Aiken Recreational Center
Hitchcock House
Eden Gardens
Edgefield County
Veterans Park project under way for Memorial Day dedication
Concrete poured at the Horse Creek Midland Valley Veterans Park outside Burnettown with a May 31 parade and dedication planned. The park will feature a blue granite monument with names, about 700 engraved bricks, and benches honoring Aiken County schools and veterans groups. Grand marshal James Elliot Williams, Medal of Honor recipient, will speak. 180 bricks sold of a 500 700 goal at 100 each.
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Burnettown
Horse Creek
Midland Valley
Jack Adkinson
Highway 421
Maple Street
United States
Hector Rodriguez
Memorial Park
Coast Guard
National Guard
Adkinson
Aiken County
Chase
Navy
James Elliot Williams
Williams
Ft. Mill
S.C
Palm Coast
City manager lauds unity as Aiken’s core goal
Roger LeDuc, the new Aiken city manager, outlined his bio and plans at a Greater Aiken ministerial Association meeting held at Golden Corral on Whiskey Road. He described leaving an aristocratic Illinois life for public service and religion informed values, and began detailing future city plans.
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Greater
LeDuc
Restoration Update for Shamrock Hotel in Blackville
Blackville s Historical Business Ventures Inc. updates restoration of the Shamrock Hotel. Ray Malter leads the newsletter with plans for a Feb 2 reorganizational meeting, a March 13 St Patrick s Day fundraiser, and an April 10 Mystery Bus Tour. HBV seeks a lease with investors and names a general contractor for phase 2. Donors include 49 brick donors, 10 block donors, and 5 Shamrock charter donors. Contributions to HBV Inc PO Box 7 Blackville 29817.
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Blackville
Miller
Shamrock Charter
Historical Business Ventures Inc
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Graddick
New Ellenton
Sheriff's Office
Jim Herzog
Nork
ABBE
Sander’s
Monetta
Kalmia Landing
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Vets Park
Unity
Byron Baxley
Old Shamrock
By Lynne Kaionak
Shamrock Hotel
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