Aiken Standard Offices Closed for July 4
The Aiken Standard offices will be closed Wednesday for the Fourth of July with customer service open from 6:30 to 11:30 am for paper redelivery or questions. Recent showers have worsened drought conditions but the county remains in a moderate drought. The Pentagon pays at least $900,000 to a contractor to destroy old F-14s nicknamed "the turkey" to avoid security risks.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken County
Pentagon
Ajet
Turkey
Deaths and Funerals 8A itemized notices
Obituary page listing ages and towns for James A Addison Doris Chavous Amponsah Lottie Corbett Lonnie Days Walterboro Byron Turner Cassell Washington Springfield and other local residents with funeral service details and dates. The brief notices summarize names and communities connected to upcoming services.
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James A. Addison
Aiken
Doris Chavous-Amponsah
Tucker,Ga
Lottie Corbett
Winiston
Lonnie
Pete” Days
Walterboro
Byron Lloyd Turner
New Ellenton
Cassell
Washington
Springfield
Fireworks stands buzz as Fourth of July sales soar
At Richland Avenue stands Tonya and James Joyner fill a cart with Super TNT and 500 gram Pops as families prepare for Independence Day. Bill Moseley, manager, notes new Take Cover shells joining favorite Sparklers and Snap and Pops. The business, about 15 years strong, keeps up with changing names and colors while emphasizing safety and legality.
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Tonya
James Joyner
Richland Avenue
James
Bill Moseley
Moseley
Local educator and entertainer Lecil Cushman remembered
Friends recall Lecil Cushman as a beloved educator and stage entertainer who taught at Leavelle McCampbell High School and Mead Hall and led church activities for decades. Cushman died at 87 on June 30. funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with burial at Bethany Cemetery in Aiken.
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Brodie
Aiken
Women’s Heart Board
Cushman
Jim Moore
Heart Board
Leavelle McCampbell High School
Graniteville
Mead Hall
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Bethany Cemetery
Sissy Brodie
Trinity Lutheran
Wreck claims life of North Augusta woman
A fatal crash at the Old Ludlow Lake Road and Ludlow Lake Road intersection claimed the life of 29 year old Maria Rosa Rivas of North Augusta as she pulled into the intersection on her way to work. Officials cited poor visibility and a hill at the junction as possible factors. Rivas, driving a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, was struck on the driver’s side by a 2006 Freightliner box van driven by James Johnson Sr. of Walterboro. Toxicology is pending and no charges are expected against Johnson. This is the 24th traffic fatality in Aiken County this year.
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Ludlow Lake Road
North Augusta
Maria Rosa Rivas
Thomas Park Road
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
el Salvador
Rivas
Carlton
James Johnson Sr
Walterboro
Father of fugitive charged as accessory in murder case
Koran M. Glover, 44, of Herndon Dairy Road, was arrested weekend on charges he aided his son, fugitive Koran M. Sapp, 24, evade police in the June 24 shooting death of 18 year old Najee Preister at Shenandoah Street and T&S Drive. Glover posted $10,000 bond after booking at Aiken County detention center. Sapp, sought for murder, faces homicide charges.
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Koran M. Glover
Herndon Dairy Road
Aiken County
Glover
Najee Preister
Shenandoah Street
T&s
Sapp
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Abby
Walt
Cradhen
Lec D. ‘Cushman
Lecil
Lecil Cushman
Lee
Lewis
Eleanor Bookstaver
Aiken Women's Heart Board
Minnie Pearl
Bookstayer
Greenville
Columbia Fre
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