Red Cross Heroes Campaign Kicks Off in Aiken
The American Red Cross launched the Heroes Campaign in Aiken with local emergency responders and sponsors. Donations accepted through June at area stores support Aiken families facing fires and disasters with funds staying in the county. last year 96 families were aided, including Graniteville train disaster victims.
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Man Who Escaped From Jail Captured in South Carolina
Scotty Bryan Collier, 39, who fled the Lower Savannah Prerelease Center on Wire Road after 9 pm Saturday, was taken into custody by corrections officials and local police at about 1:20 am Monday. He had been sentenced to three years for grand larceny in Spartanburg County with a projected parole date of Sept. 9.
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Fire on York Street apartment linked to arson
Aiken Public Safety investigated a Monday afternoon fire at a York Street apartment. Firefighters suspect the blaze started in a pile of clothing under a stairwell and an arson investigator was called as investigators believe it was intentional.
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Aiken man injured in 30 foot fall rescued from bridge
Maxwell H. Hays, 22, of Aiken, was in good condition at the Medical University of Georgia after being rescued early Thursday from a 30 foot fall from the Laurens Steel bridge near Colleton Avenue by Aiken Public Safety officers.
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Augusta man held for U.S. marshals
Samuel Keaney Jormes, 38, is at the Aiken County detention center on a Department of Natural Resources warrant and a cocaine distribution charge with the U.S. Marshals Office. The arrest was by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office after shots were fired at a mobile home on Redds Branch Road. shell casings and three holes were found. Witnesses reported a slow-moving vehicle before the gunfire. The incident is active.
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Aiken Prep Honors Students At Awards Night
Aiken Preparatory School held its annual awards ceremony on May 24 honoring high school and middle school academic achievement. Recipients include Lauren Norton, Stephen Barry, Matthew Scharf, and Matthew Winter in multiple departmental and special awards.
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Elizabeth Jones Fletcher
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Thomas Hitchcock
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Caitlin Moreland
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