Oprah Tops Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List Again
Oprah Winfrey regains first place on Forbes annual Celebrity 100 Power List ranking the rich and famous by earnings and buzz. Aiken hosts fundraiser with notable locals at Rye Patch to aid mental health in the county as bills loom and SCE&G faces higher rates next year.
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Forbes
Oprah Winfrey
Aiken
Mental Heath
America
Aiken County
Rye Patch
Calendar Classifieds Section Overview
Calendar Classifieds lists funerals horoscopes movie listings puzzles and TV and sports notes across sections 6A 1 3c ac horoscopes ac-3B 5c and oA obituaries and opinions. It serves as a compact index guiding readers to notices events and entertainment within the edition.
SREL to cut 40 staffers in WOVE at University of Georgia
UGA President Michael Adams announced the termination of 40 Savannah River Ecology Lab staffers effective June 30 as DOE withdraws financial support. About 40 remaining employees will stay for about a year to finish active grants and prepare for reduced operations.
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Savannah River Ecology Lab
UGA
Michael Adams
Seel
Adams
DOE
SREL
Samuel Bodman
Daddy Daughter Dance Lights Up Aiken Event
The third annual Daddy Wanna Dance? event drew girls aged 4 to 14 with their fathers or father figures in the Aiken Co operatives Community Room. City Parks Recreation and Tourism hosted the night, featuring chicken dance and classics like Unforgettable and Under the Boardwalk as families shared fun and bonding moments.
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Aiken ‘Co-op
City of
Sarah Zanida
Clowns welcome Ringling gang in Aiken visit
Dave and Cherie Gregg of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus light up Laurens Street in Aiken during the circus’s first visit to the city. They juggle outside the New Moon Cafe while bystanders watch as a gallery desk admonishes not to juggle inside.
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Cherie Gregg
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Lionel Smith Ltd
Gauge DiPasquale
Cherie
Gregg
Gauge
Aiken
Laurens Street
Aiken Center
Asis
Dave
Rainfall shortage lingers as SC drought persists
State climatologist Hope Mizell notes scattered showers offer little relief from a moderate drought across South Carolina. June rainfall remains about five inches below normal in the CSRA, and lake and stream levels continue to fall. Forecaster Jeff Linton cites the need for a consistent wet pattern, while SC Forestry reports 337 wildfires in May burning over 1,397 acres.
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South Carolina
Jeff Linton
National Weather Service
CSRA
Mizzell
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina Forestry Commission
SCFC
Mizell
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