Aiken County Approves Bobby Jones Expressway Funding Plan
The Aiken County Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement to use Local Option Sales Tax funds for the Bobby Jones Expressway segment linking Augusta to I-20. The state commits 80 percent of costs with $65 million already secured and $100 million promised. A separate vote authorized a study to relocate the Savannah River crossing of Norfolk Southern and to build a six lane bridge with bikeway.
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Aiken
Vennmental
Augusta
North Augusta
I-20
Rick Osbon
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Savannah River
Bobby Jones
Aiken County
State of Georgia
Aiken Students Shine At GEAR UP Summer Olympics
Rising eighth grader Vicki Rowell of Aiken Middle tied for first in the spelling bee at The Citadel event, part of the GEAR UP Summer Academic Olympics that drew middle schoolers from five programs. Car Oehlberg won first in problem solving, while five A.L. Corbett students topped in straw tower construction.
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Vicki Rowell
Aiken Middle School
Gear UP
Citadel
Vicki
Aiken County
Aiken Middle
Car Oehlberg
A.L. Corbett
Starr Sullivan
Brandon
Cooper
Tyneisha Williams
Alexis Robinson
Meghan Corley
Aiken
Ruth Patrick
University of South Carolina Aiken
al Krech
Commission On Higher Education
Krech
Carl Ohlberg
Elaine Dagnan
County Council honors animal control workers
Aiken County Council unanimously honored Shirley Harden and the Animal Control staff for handling multiple high profile cruelty cases. The shelter took in 180 dogs from a Salley home and 50 from Belvedere, plus 32 dogs and nine cats from a Graniteville residence. The council also recognized Silver Bluff High School softball team for winning the Class AA state title with a 30-4 record by defeating Crescent High on May 17.
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Aiken
Belvedere
Ani
Mals
Graniteville
Giddings
Harden
Silver Bluff High School
Crescent High School
Woman narrowly avoids carjacking in North Augusta
A Groverville woman told police she was nearly carjacked at the intersection of Georgia and Knox avenues around 1 10 a m Tuesday. The assailant, a Black man with silver or gold capped teeth wearing a white T shirt and dark pants, reached into her vehicle as she sat stopped and began choking her before she managed to drive away.
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North Augusta
Groverville
Rabon
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Beech Island
Scott Weast
Haley Robertson
Beaver Creek Lane
Richard and
Linda Snipes
Sam
Rob Novi
AL. Corbett
County Council
Floyd Greene
Floyd & Greene
Aiken and
Steven E. Floyd
Tom Williams
Centre South
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