Aiken Standard Names Masthead Recap
The Aiken Standard announces publisher Rhonda Overbey executive editor Michael Smith news editor Holly Kemp and a thought of the day by Laurence Sterne noting the 1867 founding context alongside current leadership reflects the paper’s historic lineage and editorial team.
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Rhonda Overbey
Michael Smith
Holly Kemp
York Street bridges reopen in Aiken after 16 months
The historic wooden York Street bridges in Aiken reopen for vehicular traffic after 16 months of work. Bobby Usry, the DOT maintenance engineer, was first to cross. The restored span removes a major bottleneck, improving access from I 20 to South Boundary Avenue and easing backups at Chesterfield Street South.
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Dede Riles
Bobby Usry
South Carolina Department of Transportation
Aiken County
York Street Bridge
Jeff Terry
Usty
York Street
S.C. Department of Transportation
DOT
Aiken
N.E
Columbia Highway
Wire Road
Richland Avenue
South Boundary Avenue
S.C. Dot
South Carolina
Greenville Street
S.W
Financial CHOICE Act aims to reshape Dodd-Frank reforms
Column argues the House passed the Financial CHOICE Act to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. It credits Wall Street defense of Dodd-Frank and blames government overreach for slow growth, citing Wallison’s view that crises stem from policy rather than banks, and notes big banks’ dominance while small lenders suffer.
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Obama
Washington
Russia
James Comey
Jeff Sessions
Wall Street Journal
Obama White House
Wall Street
New York
Chicago
Rahm Emanuel
American Enterprise Institute
Peter Wallison
Wallison
Fannie Mae
Freddie
Mac
Per Wallison
Fannie
America
House
Senate
Donald Trump
Letter to Superintendent Questions South Aiken graduation conduct
A Hicksville reader criticizes South Aiken High School for allegedly threatening graduates with three days of detention and diploma withholding to suppress celebrations. She recounts a somber ceremony and urges revision of graduation guidelines to allow normal expressions of pride and family acknowledgment.
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Sean Alford
Aiken County
South Aiken High School
Aiken
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