McMaster to Host Roundtable and Tours in Aiken
Governor Henry McMaster will visit Aiken for three events including a Main Street Business Roundtable with the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce at the Municipal Building. He will also address the Aiken Republican Club and tour BAE Systems Inc. Windham Boulevard, which announced $8.4 million in new investment and over 120 jobs for the area.
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Henry McMaster
Aiken
McMaster
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Republican Club
BAE Systems Inc
Windham Boulevard
BAE Systems
Aiken County
Free HIV tests on National HIV Testing Day in Aiken
DHEC and local health departments offer free HIV testing on June 27 to promote early detection and treatment. Officials note about 18,000 South Carolinians lived with HIV/AIDS at end of 2015 and CDC urges screening ages 13 to 64. Health providers diagnosed and linked hundreds to care in 2016. Contact local health department or call 800-322 AIDS for details.
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Ali Mansaray
Mansaray
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DHEC
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Health Department
Scdhec
Detention Center June 21 Bookings Include Several Warrants
Aiken Standard reports June 21 bookings at Doris C. Gravat Detention Center. Names include Robert Galloway, Corley, Summer Lewis, Pixley, Hoover, Gary Galloway Jr., Gore Jr., Melodi Tucker, Wesley Hopper, Shane Levy, Edwin Goodwin, Brandon Walker, and Howard Gore Jr. Many are charged with offenses or under warrants. some await sentencing or have posted bonds.
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Aikenstandard.com
Robert Alan Galloway
Robert Levon Corley
Summer Nicole Lewis
James Richard Pixley
Family Court
Daniel Timothy Hoover
General Sessions Court
Gary Wayne Galloway Jr
Howard Edward Gore Jr
Melodi Renee Tucker
Wesley Allison Hopper
South Carolina Department of Probation
Second Augusta earthquake tone reported this week
The U S Geological Survey logged a 2.1 magnitude quake near Briarwood Drive in Augusta late Wednesday. A prior 3.2 magnitude tremor in Augusta was felt in parts of Aiken County on Tuesday.
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Augusta
U.S. Geological Survey
Briarwood Drive
Aiken County
Genealogy Seminar and Local Summer Events Preview
Augusta Genealogical Society hosts Following Footprints Part II a seminar July 15 at Adamson Library 1109 Broad St Augusta Registration is 30 members 35 non members 5 refund on joining includes lunch and how to book. Deadline July 12. Also Aiken Unity Day Festival July 22 10 am to 3 pm Perry Memorial Park features live music 2000 backpack giveaway 50 vendors prizes and family activities. History on Top of the 2017 season June 28 at Mellow Mushroom The Alley tickets 10 plus pizza buffet from Redcliffe Plantation presenters Lives Letters of Redcliffe Plantation. Tickets limited to 80 at Aiken County Historical Museum.
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Adamson Library
Augusta Gen Society
Broad St
Augusta
AGS
Augustagensociety.org
Aiken
Perry Memorial Park
Abbeville Ave
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Mellow Mushroom
Redcliffe Plantation
Aiken County
Crime Blotter Highlights Local Theft and Threats
Reports from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office detail thefts of a TV and DVDs on Cottage Street, five bundle green fence posts on Old Friar Road, and a chaise lounge from a truck on Richland Avenue. Incidents include a trespass with threats to harm officers on Sunshine Street and a domestic violence case on Lincoln Avenue.
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Lee Drive
Todd Avenue
North Augusta
Friar Road
Lake Vincent Road
Monetta
Old Shoals Road
Lincoln Avenue
Richland Avenue
Council Circle
Washington Circle
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