Fireworks and Concert Schedule for Aiken County Events
Calendar notes a 5 30 p m fireworks show by Coontz Investments Insurance at Aiken County Jaycees Fair with a round at 7 p m. Hopelands Gardens hosts a Summer Concert Series featuring the US Marine Corps Band on the Roland H Windham Performance Stage at Hopelands.
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Coontz Investments & Insurance, Inc
Aiken County
Hopelands Gardens
Marine Corps Band
Roland H. Windham
Hopelands
Stolen stereo, break-ins mark Crosland Park blotter
A Sanyo car stereo valued at 180 dollars was moved from a vehicle on Sommers Street Crosland Park where windows were down and doors unlocked. Several thefts and incidents follow including a 1500 firearms 550 electronics 625 jewelry set stolen from Mt Calvary Road Trenton between 2 and 5 90 a.m. Tuesday. A safe with 100 value was removed from Project Road Warrenville between 5 45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday containing two credit cards eight dollars each three US Savings Bonds 250 in cash and documents.
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Sommers Street
Crosland Park
Mt. Calvary Road
Trenton
Project Road
Warrenville
Correction note on Patricia Smith family details
The Aiken Standard regrets an error in Wednesday’s story about Patricia Smith. It should note that Mrs. Smith has two daughters and one son.
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Patricia Smith
Georgia Lottery Results Wednesday Draw
Georgia lottery results show Cash 3 Evening 0 0 1 Cash 3 Midday 2 7 6 Cash 4 2 6 3 0 Fantasy 5 10 17 18 20 31 indicates winning numbers and play outcomes.
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Cash
Fantasy
USCA head begins emeritus role after long chancellorship
Dr. Robert Alexander moves from USCA chancellor to chancellor emeritus and distinguished professor emeritus, shifting his office to the Business and Education Building. He will continue supporting the university while planning travel and new writing projects, noting that faces change but bureaucracy endures.
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Robert Alexander
University of South Carolina Aiken
Pickens-Salley House
USCA
Ginny Southworth
Aiken Library Summer Reading Encourages Kid Readers
The Aiken County Public Library runs a summer program urging children ages 6 to 12 to read at least 10 books or visit the library five times, with a Splash Party on July 26 and a free T shirt as rewards. The program, led by Elizabeth Caldwell with Alison Carpenter and Jennie Simmons, aims to keep kids reading through themed activities each Wednesday and Thursday from June 5 to July 26, featuring puppet shows, eco talks with local wildlife, and a magic act.
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Aiken County Public Library
Elizabeth Caldwell
Aiken County
Caldwell
Savannah River
Wagener Mobile Home Fire Destroys Trailer No Injuries Reported
Wagener Fire Department and nearby units responded to a mid day trailer fire about a mile east of Wagener. The double wide mobile home was a total loss with no serious injuries. Firefighters battled the blaze in heat, two residents likely home at the time, while Couchton Hollow Creek and New Holland crews assisted. An ambulance was summoned but no further details on cause are available.
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Wagener
Mark Redd
Couchton
Hollow Creek
New Holland
Columbia
Wagoner Road
Gas prices rise but South Carolina remains near bottom nationwide
AAA Carolinas reports South Carolina average gas price at 1.458 per gallon on June 24, below the national 1.653 average. Spartanburg has the lowest SC price at 1.424, Myrtle Beach the highest at 1.472, with summer demand and tight crude supplies driving costs. Car travelers plan trips despite higher prices, with 451 000 SC vacationers expected to pay more per gallon and 1.3 million motorists statewide this weekend.
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South Carolinna
AAA
Carolinas
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Myrtle Beach
David E. Parsons
AAA Carolinas
Carolina
Parsons
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
American Automobile Association
Teamwork nets burglary suspect in Highland Park case
Aiken Department of Public Safety with help from the Aiken Bloodhound Tracking Team and the Aiken County Sheriff's Office arrested 22 year old Alan Wesly Pyle of 1730 Ridgecrest Ave. on two counts of burglary in the first degree one count of grand larceny auto and two counts of breaking into an automobile. A stolen vehicle was recovered prints matched at the sheriff s office and the bloodhounds traced the suspect to his home in a cooperative agency effort.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken Bloodhound
Aiken County
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