Police blotter reports fires thefts and assaults in Windsor Graniteville
A Windsor resident’s 15 foot Renken boat was set alight by a juvenile who admitted playing with matches. the resident did not press charges. A 1967 engine and 16 foot trailer were stolen from a Williston Road yard. A bar employee on Festival Trail Road was assaulted by a loud customer. injuries included a cut foot. A man damaged a car windshield with a pool cue at James Bar and Grill. a bottle was used in the altercation. A burglary in Valley Mobile Home Park involved three men pistol whipping the victim and fracturing a leg. Jewelry thefts occurred on Gamble Road and Jaywood Road. a storage building at the Aiken County Recreation Center was broken into for tools. A mobile home at a dealership on Jefferson Davis Highway was entered. furniture removed. Jewelry and electronics were stolen from a home on Edisto Avenue. (Updated 5/13/98).
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Williston Road
Festival Trail Road
Sheriff's Deputies
James Bar and Grill
Graniteville
Valley Mobile Home Park
Gamble Road
Jaywood Road
Williston
Aiken County
Jefferson Davis Highway
Edisto Avenue
Pheasant Stuns Downtown Abbeville Gardeners
Mr and Mrs Doyle Peterson of Abbeville Avenue behind the Chamber of Commerce reported an unusual visitor in their yard Monday afternoon a large pheasant pecking at beans in their small garden.
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Doyle Peter‘son
Doyles
Abbeville Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Correction of student photos on Just for YOUths page
The Monday edition incorrectly identified two local students on the Just for YOUths page. Tiffany Tirrell of Byrd Elementary and Jessica McGhee of Aiken Preparatory had their photos swapped. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
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Just For Youths
Byrd Elementary
Tiffany Tirrell
Aiken Preparatory
Jessica McGhee
Aiken
Rattlesnake Bite Sickens Local Worker and Crew Fates
Ben Phibbs, a survey crew member for Hass and Hilderbrand Inc., stepped on a canebrake rattler while surveying near Kitchings Mill. He was treated at Aiken Regional Medical Centers with anti venom and spent two days hospitalized before release. The rattlesnake, a 10 rattles specimen, was killed for identification.
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Ben Phibbs
Phibbs
Todd Hass
Kitchings Mill
Hass
Aiken
Todd
Ridge Spring Monetta students stage Recycling show
Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary Middle School fifth and sixth graders perform a recycling themed skit called Talking Trash. SOAR students use recycled costumes and props to teach reduce reuse and recycle with audience participation and a RecycleMania segment.
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Ridge Spring
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Rash Crusaders
Cedric Dennis
Baxter Engle
Daniel Montesdecca
Earth
Disney World
Genie Faulkner
Travis Harmon
Andy Yoho
Randi Brennan
Robyn
Top lawman and citizen cited at Aiken awards banquet
Lt. Raymond Scott named Aiken Department of Public Safety officer of the year and Jeff Wilson volunteer citizen of the year at the annual awards banquet held at the Aiken City Conference Center. Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler attended as special guest. Scott has served for years, became lieutenant in 1994, and is an EMT. Wilson honored for work as the city's animal control officer.
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Raymond Scott
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Jeff Wilson
Aiken City Conference Center
S.C
Bob Peeler
Scott
Wilson
Emergency drill tests SRS transport incident at Redcliffe
Savannah River Site will stage a Saturday transportation emergency drill at Redcliffe Elementary School on S.C. 125. A simulated collision between a school bus and a nuclear plant cargo truck will involve volunteer fire departments EMS and hazardous materials teams. The exercise runs 10 a.m. to noon, coordinated by Aiken County Emergency Preparedness with SRS personnel assistance.
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Savannah River
Redcliffe
S.C. 125
Home Depot hearing in Aiken postponed again
Aiken Planning Commission delayed a second Home Depot presentation tied to Heritage Square and another site as the city debates rezoning at Greenwood Street and Lee Lane from R2 to R1. Council had earlier rezoned Colleton Avenue blocks, prompting questions about land use standards and neighborhood character.
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Aiken
Lorraine Seebey
Planning Commission
Buzz Jackson
Greenwood Street
Lee Lane
Colleton Avenue
Jackson
Steve Thompson
Lee and
Greenwood
Reilly Hammond
Hammond
Murder charges filed after man's death linked to injuries
A 15 year old Aiken youth was charged with murder in the death of 41 year old Dennis Bryant of North Silvert on Road. Bryant was attacked at the suspect's home with a two by four, ran to Yances Feed and Seed, was treated at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, and died hours later. Autopsy cited heart problems and trauma from the assault as factors in Bryant’s death.
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Aiken
David N. Rhoad
Williston Road
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Dennis Bryant
North Silverton Road
Michael Frank
Sheriff’s Office
Bryant
Rhoad
Yance
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Sue Townsend
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