Aiken man sentenced to life for home invasion kidnapping
Holston Darrin Holston of Aiken received mandatory life in prison after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping attempted armed robbery and first degree burglary in a July 2010 home invasion in which a caretaker victim was forced to drive to an ATM and the car crashed. An unidentified gunman fled. witness testimony and prior convictions supported the most serious offense classification.
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Darrin Holston
Edgefield Avenue
Aiken
Sion
Holston
Kevin Molony
Wheat Road
Molony
Medical College of Georgia
STEP program at Savannah River Site educates area students
The Science and Technology Enrichment Program at Savannah River Site offers hands on science education to more than 1,000 area students from third through 12th grade. It is a collaboration among Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, DOE Savannah River, USC Aiken Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, National Audubon Society and the Savannah River U.S. Forest Service. Teachers can register for 2011 12, with fields including soil wildlife forestry and navigation and slots limited.
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Savannah River
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Includ
Department of Energy
USC Aiken Ruth Patrick
National Audubon Society
U.S. Forest Service
Kimberly Mitchell
STEP
Old Fire Pond Dam
Rpsec
Usca
Kim Mitchell
Mitchell
Local teachers receive SRR grants for math with new kits
East Aiken School of the Arts and other area schools receive SRR funding totaling 15 965 to boost math and science. First grade teacher Christi McWaters gets a math kit using stories and images to teach math facts. Grants support multi sensory, hands on learning and aim to spark student interest in math and science.
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Savannah River
East Aiken School
SRR
Aiken County
Orangeburg
Holly Hill
Eutawville
Georgia
Evans and
Martinez
Dave Olson
Olson
Patty Rasmussen
Millbrook Elementary
Benjamin Green
North Aiken
Ellen Cotton
Margaret Rutland
Jefferson
Rob Novit
East Aiken School of the Arts
Christi McWaters
Kiera Carroll
Memorial Day Parade Seeks Entries in Aiken
The James L Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939 invites parade entries for the Memorial Day event in downtown Aiken on May 28 starting at 1 p.m. Registration costs 20 dollars with lineup at 12 15 p.m. The show includes a biplane flyover, the 282nd Army Band, and the Aiken All County High School Marching Band, with grand marshal Ben Gamble.
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James L. Hammons
Marine Corps League Detachment 939
Aiken
Dick Schreck
Fort Jackson
Ben Gamble
Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Fort Gordon
U.S
Detachment 939
Ed Hammons
Vietnam
Schreck
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Terry Chavis
Jonathan Murdock
Autumn Davis
China Kinard
Macedonia
Blackville
SRS
CRR
Camils Leulee Veven
Haley Hughes
Aiken Memdiayparade
Park Avenue
Union Street
Laurens Street
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