Eight-year sentence in fatal beating case in Aiken County
An Aiken County man, Larry Bright, 37, was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature for a 2007 beating that left his wife’s eye removed. Judge Jack Early noted Bright’s extensive record, including two prior DV convictions against the same victim.
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Alford
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Renowned ecologist Whit Gibbons to retire from SREL work
Whit Gibbons, longtime University of Georgia ecologist and senior research ecologist at Savannah River Ecology Lab, plans a gradual retirement in June focusing on outreach. He will stop teaching herpetology and supervising new graduate students, transferring projects to younger faculty while continuing his environmental column and public education efforts.
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Man Gets Twenty Years For Cocaine Trafficking
Shawn Madison, 32, a recidivist cocaine trafficker and father of three, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a third offense. The judge noted the plea agreement requires 85 percent serve and spoke of drug-related family harm as Madison’s family sobbed in court.
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Madison
Jack Early
Arly
South Aiken High Ranked 899th by Newsweek
South Aiken High School appears at 899th in Newsweek’s national Best High Schools list. The ranking uses May AP IB and Cambridge testing, divided by graduating seniors, with 26 percent eligible for free or reduced lunch and 34.6 percent of students scoring AP exams. All 1300 schools in the list sit in the top five percent nationwide.
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South Africa
Sydney Elizabeth Parker Benefit Concert for Daughter
Area bands including Joseph Christie Band Nate Barbour Band and Eleventhour will play at Citizens Park noon to 4 pm Saturday to benefit five year old Sydney Elizabeth Parker who suffered a severe head injury three years ago. Proceeds support her rehabilitation at Hitchcock and raffle offers a prize package titled Night on the Town in Aiken. Admission is by donation with details from organizer Jim Moore at 270-0158.
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Nate Barbour
Aiken
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Patsy Cline
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