Arson-like vandalism leads to teen arrests at Aiken High
Two South Aiken High School students Gerald A. Phillips and Jamison C. Pitts, both 17, faced felony charges of malicious injury to real property over $1,000 after spray painting Aiken High School with red and gold. Bonds were set at 2000 dollars each. they were released to parents.
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Crawford Avenue
Jamison C. Pitts
Suffolk Drive
Aiken
Magistrate Court
Caroline Neal
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken High
Legislators Split Over GOP Call to Remove School Board Autonomy
Aiken County lawmakers react to a Republican Party resolution seeking to revoke fiscal autonomy from the Aiken County School Board. Delegation Chair Rep. Roland Smith says he will poll members before a hearing, while Rep. Ken Clark opposes ending the 1998 autonomy grant. The push followed a 15 mill tax increase approved by the school board.
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Aiken Hornets Rally Past South Aiken for Region Title
Calder Reardon drilled a 22 yard field goal with 3:38 left in regulation lifting Aiken High to a 10-7 win over South Aiken. The victory gives Aiken the 4-AAAA crown and preserves a decade of dominance while North Augusta’s loss elsewhere alters the regional picture for postseason seeding.
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Aiken
Calder Reardon
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Hagood Stadium
North Augusta
Orange
Brian Leonardi
Full lunar eclipse viewed tonight at USC Aiken planetarium
A full lunar eclipse will begin at 6 32 p m with totality from 8 to 830 p m and end by 10 p m at the USC Aiken DuPont Planetarium The Star Party runs 6 to 11 p m featuring the new Dark Shadows show and the planetarium telescope will be open for viewing
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Mars
Gary J. Senn
USC Aiken
DuPont Planetarium
Planetarium
Dad's at war but his heart remains at home
Melissa Palmer, a Jefferson Elementary fourth grader, spoke proudly as she held the Purple Heart awarded to her dad Clarence Cooney Palmer after injuries in Iraq. The 15 year Army National Guard veteran, attached to the 82nd Airborne, was wounded in Fallujah and later returned to active duty with plans to extend service.
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Fallujah
Elizabeth Palmer
Jeffer
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Midland Valley High School
Cooney Palmer
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82Nd Airborne
Baghdad
Germany
Rob Novit
Jefferson Elementary
Cooney
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