Five-Car Crash Leaves Three Injured In Aiken
A five vehicle collision at York Street and Rutland Drive left three people hospitalized and two cars totaled. Freddie Oakman Jr. failed to stop for a red light and faced charges including DUI second offense and driving under suspension.
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Aiken
Zachary Moore
York
Oakman
Sgt. Clark
Lawrence Green
Green
York Street
Jill Liesen
Augusta
Ms. Liesen
Terry Day
Moore
Aiken Community Hospital
Liesen
Sgt
Clark
Aiken County
Teen Driver Crashes Into Telephone Pole Near School
A 16 year old girl driving a 1983 Mercury Lynx to school at about 8 15 am struck a curb then a telephone pole, totaling the car. She was hospitalized with forehead lacerations after not wearing a seat belt, according to Aiken Department of Public Safety.
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Aiken
Deason
Aiken Community Hospital
Lt. Deason
Aiken man charged after gospel group shooting
John Williams, 27, is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after a Sunday shooting in Aiken. Aiken Department of Public Safety reports another man received a gunshot wound to the thigh and was treated at Aiken Community Hospital. Williams held on a $3,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Department of Public Safety
John Williams
Calvin S. Staley
Aiken Community Hospital
Williams
Aiken Rotary leader quips after role swap with dummy
Former Aiken Rotary Club president and district governor Ron Wheeler spoke in place of a general at a club meeting. He quipped that replacing a general and following a dummy marked a bad day as student Beth Clayton performed a ventriloquist act.
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Aiken
Area 2 Group Seeks School Board Compromise
The Concerned People of Area 2 and the Aiken County Board of Education met at Paul Knox Middle School for a public session. Leaders Murphy and Huff urged cooperation, reassessed facilities, and avoidance of quashing dissent while noting gains in test scores and volunteers in Area 2.
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North Augusta
Area 2
Aiken County
Huff
CPA 2
Board of Education
Sally S. Bigger
Belvedere
Paskel
Nancy Smith
Dr. Smith
Search for missing 4 year old continues in South Carolina
Dozens of officers from the State Law Enforcement Division, South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, and Aiken County Sheriff’s Department scoured Russell Hills and adjacent ponds for 4 year old Jeremy Grice. Authorities drained both ponds, searched mud and gully areas, and prepared to interview witnesses as the FBI joins the case.
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State Law Enforcement Division
South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Aiken County
Change urged in Drug and Alcohol Student Code by Aiken Center
Terry Brown, director of the Aiken Center, urged the North Augusta Board of Education to revise the Code of Student Conduct for drug and alcohol violators. He noted councils sometimes use nonexpulsion punishments, but some still expel on first offense. Brown cited School Intervention Program reach, with 5,100 students at 70 events and 176 teachers trained. He proposed short term suspensions, in school suspensions, privileges restrictions, detentions, work, and extra academic assignments as alternatives, all tied to program completion and parent assessment. The board also approved a $33,913 vocational education appropriation and set testing dates for state assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Terry Brown
Aiken Center
Board of Education
Brown
Paul Knox Middle School
Campbell lays out four point plan for South Carolina governorship
Representative Carroll Campbell announces his four point campaign platform in Aiken focusing on education economics major jobs and safety. He cites rising education costs and argues for broadening the tax base while urging support for teachers and improved crime prevention including boot camp style programs and computer monitoring in probation cases. Campbell endorses defense industry jobs and favors processing waste over storing it.
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Carroll Campbell
R-S.c
Rep
Campbell
South Carolina
Aiken
James Edwards
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Parris Island
Thanksgiving services planned across area churches
Several church services are set for tonight and tomorrow across Ai ken North Augusta Warrenville Belvedere and surrounding communities. St John s United Methodist will host a community service tomorrow at 10 a.m. with a combined choir directed by Lee Philbeck and sermon by Rev. John Sherry. Grace United Methodist hosts a Thanksgiving Eve service tonight at 7 with Rev. Ronald Avant delivering the sermon. First Baptist Aiken holds a 7 p.m. prayer meeting and service tonight. Warrenville Christian Community Council meets at 7:30 tonight at the Warrenville Revival Center. First Christian Belvedere plans a 7:30 p.m. service with Rev. Barrett Alewine. Music by the First Baptist Adult Choir and participation from Bel Ridge Baptist Belvedere United Methodist and Sweetwater Baptist.
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St. John’s United Methodist
Aiken
Lee Philbeck
John Sherry
First Christian Church
Aiken Ministerial Association
Grace United Methodist Church
Georgia Ave
North Augusta
Ronald Avant
Immanual Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
First Baptist Church
Bel- Ridge Baptist
Belvedere United Methodist
Sweetwater Baptist
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George Burgess
Murphy
CPA
Rep. Huff
Dr. Paskel
Ray Grice
Jeremy James Grice
By Phil Jones
Jeremy
Nickie Arrington
Donna Arrington
Savannah River
Dixie Clay
S&p Grad
Grice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carrol Heath
Bult
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