Aiken County mourns teen in morning traffic crash
Police report a fatal crash on Kumbill Trail Road near Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The victim, a 19 year old woman identified as Cook, was three months pregnant and died at the scene. The driver, her husband Sheriff, was uninjured but hospitalized with injuries. The delivery truck driver was not at fault. The investigation continues with charges pending.
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Daniel Sheriff
Sheriff
Medical Park Drive
University Parkway
Tom Galardi
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Cook
Tim Carlton
Carlton
Galardi
Medical College of Georgia
CSRA
South Carolina guard member aids Ground Zero relief
Mike Buckner a five year EMT and six year SAR veteran returned from a week volunteering with the South Carolina State Guard at Ground Zero near St Pauls Chapel in New York Buckner a first lieutenant was the only guard member from Aiken to go among nearly 100 volunteers He described two rotating squads totaling 28 people and said they worked closely with the NYPD and aided near the World Trade Center with a strong sense of Thanksgiving through helping others and meeting diverse New Yorkers.
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Mike Buckner
Ground Zero
New York
South Carolina State Guard
Buckner
St. Paul's Chapel
Aiken
NYPD
World Trade Center
World Trade Center Towers
Guardsmen Bring Aid to Ground Zero Mission
Buckner and other guardsmen joined a New York relief mission under Brig. Gen. Ed Hall. They helped at St Pauls Episcopal Church where crews receive food clothing and gear while winter gear runs short and off duty police and firefighters show the strain of their duties.
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Buckner
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
National Guard
Jim Hodges
New York
Ed Hall
Aiken County Christmas Parades Kick Off Weekend
Santa Claus leads a weekend parade series with local dignitaries bands and volunteers delivering candy to thousands of children. The Wagener parade starts Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville and Edgefield County parades later. Sunday features Jackson North Augusta and Williston parades starting in late afternoon.
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Graniteville- Vaucluse-Warrenville
Saji
Edgefield County
Jackson
North Augusta
Williston
SRP Credit Union Expands Across Aiken Area
SRP Credit Union accelerates its growth adding branches on Rutland Drive and Silver Bluff Road while planning new locations on Aiken Augusta Highway and Barnwell. Ed Templeton, president, says demand was high with 200 visitors first day and 1,200 at the Rutland Drive opening banner. The bank also plans moving Whiskey Road facility to Pine Log and Powderhouse roads and a 2,200 seat church sanctuary nearby.
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SRP Federal Credit Union
Ed Templeton
SRP
Templeton
Rutland Drive
Rutland Driver
Silver Bluff Road
Bank of America
K-Mart
Augusta Highway
Richland Avenue
Srp’s
Barnwell
Whiskey Road
Millbrook
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