Car crashes into school bus on Hampton Avenue injuring students
One person died and 13 were injured when a Pontiac Grand Prix struck a stopped bus near Schofield Middle School on Hampton Avenue at 7:30 a.m. The crash sent six students and the bus driver to Aiken Regional Medical Centers, with ER staff converting the lobby into a triage area. School officials coordinated parent notices as emergency crews treated victims.
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Ginny Southworth
Tim Carlton
Aiken County
Aiken
Hampton Avenue
Mississippi Avenue
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Schofield Middle School
ARMC
Ricky Satcher
Coo Moody Chisholm
Linda Eldridge
SAT Scores Highlight Aiken County Board Meeting
The Aiken County Board of Education discussed SAT trends with Dr. Linda Eldridge noting the district average of 980 tops Georgia and South Carolina averages. Dr. Frank Roberson highlighted gains at Ridge Spring Monetta and Midland Valley while Wagener Valley declined by 52 points. many seniors rush to take the SAT late in their senior year.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Linda Eldridge
Georgia
Richmond County
Your
Frank Roberson
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Midland Valley High
Wagener-Valley High
Murder trial suspended after plea in drug linked killing
Deion Dicks was sentenced to 10 years for involuntary manslaughter in the November 1997 killing of Nathan Bush, 62, in Hahn Village. A cast iron skillet found in Bush’s apartment tied to obtaining money for rack cocaine, ending a planned murder trial after the jury waited over three hours.
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Lawrence Brown
Deion Dicks
Cuit
Bush
Ms. Dicks
ATC gets $1 Million for Training Facility
Dr. Susan Graham, new president of Aiken Technical College, accepts a $1 million gift from the Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative to fund a new age industrial training center. J Calvin Melton welcomes the president and stresses economic development. The project aims to train a highly skilled workforce to attract new industries.
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Susan Graham
Aikens Technical College
Graham
The
Tech
ATC
Savannah River
Mats
J. Calvin Melton
Williston Pubic Works
Sardi Board of Directors
Technical School
Melton
First Steps Begins in Aiken County Meeting Organizes Plan
Aiken County hosts an organizational meeting for the state funded First Steps program designed to boost school readiness. Peggy Ford convened the session at Aiken Electric Cooperative as Joyce Brown outlined funding, priorities, and governance for local implementation.
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Aiken County
First Steps
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Jim Hodges
Inez Tenenbaum
Peggy Ford
Ford
Joyce Brown
State
Brown
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CORES
James C. Williams Jr
Gregory P. Harlow
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Untary
Orga
Classifieds Comics
Abby
Mildred Lott Bledsoe
Warrenville
Napier
Peggy Joyce Gallups
Brazier
Beech Island
Hatcher
Darleen Hess Plunkett
New Ellenton
Cynthia Gay Young
Augusta
G.L. Brighthorp & Sons
Cash
Bening
Pantany
Wwwaikenstane
Aiken’s
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