Bettis Music Fest Brings Community Together
The third Bettis Music Fest at Bettis Academy Park drew locals from across the area for sun and live entertainment featuring local artists and Melisa Morgan from New York. The Free Riders Motorcycle Club sponsored a motorcycle and car show with multiple winners. Proceeds fund Bettis Academy Elderly Care Facility with an estimated $1.4 million cost.
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Bettis Academy Park
Melisa Morgan
New York
Free Riders Motorcycle Club of
Ollie Hamilton
Tina Ramsey
Kawasaki
Brian Jackson
Tommy Jeffcoat
James Carter
Scottie Martin
Keith Mosley
Tonya ‘Thomas
Ricky Corley
Williams
Suzuki
Bettis Academy
Trenton
Cynthia Green
Bettis Music Fest
Aiken Makin Youth Group Cleans Parks After Festival
Grace Covenant New Millennium Youth Group and Aiken Chamber of Commerce partner to tidy parkways streets and picnic areas after Aiken's Makin' festival. About 20 youths bag trash load it for City of Aiken waste management trailers and return Sunday mornings to finish. Fundraiser supports field trips with vans rental around $800 per trip and gains community help from Cycle Bicycles & Fitness and Supply Service Co. to supply bags and materials.
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Aiken
Maruyn Sullett
Grace Covenant C Church of God
New Millennium Youth Group
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
City of
Norning
Buffett
Atlanta
Tommy Ridgeway
Cycle
Sport Bicycles & Fitness
Supply Service Co
Brothers quarrel ends in stabbing in Aiken County
Larry McKinney 46 of Aiken was arrested for assault with intent to kill after stabbing his brother Michael 40 during a kitchen argument. Michael was taken to Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Larry is detained at the Aiken County Detention Center. In a separate incident Paul Hazel 64 of North Augusta and Leroy Moore 55 of Aiken fought outside Stewart's Bar. Hazel stabbed Moore in the chest and Moore was treated at University Hospital Augusta. Hazel was arrested at the scene and detained.
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Aiken County
Michael McKinney
Aiken
Larry
Michael
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken County Detention Center
Frank
Augusta
Two Die On S C Roads This Holiday Weekend
South Carolina police report at least two fatalities over the Labor Day weekend. A Goose Creek man, 28, Roger Knepp, died when his car veered off the road after a collision. he was not wearing a seat belt. In Lexington County, Steven Sturkie, ? Swansea, was fatally struck while checking a dog on Edmund Highway.
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Roger Clayton Knepp
Lexington County
Steven Keith Sturkie
Swansea
Edmund Highway
Sturkie
Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital
Starkie
Associated Press
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Edgefield
China Grove Baptist Church
Ginny Southworth
Trae Barnett
Doug
Delphine Barnett
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Aiken’s Makin
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Aiken Standard
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