Fugitive Brockington Captured After Richmond County Pursuit
Eddie James Brockington, sought by Aiken County for attempted murder and drug charges, was arrested Friday night in Richmond County. He is held in Augusta awaiting extradition. A deputy fired at a speeding Saturn near Belvedere Elementary. a passenger was arrested, drugs and a firearm found, no injuries reported. Additional charges in Aiken include speeding in a school zone and weapon possession with intent to distribute drugs.
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Eddie James Brockington
Nan
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Richmond County
Stockington
Sony
Ritmond County Sheriff's Office
Belvedere
Feemster
Brockington
Niken County
Crosland Park Builds First Neighborhood Garden in Aiken
Crosland Park residents plant a fall crop in the area’s first neighborhood garden on Saturday led by Tom Dix of the Aiken Master Gardeners Association. Ten raised beds host carrots broccoli and greens with harvests to benefit local kitchens or Golden Harvest Food Bank.
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Crosland Park
Tom Dix
Aiken
Toole Hill
Aiken Park Gardens
City of
Ken
Leasa Segura
Tim Coakley
Dix
Golden Harvest Food Bank
New S.C
Mike Gibbons
Od Bank
Creland Park
Carmen Roa
Ruben Lee
Donation drives supply program for area children
The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority’s Upsilon Omega chapter distributed about 180 backpacks with school supplies to pre K through 12 students with incarcerated parents at public libraries in Aiken and North Augusta. Volunteers surpassed their 100 backpack goal, aided by community donations, and parents expressed gratitude for a strong school start.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc
Upsilon Omega
Betty Mims
Sorority
Mims
Aikmond
Ishmall
Ishmal
Aiken County
Nancy Carson
North Augusta
Aiken
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Smith-Hazel
H. Odell
Ishmal Sai
Kappa Upsilon Omega
Edgefield
Holland
Local clubs announce meetings and volunteer events this week
The Langley Bath Clear Water Historical Society meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at Midland Valley Lions Club Bath to discuss George Galphin an Irish Indian trader of 1739. Milledge Murray speaks. Other events include Senior Poets Corner at Riley's Whitby Bull and Aiken Newcomers Club activities with refreshments and luncheons.
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Langley
Ann Dia‘mond
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Aiken Standard
Savannah College of Art & Design
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Aiken Standard.com
Riley's Whitby Bull
East Pine Log Road
Joan Lacombe
Aiken Newcomers’ Club
Newberry Hall
Reistation
Department of Social Services
DSS
ACP
Aiken Community Playhouse
URS Center For the Performing Arts
Newberry Street
Asken Community Playhouse
Porky Bradberry
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