Cross-dressing Robbery and Shootout at Local Jewelry Store
A 20-year-old Summerville man Dominique Lemond Lee Fortenberry robbed Porky Bradberry's Jewelry in Mitchell Shopping Center wearing a flowered dress. He exchanged gunfire with the owner, fled via Whiskey Road into Aiken Estates, and was later found seeking medical help in an Augusta hospital. The owner was wounded in the arm. Fortenberry sustained a facial gunshot. Authorities recovered bloodstained items linking Fortenberry to the crime.
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Summerville
Whiskey Road
Augusta
Dominique Lemond
Lee Fortenberry
Porky Bradberry
Mitchell
Start
Aiken Public Safety
David Turno
Bradberry
Fortenberry
Turno
Turne
Aiken Estates
Aiken Mayoral Primary Focuses on Two Republicans
Voters in Aiken choose between Mayor Fred Cavanaugh seeking a sixth term and Jet Beckum making his political debut. Cavanaugh touts a debt-free general fund and 22 years without property tax increases, while Beckum pledges less government and more business-friendly rules.
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Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Beckum
Aiken County
Republican Party
Dennis Saylor
Saylor
Aiken County Registration and Elections Commission
Yolanda Dortch
Aiken Standard
Flu shots available across Aiken area and clinics planned
Flu shots are offered at CVS Walgreens Family Pharmacy and Publix with walk ins accepted. Local health leaders urge vaccination noting the flu’s serious risk and hospitalizations as DHEC clinics begin statewide.
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Aiken County
S.C
CVS
Walgreens
Family Pharmacy
Publix
Jerry Gibson
DHEC
Bureau of Disease Control
Where to get a flu shot this season
The notice lists pharmacies Walgreens Publix CVS Target TLC Medical Centre and Family Pharmacy offering flu shots with walk in or online scheduling. Prices range from 19.99 to 31.99 with insurance varies and a 5 gift card for uninsured. Health officials note flu season runs Oct to May with peak in February.
Mystery firm eyed to build plant in Aiken County
Aiken County circles a possible Continental Tire backed plant dubbed Project Hercules. Officials refuse comment while council negotiates incentives and exercises a 500 acre option in Sage Mill East to lure the tire production site and about 1500 jobs.
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Continental Tire the Americas
Aiken County
Continental Tire
Clay Killian
Killian
Sage Mill
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Aikenstandard.com
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Kline
World News Sports
Wailgreens. Com
Cvs.com
TLC Medical Centre
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Aikenstandard
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Mystery Company
Project Hercules
Clemson
South Carolina
Security Federal Bank
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