Fred Humes Receives South Carolina’s Highest Honor
Fred Humes, former director of the Aiken Edgefield Economic Development Partnership, is awarded the Order of the Palmetto for two decades of industry recruitment. The surprise ceremony drew the Aiken County legislative delegation, council members, chamber officials, and company executives who benefited from his work. Rep Roland Smith praised Humes as phenomenal and credited him with planting a lasting jobs seed in South Carolina.
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Fred Humes
Aiken-Edgefield
Aiken
Edgefield
Aiken County
Aiken City
North Augusta City
Chambers of Commerce
Humes
Economic Development Partnership
South Carolina
Rep
Roland Smith
Warrenville
Smith
Fred
Area Deaths Names Listed from Aiken Maryland and Windsor
Obituary brief lists six individuals including Aileen Margaret Allan Beatty and Brenda Diane Cagle Spires in Aiken with two more names Lisa Marie Jenkins of Capitol Heights Maryland Lynn Johnston Whittle Daly and Patricia Ann Clarke of Windsor.
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Aileen Margaret Allan Beatty
Aiken
Brenda Diane Cagle Spires
Lisa Marie Jenkins
Capitol Heights
Lynn” Johnston Whittle Daly
Patricia Ann Clarke
Windsor
Hippo-nappers nabbed by cops
Aiken Public Safety officer spotted a pickup with a hippo head protruding from the bed. Sassy the Hippo, kidnapped from Hole-N-One Family Fun Center on the Southside, was traced to three University of South Carolina students whose early morning thefts ended in custody.
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Aiken Public Safety
Whiskey Road
Carlos Colindres
Sassy the Hippo
Hole-N-One Family Fun Center
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Colindres
Sassy the alligator faces petit larceny charges
Karen Daily reports four individuals accused of petit larceny after an incident at a putt-putt course. The alligator named Sassy was returned to her home by a cascading waterfall near the 10th hole. no significant injuries were noted, and officials cited HIPPO laws.
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Aiken County
Sassy
Attorney charged with influencing witness against son
Aiken lawyer Sidney Chuck Jones 59 on Connector Road Graniteville is charged with influencing a witness distributing marijuana and delivering marijuana to an inmate at Richmond County jail. Investigators say he gave tobacco and marijuana to a jail inmate to pressure statements against his son Tyler Jones in an April armed Waffle House robbery case in Clearwater. He was arrested Wednesday evening at the jail and is held there.
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Clearwater
Sidney
Chuck” Jones
Connector Road
Graniteville
Richmond County
Georgia
Jones
Scott Peebles
Tyler Jones
Chuck Jones
Aiken County
South Carolina
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken
Closure of Two SRS Nuclear Reactors Highlights ARRA Milestone
A Thursday ceremony at the Savannah River Site marked the deactivation and decommissioning in place of P Reactor (1954 1988) and R Reactor (1953 1964) aided by 1.6 billion ARRA funds. SEE SRS said the event ends an era and advances cleanup progress.
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Savannah River
Srs
Win Clemson or South Carolina game tickets contest
Visit www.aikenstandard.com/contest to register with a valid phone number and win football game tickets. Contestants may enter up to 20 times per day for the games they choose. Winners are selected at random on the Wednesday prior to each home game.
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Aikenstandard.com
South Carolina
Clemson
USC v Auburn ticket winner at live sports broadcast
A Carolina home game ticket winner is spotlighted during Thursdays live taping of On the Sports Front. Pictured left to right are Barry Adams of Security Federal Bank and Ester Waters, the winning USC v Auburn entrant.
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Melissa Hanna
Carolina
Barry Adams
Security Federal Bank
Ester Waters
USC
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