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5 hrs ago | WJBF-TV Augusta

UPDATED: Homes Evacuated Due To Aiken County Brush Fire

Others, like Franscia Wade saw it coming towards their homeright before they were evacuated.

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21 hrs ago | WRDW-TV Augusta

Brush fire east of Aiken - roads closed

A brush fire burning east of Aiken has led to some homeowners being told to evacuate.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Aiken brush fire under control; residents allowed to return home

A brush fire in Aiken County burned more than 100 acres Thursday, causing minor injuries to one firefighter and heat exhaustion to two others fighting the blaze.

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Aiken Standard

One dead, two caught after Jackson robbery

An Aiken man who may have been involved in a number of area armed robberies is dead and two others who may have acted with him are in police custody after a bank robbery in Jackson turned into a shootout.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

WIS-TV Columbia

Aiken man shot dead after bank robbery

An Aiken man is dead in an officer-involved shooting after law enforcement officials say he was involved in a bank robbery.

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Augusta Chronicle

Aiken County leaders consider handing off park

They're neighborhood parks that some say aren't used often enough and in some case have become vandalized.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Aiken Standard

Alleged bank robbers in custody

Early this afternoon, the remaining two suspects involved in last week's Graniteville Security Federal Bank robbery turned themselves in to Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigators.

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The State

Madoff investor living in Aiken approves of prison sentence

One of Bernie Madoff's victims in South Carolina said the judge was right to sentence the one-time investment maverick who stole billions to 150 years in prison on Monday.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Palm Beach Post

Jackson remembered fondly by James Brown's daughters

Michael Jackson performs with James Brown during the 2003 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

WAGT

YouNews: View of Thunderstorm from Aiken

NBC Augusta Storm Spotter Maria Floyd sent us this photo of a thunderstorm that occurred just west of Aiken, SC, on Saturday, June 27, 2009.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

4 swine flu cases reported in Aiken County

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed Tuesday that four cases of swine flu were detected in Aiken County between June 12 and 19.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Aiken Deputies Investigate Robbery

Aiken County investigators are looking for suspects in connnection with a gas station robbery overnight.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

1 charged in bank robbery

Authorities have arrested one man and identified two others wanted in an afternoon bank robbery in Graniteville.

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Post and Courier

Aiken building added to national registry

AIKEN a ' A South Carolina building that was once an industrial training school for children of former slaves has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Pythons Set Up Home in South Carolina

Some new creatures are calling Aiken, South Carolina, home. A biology professor there is housing some Burmese pythons to study them, but not everyone is happy about the new residents.

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Guardian Unlimited

Burmese pythons slithering their way north? - AP

Burmese pythons slithering their way north? ALYSIA PATTERSON Associated Press Writer= AIKEN, S.C. A A A' One by one, seven slithering Burmese pythons were dumped into a snake pit surrounded by 400 feet of reinforced fence at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in South Carolina.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

WCIV

Day Care Owner Sentenced

A South Carolina woman who operated an in-home day care is headed to prison after admitting she fractured the skull of an infant in her care by striking and throwing the child to the floor.

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Augusta Chronicle Online

Monument to 1953 Aiken blast OK 'd

A deadly explosion in downtown Aiken more than 56 years ago was recognized Monday night as city council members agreed to build a monument in memory of the disaster.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

WIS-TV Columbia

Allendale woman killed in Aiken County crash

Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton says a 54-year-old Allendale woman was killed in a crash in Aiken County.

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Augusta Chronicle

Church bells in Aiken hold history, secrets

If you've ever shopped in downtown Aiken around noon or 6 p.m., you've likely heard it -- church bells ringing out hymns back to back for several minutes.

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