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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.