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According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a 75-year-old North Augusta woman has died in an accident on Highway 421, in Aiken County.

A man sought by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office on charges that he robbed a woman by threatening her baby is now in custody.

A BP gas station on U.S. Highway 1 in Aiken prominently displays on its marquee the words "Sunday beer sales." But on Whiskey Road, a Lowe's home improvement store doesn't open until 1:30 p.m. Sundays because of a state blue law restricting certain morning purchases.

An accident with an Aiken County deputy leaves two people recovering this morning.

Aiken County officials eyeing the impact on their county of Savannah River Site's $1.6 billion in stimulus funds see some good -- and some not so good -- things happening.

S.C. Sen. Jim DeMint said he sees America shifting, and he is doing what he can to stop it.

The search continues for two suspects after a burglary was interrupted Monday morning in Aiken County.

People are being allowed to return home in Aiken County after a brush fire forced them to evacuate Thursday.

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.