Aiken County News

" Aiken County investigators are looking for the person who beat a Warrenville man to death.

A man has been arrested in the death of a Warrenville man whose body was discovered Friday, the Aiken County Sheriff's Office said.

Aiken authorities are searching for two suspects wanted in a string of burglaries.

It's not even Thanksgiving, but they're gearing up for Christmas at Bel-Ridge Baptist Church in Belvedere, South Carolina.

South Carolina has one of the highest criminal domestic violence rates in the country.

H1N1 clinics have been scheduled in several Aiken County schools. About a week before each clinic permission forms will be sent home with students.

Aiken County Council members voted Tuesday to put new sheriff's vehicles on the road and increase holiday bonuses for county employees.

A 50-year-old North Augusta man has been taken into police custody after a six-hour standoff with police that started shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, officials said.

Aiken police Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old woman they say attempted to kill a public safety officer by driving a 2005 Nissan Sentra into the man in the parking lot of Maria's Restaurant.

An accident on I-20 eastbound may cause some traffic delays. It happened around 6:15 Saturday night around mile marker 29.

Five people have arrested for last month's Aiken High School vandalism . The suspects are identified as Andrew Meisenheimer, Landon Yarosh, and Nickalas Meyers, as well as two juveniles, whose names have not been released due to their age.

An Aiken couple wants to bring a tattoo parlor to the county after the city told them no way! Julian McClain and his fianceea s request to change zoning rules that would allow them to open a tattoo parlor was denied by city council Monday night.

Authorities in Aiken County, two Aiken County men are in custody, after investigators say they tried to ram another vehicle off the road.

A North Augusta man wanted for carjacking was pursued by police but escaped arrest Wednesday, despite crashing into the back of a North Augusta business during the chase, officials said.

A former South Carolina teacher has been sentenced to six years in prison for not telling his ex-wife he has HIV.

For More Information Contact: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE Adrienne Fairwell 803-898-5287 fairwea@sctax.org Aiken, SC An Aiken County resident was jailed today following her arrest for state tax evasion charges.

Officials hope that an autopsy scheduled for today in Newberry will shed some light on questions that surround the death of a Beech Island man whose body was found Wednesday floating in the Savannah River.

A former Aiken County Republican Party treasurer has written a letter admitting she paid for unsolicited automatic phone calls in South Carolina legislative races.

Aiken County sheriff's deputies seized nearly $50,000 in cash, guns and narcotics at a Langley home.

Aiken County Council's newest member was sworn in Tuesday and immediately took steps to advance the process of rehabbing Avondale Mills' water system.