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Seven years after renovation plans were first announced, Hotel Aiken now sits abandoned at the corner of Richland Avenue and Laurens Street.
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She's known to hundreds of local residents as a fitness instructor, and sharp-eyed theater enthusiasts may also know Nancy Gamba Hansen for he…
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An Aiken County Sheriff's Office Deputy and his K-9 received an award in Valdosta last Friday.
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Adults and kids of all ages came out to USC Aiken on Saturday for the 37th annual SEED STEM Festival.
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Three prime parcels of undeveloped real estate near the Aiken Horse Park Foundation’s Bruce’s Field have changed hands. Read more
Seven years after renovation plans were first announced, Hotel Aiken now sits abandoned at the corner of Richland Avenue and Laurens Street. Read more
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Project Pascalis has been stopped but downtown redevelopment isn’t over. Read more
Three historic preservation experts said Aiken should look to its past to continue its growt… Read more
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Ohtani agrees to $30 million deal for 2023 with Angels
Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2023 season
Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2023 season. That's the two-way superstar’s final year of arbitration eligibility before free agency. The Halos avoided a potentially complicated arbitration case with the 2021 AL MVP. Ohtani’s deal is fully guaranteed with no other provisions. The contract is the largest ever given to an arbitration-eligible player, surpassing the $27 million given to Mookie Betts by the Boston Red Sox in January 2020, a month before he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Read more
Mark Hubbard has a one-shot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Hubbard ran off five straight birdies on the back nine of the Country Club of Jackson. And then he finished with a superb shot from 203 yards to 4 feet on the last hole. He made that for a 65 and a one-shot lead over Mackenzie Hughes of Canada. Hughes made a 30-foot birdie putt from behind the 18th green for a 68 to stay close. This is Hubbard's 164th time playing on the PGA Tour. Read more
There was a period in the late ’60s when the Beach Boys, desperate for a hipper identity, reportedly considered shortening their name to “Beach.” Read more
