Legislators agreed June 28 to strike $33 million worth of spending from South Carolina's budget, including a project pitched as creating a technology hub in Columbia as well as several other earmarks with ties to their colleagues
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The $33.5 million investment in the Harrisburg and Laney Walker neighborhoods is meant to spur continued revitalization along the 15th Street corridor. The area has for years been disinvested and has a median income less than half that of the city as a whole. Read more
The Aiken Design Review Board will likely be considering next week whether to allow the demolition of structures on five properties that are proposed to be part of Project Pascalis. Read more
A Warrenville family could be out $40,000 after the Aiken City Council voted to deny a rezon… Read more
The new Aiken municipal building is open for Aiken City Council business. Read more
Being located near the Savannah River Site is once again paying off for the City of Aiken. Read more
The Aiken County Public School District has been busy lately with construction projects at m… Read more
Being located near the Savannah River Site is once again paying off for the City of Aiken. Read more
Serena Williams loses at Wimbledon in 1st match in a year
Serena Williams has lost her first singles match in nearly a year
Serena Williams has lost her first singles match in nearly a year. She was beat by 115th-ranked Harmony Tan of France in three sets at Wimbledon. Williams was two points from victory but could not finish the job and bowed out with a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) defeat. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion. The 40-year-old American had not competed in singles since she got injured in the first set of her first-round match at the All England Club on June 29, 2021. She has won Wimbledon seven times. This was Tan’s debut at the All England Club. The match lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes and was contested with the retractable roof shut for the last two sets. Read more
Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands to beat Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes. The Olympic champion had a 19-under 261 total. Theegala shot a 67, and Poston had a 64. Schauffele won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour and the second this season after teaming with Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Read more
Last week we were treated to a double-barreled blast from the U.S. Supreme Court on two hugely controversial matters. On Thursday, June 23, the court overturned New York’s restrictive concealed carry law on the basis that it was inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. A d… Read more