On Saturday and Sunday, the GreenJackets take on the Columbia Fireflies with both games starting at 6:05 p.m. at SRP Park. A postgame "fireworks extravaganza," according to the GreenJackets' website, will occur each night.
Project Pascalis is the city of Aiken’s name for an ambitious project to revitalize the downtown area. Plans call for a 100-key boutique hotel…
Even though there has been rain locally recently and more is in the weekend forecast, the S.C. Drought Response Committee changed Thursday the…
Aiken Regional Medical Centers recently welcomed its first group of residents to its three-year accredited Family Medicine Residency Program. …
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Georgia’s governor is extending the suspension of the state’s motor fuel tax through mid-August. Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed an executive order extending the suspension for a second time. The order also suspends the state sales tax on locomotive fuel. Kemp previously signed a law in March that passed with broad bipartisan support suspending the state’s gas tax through May 31. At the end of May, he extended that suspension through July 14. Under state law, Kemp can suspend taxes by executive order if state lawmakers ratify the action later. Georgia’s gasoline price normally includes a state tax of 29.1 cents per gallon. Read more
A Bojangles franchisee with six locations in Aiken County has started a safety program for working minors after the Department of Labor determined that a franchise location operated by the company in Spartanburg had permitted 16 minors to work outside of permitted hours while school was in s… Read more
Dominion Energy is currently working to restore power to 535 customers near downtown Aiken o… Read more
The meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 5, where the Aiken Design Review Board was to consid… Read more
Editor's note: The Aiken Design Review Board meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, July 5, has… Read more
A Warrenville family could be out $40,000 after the Aiken City Council voted to deny a rezon… Read more
Being located near the Savannah River Site is once again paying off for the City of Aiken. Read more
Conference realignment in college sports has been going on since 1984, when the Supreme Court invalidated the NCAA’s national television contract for football. The conference juggling has gone through ebbs and flows through the years since, from small schools bumping up to bigger leagues to power programs switching to other major conferences. The latest move, UCLA and USC bolting the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, could be part of a tectonic shift. Not just because of the marquee-named schools involved, but because it happened at a time when the NCAA is looking to take a more decentralized approach to governing college athletics, handing more power to schools and conferences. Read more
J.T. Poston shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic. Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut after also opening with a 62, Poston eagled the par-5 second and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at TPC Deere Run. He won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA Tour title. Canadian Michael Gligic was second at 64, playing in the final group of the day off the first tee. Vaughn Taylor and Christopher Gotterup followed at 65. Read more
If you’re like me — someone who paid at least $800 in S.C. income taxes this year — you’ve got a lot of thank-you notes to write. Dear retired neighbor. Dear grocery clerk making minimum wage. Dear single mom making double the minimum wage. Dear middle-income homeowner with enough write-offs that you didn’t have to pay any state income taxes: Read more
