An Aiken woman was arrested Wednesday in connection to the abandonment of a dog and her six newborn puppies.
The National Weather Service in Columbia released an updated forecast Thursday morning for winter weather this weekend.
An Aiken County man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a coveted horse and possession of child pornography Wednesday afternoon and will spend three years in prison.
A North Augusta man was arrested Monday after police responded to a well-being check turned stabbing.
After an early prediction of 1 to 3 inches of snow this weekend, the forecast for Aiken County has been amended to half an inch of freezing rain.
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the community in locating two suspects.
The wintry weather Sunday morning has created some dangerous conditions, including on the roads.
Just before 6 p.m. the Aiken Department of Public Safety responded to a fire at on the 800 block of Laurens Street for a house fire.
COLUMBIA — A South Carolina woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for fraud relating to $1.2 million in coronavirus relief funds.
A Warrenville man was arrested Thursday in connection to an armed robbery .
The final suspect has been arrested in a 2010 shooting in Salley.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office responded to Midland Valley High School around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning after receiving reports of a bomb threat.
Two Aiken County women were arrested in North Augusta after a shooting in Richmond County .
A child has died following a car accident on S.C. Highway 19 near Samuel E. Diggs Road.
A former Aiken County teacher was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after admitting to sexually exploiting a minor.
A cotton truck overturned on Charleston Highway on Wednesday afternoon, slowing rush hour traffic.
A North Augusta man who is charged with attempting to murder an Aiken Public Safety officer was denied bond Wednesday, after spending 430 days in the Aiken County detention center.
Snow is likely to to make an appearance in Aiken County over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, following chilly temperatures this week.
Around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Aiken Public Safety officers responded to the 500 block of Hampton Avenue N.W. in reference to a possible shooting.
The suspect in a November shooting at Colony Woods Apartments was arrested Sunday at the Sprint gas station on Laurens Street in Aiken.
A man was arrested Sunday following a shooting incident on McCampbell Street in Warrenville.
As people across the nation observe Human Trafficking Awareness Day today, Dominique Bunton, a former employee with the South Carolina Department of Social Services and founder of The Bridge 2…
Zack Moyer of Walking Tall Ministry is hoping police are able to identify a man who shot a paintball gun at homeless people outside of his outreach center in Gloverville on Tuesday.
 A man wanted in connection to an Aiken County murder was arrested Friday afternoon in Florida.
Around three dozen people gathered in front of the Simons Federal Courthouse on Thursday night demanding justice for those imprisoned in connection to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Dollar Tree on Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater was evacuated Thursday afternoon following a gas leak.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Richland County coroner confirmed the body found in Lake Carolina on Tuesday is 20-year-old USCA student Theron Wallace.
Around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a body was found near the last known location of a missing USC Aiken student.
In 2015, James and Brittany Hankinson started a nonprofit boxing gym in their backyard to combat gun violence in Aiken County. Six years later, their trainees include half a dozen professional…
Multiple fire departments battled a large house fire in North Augusta on Tuesday morning.
A man was found dead in his Graniteville home Tuesday morning after an apparent shooting.
A Beech Island man was arrested Saturday in connection to a shooting on Chime Bell Church Road.
An 18-year-old was arrested Sunday night in connection to a Dec. 19 shooting on York Street.
People across the CSRA are facing power outages and road closures following a windy storm Sunday night.
A Warrenville man was arrested Monday, Dec. 27, in connection to the assault of an Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy.
An Augusta man was arrested last week in connection to a domestic violence incident that occurred hours after he was released from the Aiken County detention center.
Multiple traffic lights and businesses were without power Thursday afternoon after a transformer blew up on Richland Avenue.
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement partners announced the Sober or Slammer Holiday Campaign on Dec. 15, warning motorists they will be cracking down on im…
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the owner of Busy Bees Childcare & Preschool.
To help holiday traffic flow, the South Carolina Department of Transportation is prohibiting lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work during the holiday travel period.
Editor's note: The Aiken Standard is counting down its top 10 local news stories of 2021. This is No. 9 in the 10-part series beginning Dec. 22 and ending Dec. 31.
An Aiken man, previously charged in a string of identity thefts in Aiken County, was arrested again in connection to identity theft and several other charges .
As winter approaches, Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Fire Department Chief Charles Kneece urges citizens to be especially careful with candles, space heaters and fireplaces, as this time of…
The way Aiken coped over the past decade after losing two officers in the line of duty said a lot about the community and its will to move forward and improve.
Ten years ago, two Aiken Department of Public Safety officers were killed in the line of duty, devastating the Aiken community. After a decade, loved ones say they’re still trying to heal.
After one day of deliberation, an Aiken County jury found  Harold Antonio Bates Jr. not guilty.
Family, friends and educators gathered at the Mt. Hill Baptist Church Friday afternoon to celebrate the life of 16-year-old Thaj Qweli Nance-Parker.
Editor's note: This article has been updated from its original form to reflect no suspects in the shooting are students at Aiken High School.
The North Augusta Department of Public Safety released new details about the Dec. 9 officer-involved shooting .
An Aiken High School student was found to have a loaded gun in their backpack at school Tuesday.
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