Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) report from HERE Aiken.
Events
AIKEN, S.C. — Families, friends and supporters of people with Down syndrome will gather on the University of South Carolina Aiken quad in Aiken, S.C., on Sunday, Oct. 25, for the 2026 Aiken Buddy Walk. Upside of Downs of Aiken, the local nonprofit behind the event, opens check-in and family…
Events
AIKEN, S.C. — Costumed children and their parents filled Citizens Park in Aiken, S.C., on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 24, for the city’s yearly Trunk-or-Treat. Aiken’s parks and tourism department staged the three-hour party at the Banks Mill Road sports complex known as Citizens Park 1, starting at 3 in the…
Traffic
AIKEN, S.C. — A person riding a skateboard across York Street at Rutland Drive in Aiken died Saturday, Oct. 24, after being hit by a tractor-trailer, officials said. The crash happened at about 2:44 p.m. Officers with Aiken Public Safety confirmed the skateboarder was in the roadway crossing the intersection…
Politics
AIKEN, S.C. — Aiken Regional Airport will keep its name. Aiken City Council turned down a bid to honor the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham at the city-owned airfield, with the final version of the plan failing on a 4-3 vote. The resolution first sought to rename the whole facility…
Politics
AIKEN, S.C. — Republican state Rep. Bill Hixon is asking Aiken-area voters in S.C. House District 83 for another term, pitching himself as a check on rising household bills and a defender of local say over big projects like data centers. The district takes in parts of Aiken and Edgefield…
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