As it stands, Columbia County's gang problem represents a tiny, yet worrisome blip on authorities' radar screens. Some juveniles undoubtedly are involved in gang-related activity, but the current numbers are few and that's the way authorities want it to stay. Shepeard Blood Center's bloodmobile schedule. The governor has quietly dropped his plan to call school dropouts at home mainly because educators, legislators and members of his own staff questioned whether the brusque ex-Marine has the right touch to pull it off. Eyes still peer out.
Hearts still race, once in a while.
An early morning fire left the widow of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X clinging to life Sunday with third-degree burns over 80 percent of her body, and a young relative was arrested. Unveiled Sunday, the gift from the American Needlepoint Guild of Aiken features fourteen separate panels depicting scenes of the City of Aiken.