Aiken Standard

25/01/2025

In an effort to get a detailed picture of how a student could slip out of his classroom and within hours be found dead, The Post and Courier examined a forensics team's summary, the coroner's report, interview notes from six witnesses and reports from 22 Greenville County deputies who responded to the school the day Leo Cervantes drowned.

An investigation has found that Bell's Crossing Elementary staff weren't at fault in the September drowning of an autistic student who ran away from his class.

24/01/2025

Dates for more than half of Clemson football's games in 2025 were revealed by the ACC on Friday. Here are the weekends to note.

Dabo Swinney and Clemson will open with LSU on Aug. 30, while the Tigers will travel to Georgia Tech to open ACC play on Sept. 13. Here are other dates to know.

24/01/2025

Dates for more than half of Clemson football's games in 2025 were revealed by the ACC on Friday. Here are the weekends you can cross of your calendar this fall to watch Dabo Swinney and Co. push for another playoff berth.

Dabo Swinney and Clemson will open with LSU on Aug. 30, while the Tigers will travel to Georgia Tech to open ACC play on Sept. 13. Here are other dates to know.

24/01/2025

Column: A few weeks ago, while reading a book on the history of Charleston, I came across a tantalizing reference to Schuyler Livingston Parsons.

A few weeks ago, while reading a book on the history of Charleston, I came across a tantalizing reference to Schuyler Livingston Parsons. My curiosity was piqued since his memoir

24/01/2025

The search is over. All 43 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina testing and breeding farm in November have been captured.

All 43 monkeys that escaped from South Carolina breeding and research facility in November have been recaptured, but questions still remain about the incident.

24/01/2025

Clemson's Erik Bakich is a big team-first coach, but he's not averse to some individuality in this name, image and likeness (NIL) era. A baseball brand associated with Yankees star Jazz Chisholm has brought some flair to the Tigers.

Clemson coach Erik Bakich announced a partnership with Absolutely Ridiculous, a brand represented by Jazz Chisholm. It's an important piece of NIL strategy.

24/01/2025

Organizers of a new Aiken charter school are holding two public meetings to answer questions and enroll students.

Organizers of a new Aiken charter school focusing on Career & Technical Education are holding two public meetings to answer questions and enroll students.

24/01/2025

'The vision will become a reality': A big year for growth and development will happen at Aiken Towne Park in 2025. Here's what's coming.

The pace of construction is picking up at Aiken Towne Park on the former site of the Aiken Mall will include restaurants and multifamily homes and apartments.

24/01/2025

How is TikTok's potential ban impacting South Carolina content creators? We spoke with some of its most popular to learn more, including Joey Thompson, Sarah Baus and Ken Walker.

South Carolina creators like Joey Thompson, Sarah Baus and Ken Walker talk about TikTok's uncertainty after President Trump has temporarily suspended the ban.

24/01/2025

"The Righteous Gemstones" will draw to a close at HBO with its fourth season of Charleston-filmed megachurch madness. Here's everything you need to know about the final episodes.

The upcoming Season 4 of HBO series The Righteous Gemstones will be the last for the Charleston-filmed show. The final episodes will become available in March.

24/01/2025

Clemson University will serve beer at its home baseball games in 2025, coming one step closer to allowing sales at all athletic events, including football.

24/01/2025

An attorney general’s opinion isn’t legally binding, but it’s almost always solid, and our editorial staff says the Isle of Palms and other beach towns need to heed the AG’s opinion that says they can’t farm out their parking enforcement to private companies.

A SC attorney general's opinion says local governments cannot contract out police powers like Isle of Palms, Folly, Surfside and other coastal communities have

24/01/2025

A Batesburg-Leesville man was shot and killed Jan. 23. Here's what we know.

A Batesburg-Leesville man was shot and killed Jan. 23. Remedee Jennings-Leaphart, 21, was shot around 6:45 p.m. on Thursday night, Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said.

24/01/2025

A small town football coach is accusing officials of conspiring against him after he was fired. It's not the first time school officials in this rural South Carolina county have faced such accusations.

Brian Smith accused Williamsburg County School District Superintendent Kelvin Wymbs and high school principal Mark Fraiser of conspiracy after they fired him.

24/01/2025

Spartanburg’s 8 percent jump in real estate closings was the 2nd-largest in the state in 2024, behind the Aiken area, according to figures from S.C. Realtors.

24/01/2025

South Carolina awarded football coach Shane Beamer a contract extension and raise on Friday after the fourth-year big whistle led the Gamecocks to a nine-win season. Here's how much he'll be making now.

South Carolina awarded football coach Shane Beamer a contract extension and raise on Friday after the fourth-year big whistle led the Gamecocks to a nine-win season.

24/01/2025

One downtown Aiken restaurant is rebranding into a bakery. Here's what we know.

Bottom Line Bakery & Cafe has replaced Salty Tomatoes, a restaurant and bar, on Laurens Street in downtown Aiken.

23/01/2025

Kennedy's resignation comes on the heels of allegations that his office failed to report billions of dollars worth of accounting errors.

South Carolina auditor George L. Kennedy has resigned following allegations his office failed to report billions of dollars worth of accounting errors.