Belvedere News

By ROB NOVIT The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has obtained some quantities of the H1N1 vaccine and has begun giving students injections at area schools.

H1N1 clinics have been scheduled in several Aiken County schools. About a week before each clinic permission forms will be sent home with students.

It's not even Thanksgiving, but they're gearing up for Christmas at Bel-Ridge Baptist Church in Belvedere, South Carolina.

By PHYLLIS BRITT News Editor Parents from all four Area 2 elementary schools got a chance to hear from experts in three different fields during a parenting workshop held last week.

Editor's note: As part of our dedication to local events, the Aiken Standard will run the agendas of public meetings around the area every week.

AIKEN S.C., Oct. 26, 2009 - - Christmas is arriving early all over Aiken, as a local church prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child.

As a boy growing up in Lancaster, S.C., Charlie Duke didn't dream of walking on the moon.

Submitted article The Honorable Thomas P. Murphy spoke to the local North Augusta Rotary Club on Sept.

The two candidates vying for the District 5 Aiken County Council seat both have an interest in making a name for the county throughout the state.

Voters pick their candidate of choice today in the Aiken County Council District 5 Republican run-off. Candidates Barry Baggott and Alexander "Sandy" Haskell go head-to-head at the polls as the County moves one step closer to determining who will replace County Councilman Eddie Butler when he steps down Nov.

Boy cuffed, beaten with belt An Augusta woman has been arrested on charges of handcuffing and whipping her nephew with a belt, police said.

Voters head to the polls today to pick their candidate of choice in the Aiken County District 5 primary elections.

Police investigate sex assault claim Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating allegations made late last Wednesday by a woman who claimed she had been sexually assaulted in Belvedere.

The second phase of Palmetto Parkway should be open for traffic by the end of October, two months ahead of schedule, according to Allen Wertz, project manager for Team United, the company constructing the roadway that will connect I-520 with I-20 near Highway 25.

Today is the postmark deadline for voter registration applications to be mailed in to Aiken County's Registration and Elections office for the District 5 race.

A man whose bullet-riddled body was found hanging from a chain link fence in a Columbia-area neighborhood was identified Monday as Judah Baruch Mosby, 21.

Six people, including a former Augusta commissioner, have filed to run for an Aiken County Council seat that will be vacated later this year.

Compassion is sometimes a bad thing. Like when it's misdirected. Or when it overwhelms good sense.

A Belvedere woman who owns the dogs that, over the weekend, reportedly attacked a 2-year-old boy in Augusta when he climbed into her family's yard is scheduled to appear in court today in North Augusta, where she faces a number of animal nuisance charges stemming from a previous incident alleged in Aiken County, according to court documents.

Belvedere, SC - The owner of the dogs, Shirley Barnes, that attacked a Richmond County 2-year-old boy child Friday was in court in Aiken County, Tuesday, where she also has property.