Monetta News

A total of 78.3 percent of Aiken County high school sophomores passed the high school exit exam on their first attempt last spring - significantly less than the 82.8 percent who did so in 2008.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has obtained some quantities of the H1N1 vaccine and will begin giving students injections at two Ridge Spring/Monetta schools Monday, continuing with about half the Aiken County schools through Dec.

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

By ROB NOVIT Senior writer Her young Silver Bluff musicians have come a long way since the season began in early August, band director Kristin Brown said.

By SHELBY SMITH This week at Fox Creek many special events have been going on. With Red Ribbon Week, the final football game of the 2009 season, basketball season right around the corner and the seniors' Phase One deadline for their senior projects being due, very soon things are busy-busy-busy for the students and faculty at Fox Creek.

Alexander "Sandy" Haskell is the newest member of Aiken County Council, representing District 5. The political newcomer topped his opponent, Democrat Judy Hamilton, in the special election to fill the seat former Councilman Eddie Butler vacated Tuesday.

MONETTA, S.C. a ' Eight people are charged with drug related offenses and other crimes following a month-long investigation in Monetta.

According to Sgt. Dave Myers, on November 4, 2009, Aiken County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Investigators served two search warrants at two addresses in Monetta, South Carolina resulting in multiple drug arrests.

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of law enforcement officers from throughout the area, raided two homes in Monetta on Wednesday where they made a number of arrests and seized crack cocaine, marijuana and more than $3,500 in drug money, officials said.

A month long investigation in Aiken County has resulted in the arrest of eight people.

Voters will cast ballots today in the Aiken County District 5 special election and several municipal elections.

MONETTA, S.C. a ' Aiken County Sheriffa TMs Office responded to a car accident in Monetta.

After saving hundreds of thousands of dollars with a hiring freeze, Aiken County is now looking to hire.

County council members approved lifting a hiring freeze to fill several county positions Tuesday night.

One of North Augusta High School's musical traditions is on track to draw more than a dozen marching bands Saturday, for the seventh annual Bands Across the Savannah competition.

Silver Bluff High School's Silver Spirit band took a solid second at the North Augusta band's annual "Bands Across the River" contest Saturday.

The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 special election is approaching. Those eligible to vote in the special election should register in person at the Aiken County Registration and Elections Office by 5 p.m. Friday.

The North Augusta High School Jacket Regiment band will host the sixth Bands Across the River contest at the school stadium Saturday.

Longtime second circuit prosecutor Bill Weeks has been recognized by federal officials for excellence in state prosecution.

An 11-year-old boy has been charged with arson on allegations he set fire to a Cumbee Trail Road home in Aiken earlier this month that destroyed the residence.