Montmorenci News

Today in 1906, the President of the United States was Theodore Roosevelt, the cost of a first class U.S. postage stamp was 2 cents and Ellis Arnold Redd was born in Aiken County.

Holly Shoaf-O'Kula, First Presbyterian Church's associate pastor, had just arrived at Habitat for Humanity's latest ground-breaking ceremony Tuesday morning.

A dog who had wandered off from his owners served as the impetus for Victoria Foulkes-Pyle to create a unique tool that will be a welcome resource for pet owners who are trying to reunite with their pets or for those who have found lost pets.

She is an Aiken institution, and she turns 99 years old today. But Ola Hitt's close friends helped her celebrate Friday with a surprise birthday party at Eejay's. Hitt's face lit up as she walked into the room and a chorus of "Happy Birthday" and applause greeted her.

Jessica Weatherill of Aiken and Andrew Odum of Aiken were married March 14, 2009, in the Victorian Wedding Chapel.

Mexico The fact that Mexico is part of North America is not debatable for the very reason that it is fact.

The cities of Aiken and North Augusta are splitting in half several million dollars of the multi-billion-dollar federal stimulus for roadway projects.

Portraying a Civil War field nurse, Beverly Pelcher held up a fake severed arm, explaining to a crowd of students how a surgeon 144 years ago would have conducted a battlefield amputation.

This month's Time to Care award winner is really a salute to the men and women who are out there right now just waiting to save your life.

Out of the loop I notice Sheriff Hunt wasn't informed of a decision regarding the disgraced deputies.

Locals, groups donated marker On Saturday, a memorial marker honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.