According to Sgt. Dave Myers, Saturday evening, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) investigators arrested an Aiken man for the homicide of another Aiken man following an altercation that turned deadly. Allen Christopher Tufano, 35, of the 700 block of Partridge Bend, in Aiken, is charged with Murder, and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime.

Veterans Day is fast approaching, and some folks in Aiken are getting ready to show their thanks.

WJBF News Channel 6’s own Joy Howe gets the fright of her life while judging a pumpkin carving contest in Aiken.

It was a spooky contest at Aiken Regional Medical Centers Friday. Staff from all different departments at the hospital put their creative scalpels to use and entered a pumpkin carving contest.

Officers in Aiken are trying to solve their first murder case in nearly two years. Tuesday night, a man was shot to death near downtown Aiken. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the details. UPDATE: According to Sgt. Aaron Dowdy, the Aiken Department of Public Safety has arrested 20-year-old Freddie L. Simpkins for the murder of Donald McCalla. UPDATE: According to Sgt. Aaron Dowdy, a third suspect, Jeremy Holloway is still wanted in the murder. UPDATE: Jeremy Holloway turned himself into the Aiken Department of Public Safety around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

According to Lt. David Turno, investigators from the Aiken Department of Public Safety are looking for any information about a deadly shooting that occurred around 8:10 p.m. Tuesday evening. UPDATE: According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, the victim of a shooting in Aiken, has been identified as 30-year-old Donald M. McCalla, Jr. of Princess Lane, in Aiken.

It’s what most of us are talking about: the flu, and the fear that comes along with it. One local hospital is preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best. The staff at Aiken Regional Medical Centers wants to make sure if you don’t come in with the flu…you don’t walk out with it either. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe reports.

Aiken County Investigators are searching for two men. They say Maurice Council and Akia Jordan shot and killed a teenager at T&S Mobile Home Park Wednesday night. It’s the third murder there in the last two years. Neighbors want more of a police presence in the area, but police say without community cooperation, everyone is running out of options. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more. UPDATE: Sammy Leon Smith, 33, has now been arrested in connection to the death of 16-year-old James Collins.

The swine flu is spreading…11 cases have been confirmed now in Aiken County schools. Parents say it’s scary….educators say it’s expected. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe reports.

According to Capt. Troy Elwell, Akia Jordan, 17, of Ridgecrest Road, in Aiken, surrendered to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday. Jordan has been charged with Murder, Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill, Simple Assault and Battery and Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime. the charges stem from the shooting death of 16-year-old James Collins on T&S Drive, last week.

They will do anything, it seems, for free tickets. Wednesday, the staff at Aiken Regional Medical Centers took a break from scrubbing in, to saddle up, and compete for the title of the best “boots and cowboy hats.“ Our own Joy Howe was a judge.

A Georgia man is in jail in Aiken after officers say he confessed to stabbing his wife. Aiken Department of Public Safvety officers say 54-year-old Kenneth Hines, of Lithonia, Georgia dropped his wife off at Aiken Regional Medical Centers on Sunday.

According to an Chicago Tribune article, it was Mike Ditka who turned William “Refrigerator” Perry into an international celebrity and Chicago folk hero. And it is Mike Ditka who is helping Perry, 46, literally get back on his feet and walk again.

According to an Chicago Tribune article, it was Mike Ditka who turned William “Refrigerator” Perry into an international celebrity and Chicago folk hero. And it is Mike Ditka who is helping Perry, 46, literally get back on his feet and walk again.

William “The Refrigerator” Perry has been released from the hospital after a monthlong stay for complications of a nervous system disorder. Aiken Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Melissa Summer said the former Chicago Bears star was released on Wednesday after being treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome.