According to Capt. Troy Elwell, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several thefts of newspaper boxes.

According to Captain Troy Elwell, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two armed robberies that occurred, overnight.

Times are tough, now, but image if you were in Aiken in 1865, it was war. But, you can visit those Civil War times this weekend at 15th annual Battle of Aiken, where you can get a bang out of history…that’s out there somewhere, with WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola.

Investigators in Aiken were busy this weekend, with two separate shootings. Officers say three people were injured at an early Saturday morning shooting at “The Spot” nightclub in North Augusta. Then, a second shooting happened at a teen club in Aiken at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. This time, a 16-year-old girl was shot in the stomach. Count on Joy Howe for the story.

It’s the story of a memorial….that was forgotten. An Aiken man set out to name a street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But it turns out, that had already been done, 14 years ago. So why didn’t anybody know about it? Count on Joy Howe for the story.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, an 18-year-old USC-Aiken student was pronounced dead at the scene of a 2 car collision on Highway 19 North, in Aiken, on Tuesday afternoon. Alisa Rose McCarty, of Monetta, South Carolina, was traveling east on Croft Mill Road, when she failed to yield the right of way at the intersection of Croft Mill and Highway 19. She was driving a 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser, and was struck on the driver’s side door by a 2006 Freightliner Semi-Truck, driven by Max Carter of Dyersburg, Tennessee.