A former Aiken County Republican Party treasurer has written a letter admitting she paid for unsolicited automatic phone calls in South Carolina legislative races. ‘The Aiken Standard’ reported Wednesday that former GOP official Virginia “Ginny” Allen admitted to and apologized for the automatic calls in a letter addressed to state Sen. Greg Ryberg and voters.

There was a plan to use public money to put a fence around a private junkyard. Aiken County Council was in favor of that idea, until Tuesday night. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for more on the story.