Aiken County has acquired the Charles E. Simons Jr. Federal Court House from the federal government. It was purchased for $2.4 million in April, keys on May 1.

Both the federal courthouse and the Aiken County Judicial Center are on Park Avenue. Following the May 31 resignation of Willar H. Hightower Jr., who represented District 8, there are eight County ...

Dana Burden, registration and elections director for Aiken County, confirmed that initially the county had failed its audit, but as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, they recertified the votes and passed the audit ...