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The following South Aiken High School seniors and a few underclassmen were recognized at an Awards Night ceremony on Thursday: --Most Outstanding Students as listed -- Laura Bickford (science), Daniel Faison (math), Rachel Beeson (math team, social...

Cigarettes could go up in smoke on the University of South Carolina campus soon. The state's flagship university is contemplating a campus-wide tobacco ban that would cover nearly 40,000 students, faculty and staff as well as thousands of football...

Former Brookland-Cayce High School football coach Abby Bray has died after a short battle with cancer, but to those who knew him, his legacy won't soon be forgotten. Bray, a history teacher at Brookland-Cayce and a school alumnus, was remembered...

Dr. Jerome Lee Sullivan III's theory linking excess stored iron in the body to heart disease started a revolution. "He not only came up with the theory, he also came up with a way to actually prevent heart disease by donating blood regularly,...

Relay For Life participants and supporters will kick off their annual "signature weekend" today at 7 p.m. at South Aiken High School, featuring an overnight walk to raise funds for research and to help patients who have the disease. Lisa Glass, an...

Downtown Aiken is known for its quiet charm and fun, low-key nightlife, which the City wants to maintain. A recent report on teen parties by WRDW stemmed from a 40-minute video, taken by downtown business manager Jack Hostettler. He captured a large...

Former Penn State football team physician and orthopedic surgeon Wayne Sebastianelli was relieved of his duties in January because of a personal and professional rivalry with athletic director Dave Joyner, Sports Illustrated suggested in a story published...

Heather Skeens, MD, an ophthalmologist from West Virginia Eye Consultants in Charleston will start providing services at Pleasant Valley Hospital starting Wednesday, May 15. Skeens is a cornea fellowship-trained ophthalmologist who specializes in the...

HARRISBURG — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett came into office in 2011 as an unabashed supporter of school vouchers, charter schools and other forms of school choice. When it was time to name an education secretary, he picked someone with the same mind-...

Today the News Sentinel announces its second annual Top 20 Scholars Awards, naming our picks for the brightest and best students in our region. These students have received one or more national-level honors such as acing ACT (36) or SAT (2400) tests,...

Somewhere in the crowd of nearly 6,000 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Monday night were the especially proud families of Heather Collins of Myrtle Beach and Alexander Bryant of Aynor. Each received a degree in registered nursing as part of...

Note to hotel owners: If you're facing challenges, you might want to hire Annie Palazzo as a consultant. Pallazo, a senior at Deep Run High School in Henrico County and the daughter of Jennifer and Jim Palazzo, knows something about solving problems...