January 1, 2022
AUGUSTA, GA – Twelve students from Wagener-Salley High School were the first to have an opportunity to crack the code during the National Security Agenc...
January 1, 2022
The Aiken County Board of Education approved the appointment of Fritz Mason as new assistant principal at Aiken High School during the school board’s ...
January 1, 2022
The 2021 Palmetto Champions All-Star Football Team presented by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association (SCFCA) includes head coaches D’Angel...
January 1, 2022
The Aiken County Board of Education approved the concept of a modified academic calendar for the 2023-2024 school year during its regularly scheduled me...
January 1, 2022
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School is one of seven public schools in the state with a School Improvement Council (SIC) named to the South Carolina School...
January 1, 2022
Seven local high school volleyball players have been selected for the All-Aiken Standard team after a season loaded with key performances, championships...
January 1, 2022
GRANITEVILLE, SC - The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Steering Committee, in partnership with Aiken Technical College, the Uni...
January 1, 2022
Each year, the Aiken Standard asks Aiken County School Board members what goals they have for the new year. Many said they want to focus in 2022 on imp...
January 1, 2022
A plan that outlines Aiken County Public Schools’ strategic objectives and action items for the next five years was approved by the Aiken County Board ...
December 1, 2021
The Rotary Club of Aiken, Rotary Club of Aiken Sunrise and Rotary Club of North Augusta team up each year to distribute dictionaries to third graders in...
December 1, 2021
Aiken High School honored its first round of Hornet Traditions recipients at the school Tuesday, Dec. 7.
The school honored those who have made a subs...
December 1, 2021
Holiday lights lined the far end of bleachers. A sprightly spruce stood on the center line, and musicians clustered inside the 3-point line. The gym at ...
December 1, 2021
The Aiken Standard coverage area is well represented on the South Carolina Football Coaches Association’s All-State teams.
In all, 35 players from 10 ...
November 1, 2021
Two area high school cross country teams and a dozen individuals will race for state championships this week.
Aiken High’s girls and Fox Creek’s boys ...
November 1, 2021
Criminal minds in the classroom. The Aiken County Career and Technology Center has a new program giving students the chance to take on their own crime s...
November 1, 2021
It was on the long, triumphant bus ride home from North Myrtle Beach that a state championship match felt like it was on the horizon for the Aiken High ...
November 1, 2021
By KYLE DAWSON/The Aiken Standard
Wagener-Salley’s Cameron Davis returned to the sideline after a fourth-quarter fumble in a tight game, turned to h...
November 1, 2021
Longtime Kennedy Middle School (KMS) educator Nicole Stansell has been named as the school’s new assistant principal, filling a void in the hallways a...
November 1, 2021
American Education Week (AEW) was celebrated across the country from Monday, November 15, 2021, through Friday, November 19, 2021. During this time ea...
November 1, 2021
SILVER BLUFF 42, BARNWELL 35 PETTICOAT JUNCTION — With Al Lown in the stadium Friday night, it was only appropriate for Silver Bluff football coach De’A...