Schofield School and other African American schools in Aiken County provided quality education to children in the Black community decades before integration.
Aiken residents who want to voice their opinion the renovations at Smith-Hazel Recreation Center and Park have an opportunity to do so Saturday. The city will hold a meeting to discuss the renovations at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Smith-Hazel, City Manager Stuart Bedenbaugh said. The recreation center and adjacent park are located at 416 Kershaw St. NE on a lot that was once home to the Aiken Graded School.
A plan to build four houses on Aiken s Sumter Street will not be moving forward. The Aiken Design Review Board voted unanimously to deny requests from Hurricane Builders to construct