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AIKEN, S.C. — An Aiken County sheriff’s deputy is recovering and a woman is dead after a shooting on Scotch Lane in Aiken, S.C., on Monday, Oct. 5, state investigators said. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is handling the case at the sheriff’s office’s request.According to SLED, deputies went…

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FROM THE HERE NETWORK AIKEN, S.C. — Aiken and CSRA border communities following South Carolina's open governor's race saw Alan Wilson and Jermaine Johnson press competing change pitches Tuesday night, trading barbs in an hour-long debate Oct. 6 that got chippy over income taxes and data centers.For Aiken and CSRA border…

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