TRENTON, S.C. - Jim Burleson, 76, stood proudly and waved as members of the Army National Guard's 122nd Engineering Battalion slowly drove through the streets in downtown Trenton on Saturday morning.

NORTH AUGUSTA - Caitlyn Smoldt, 7, removed the final screw from her 1980s-style telephone, raised its plastic shell and peered inside.

AIKEN - A principal at an Aiken County Middle School who uses the formal title of doctor defends his degree from an online university dubbed a diploma mill by the federal government and the South Carolina Department of Education.

...checkout clerk at Publix grocery store in Aiken. "I think next summer I'll start earlier," he said. Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com.

...Jones said. "But we haven't seen the data to know how much the program is helping these schools." Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395. or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com. After-school aid Schools offering the...

...high-level radioactive waste in concrete and grout at SRS and two other nuclear reservations violates federal law. Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com.

...Sometimes it's not the child's fault, but the parent's. But we think the grant will help the problem." Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com.

...Discovery Center, Terrell Rhynes, 10, grabbed a booklet. "I want to see where else you can go," he said. Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com. Heritage Corridor Started: 1997Includes...

...the same problem. "It's great to see the students working together to get it done," Mr. Lamm said. Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com. Supplies Seniors in their engineering class...

...kill public schools," she said. "And we can't let students in rich districts get a better education." Reach Peter G. Gilchrist at (803) 648-1395 or peter.gilchrist@augustachronicle.com.