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Flanked by Rick Herring (left) and Anne Catherine Murray, Pensola Parsons talks from her front porch to the crowd gathered for the opening of her new home.

Harrisburg home brings together helpers

Pensola Parsons' new home is part of the Turn Back the Block program, which aims to rebuild Harrisburg through homeownership by rehabbing old mill housing with volunteers and homeowners like Parsons with a steady job who contribute at least 150 hours of sweat equity.
By Tom Corwin

Columbia County bookings

Review updated jail bookings and mug shots from the Columbia  County detention center via our new Booked site.  

Crime data map released

A total of 182 crimes tracked by The Augusta Chronicle were reported to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office during the week of May 8-14, 2013. Violent crimes during the week included six robberies, one car-jacking and six aggravated assaults. 

Notable Area Deaths of 2013

A review of several from our area who have passed away in the first part of 2013.

Slideshow: High school proms

See how they look all dressed up in photos from this year's prom at Josey, as well as other schools.

Slideshow: Cotton Ball

Review almost 100 photos from Historic Augusta's Cotton Ball, held Thursday to raise money for the nonprofit.

SLIDESHOW: Welcome Home

The welcome home ceremony for 22 soldiers of Delta Company, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion was held at Fort Gordon on Friday.

Slideshow: Man & Woman of the Year

Check out almost 200 photos of the crowd at Friday's Leukemia and Lym­phoma Society Man and Woman of the Year event at Sacred Heart.
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