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Slideshow: Banjo-B-Que

Browse nearly 100 photos from Banjo-B-Que at Evans Towne Center Park on Friday.

Metro »

John Gogick: What do you want in your Chronicle?

This newspaper has been evolving for 228 years. What are you looking for? What do you want?

By John Gogick

Aiken County bookings

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

Slideshow: Mayfest

Check out more than 900 photos of those Spotted in the crowd at Saturday's Mayfest event.

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.

NOTABLE AREA DEATHS OF 2012

Slideshow: Cotton Ball

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

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.

North Augusta |Evans | Aquinas | Butler
Harlem | Augusta Prep | Fox Creek
Greenbrier | Lakeside | Laney | Glenn Hills

Aiken Memorial Day Parade	Banjo-B-Que
Harlem High graduation	North Augusta High School Senior Field Day
Warrior Remembrance Ceremony	Gordon Farmer Estate Sale

Graduations »

Harlem grads set the stage

Harlem High School set itself apart Friday night while they set the stage for a weekend of Columbia County high school graduations.

City Ink »

City Ink: Bowles ambivalent about running for Senate seat

Last week former Augusta Commission member Joe Bowles said he'd announce plans to run for the District 22 state Senate seat next year when sitting Sen. Hardie Davis officially announces he'll run for mayor of Augusta. This week, he said his wife, Sandy, has "pretty much" talked him out of it.

By Sylvia Cooper

Metro »

Families shoulder weight of deployment

The Menard family, of Waynesboro, Ga., has endured four deployments in 10 years. When Staff Sgt. Jamie Menard was gone, the family worried that officers would come to their house bearing unwanted news about their father, husband and son.

By Wesley Brown Staff Writer

William S. Morris IV to lead Morris Venture Capital

Ga. could lose federal money for not participating in sex survey

Arrest made in N. Augusta stabbing

Woman runs over 4-year-old son in attempted getaway

Suspect in store robbery in custody

Pharmacy group says FDA changed inspection rules

More Metro news »

Last day of school bittersweet

Harlem sets stage for graduation weekend

Mixed-income development expanding

Champion speller heads to national bee

Crime & courts »

Police search for man in gas station robbery

Police are searching for a man who robbed the Kangaroo gas station on Deans Bridge Road early this morning.

Marshals catch SC fugitives in McDuffie

Worker finds stolen gun in garbage can

Bond granted in child molestation case

Man charged in deaths of parents, brother

Weekly Richmond County crime map

Sports »

Wolfpack hope for different fate in finals

Greenbrier doesn't really need an extra incentive. The opportunity is enough: Two wins from the program's sixth state title. However, the way last season ended, there might be a little added push.