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Eric Grossmeyer, of Heritage Estate Settlement, and Cathy Thieme move an antique display case that will be sold at the Gordon Farmer estate sale. The collection

Local collection featured on 'American Pickers' to be sold 

Gordon Farmer's appetite for the past filled warehouses that will be emptied in two weeks in a massive estate sale.
By Rob Pavey

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.

Kirby: Community lost two respected newsmen

Friends are the angels that lift us up when our wings have forgotten how to fly. - Jennifer Mulkerrin Our community lost two gracious, old newsmen Wednesday. I lost two friends. Allow me to tell ...
By Bill Kirby

Man charged in deaths of parents, brother

Richmond County sheriff's investigators have charged Ryan David Jones with three counts of murder and related charges in connection to Tuesday's discovery of three charred bodies in south Augusta.
By Bill Kirby and Jenna Martin

Grand jury to get deadly hit-and-run case

The criminal case against a Hephzibah man accused of vehicular homicide in the latest death of a bicyclist will proceed to the grand jury, a judge ruled Thursday.
By Sandy Hodson
Latest from Columbia County News-Times

Illegal gun sales land man in prison

Ryan Rufus Harris was convicted in U.S. District Court of selling four guns in 2009. At the time, Harris was not licensed or allowed to possess a weapon because of a previous conviction of ...

Rookie's slam helps Braves sweep

ATLANTA - Evan Gattis kept up an amazing rookie season with his first grand slam, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered, and the Atlanta Braves finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota Twins ...

Editorial: Tanning our hides, saving theirs

We find her acts to be among the most craven, despicable and egocentric in the checkered ranks of bureaucrat history.
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