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Here's a unique way to get rid of those extra holiday pounds: polercizing. Using pole dancing as exercise is an effective way to tone up and build self- confidence, says Tanika Mason, the owner ...

The Wee Patriots Academy pre-K program is part of the Early Childhood Education class offered to students at Westside High School. In her 35th year of teaching, Director Deborah K. Welcher says ...

The Arkansas Wings (red) and Boo Williams basketball teams battle it out on the first day of Peach Jam at Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta. The nation's top high school ...

Twin brothers Danny (left) and Tony Chavez, 8, from Whiteville, N.C., wait for their championship bout in the Augusta Ringside Comcast Summer Classic at the May Park gym on Thursday. Danny won the ...

Theresa Williams is hoping driving an 18-wheeler will allow her to travel around the country and see places she's never seen. For now though, she's just learning how to use a clutch.

Three years ago, two young men from Aiken decided to take the praise dancing they performed at their church to the next level.

For more than three months, Ready to Wear Again consignment store owner Mischelle Guthrie had a motto: "Out of the ashes, the Phoenix rises."

University of Buffalo rowing team members Greg Denning (left) and Chris "Pugs" Austen celebrate a score during a game of ultimate frisbee at the Augusta Common. Their rowing team is in Augusta to ...

Wherever Richmond County Sheriff's Deputy Robbie Harrison goes, Selly follows.

With their hands dipped in ink or touching ink-covered equipment half the day, The Augusta Chronicle pressmen's arms and uniforms are perpetually black, with a tinge of yellow.

One Italian and 21 German prisoners of war buried at Fort Gordon were honored during a wreath-laying ceremony Thursday to coincide with the German Volkstrauertag, or "peoples mourning day." The ...

Democratic Rep. John Barrow (right) makes a point as his opponent, Republican John Stone, listens during the debate.

Early voters brave the rain outside the Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building.

Stanley Turner loves making wine.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Grime Pays is a semimonthly series focusing on area workers whose jobs are hot, strenuous or just plain dirty. If you think your job is tough enough to profile, call Rainier ...

Danielle Weiden and her husband, Todd, celebrate their blackjack win during the Roll the Dice to Save a Life event at Julian Smith Casino. Money raised Tuesday will go toward SafeHomes of ...

A squirrel rests awhile at Hopelands Gardens in Aiken.

Calvin Wright (from left), Frank Williams and Melvin Bracey, with Wilson Brothers Construction, spread concrete to make a curb and gutter near the new North Augusta Municipal Building.

Painter Cornell Rhodes applies a coat of black paint to the Steinberg Building on Broad Street. Mr. Rhodes has been a painter for 35 years.

LadyBug paints Enrico Grant's face, 9, as Carmen Falu, 5, waits during a back-to-school party at Villa Marie Apartments in Augusta. Children got free haircuts, dental exams and school supplies.