Steve Crawford

About 34.8 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this weekend, an increase of about 1.2 percent from last year, a statement from AAA said.

Authorities say the rise in scrap metal prices is helping drive a trend of stolen cars that get taken directly to area junk and scrap yards.

The family of an Augusta man who died in his sleep wants an explanation about the decayed condition of his body after it was released from the state crime lab.

The Augusta mail processing facility was not on a list of 140 mail processing centers across the nation that will be part an initial phase of closures and consolidations starting this summer.

Augusta State's merger with Georgia Health and Science University will make obsolete all the coffee mugs, mouse pads, t-shirts, ball caps and various other items with the school's name.

Details on the next step for closing the Augusta Mail Processing Facility are expected to come by the end of the week, U.S. Postal Service officials said Tuesday.

Richmond County sheriff's investigators arrested a man Monday afternoon who is suspected in about a dozen automobile thefts.

Seven of the people charged in connection with the alleged buying and selling of Masters Tournament tickets had their cases dismissed Tuesday in Richmond County Magistrate Court.

About 20 people arrested for the alleged buying and selling of Masters Tournament practice round tickets are on the Tuesday calendar for Richmond County Magistrate Court.

Richmond County sheriff's investigators are searching for an Augusta man suspected in about a dozen automobile thefts since he was released from prison less than two months ago.

The courtship and marriage of a North Augusta couple will be the subject of an upcoming episode of a new TLC network show, My Big, Fat American Gypsy Wedding, later this month.

The dozens of people charged with disorderly conduct related to the alleged buying and selling of Masters Tournament tickets last month will have to go to court to resolve their cases, a city ...

Some but not all of the candidates for Richmond County sheriff are embracing the digital age as part of their campaign strategy.

A city prosecutor says he probably will recommend dropping the charges against most of the people arrested for their involvement in buy­ing and selling Masters Tour­nament tickets this month.

The last and largest component of Augusta's government will move to electronic timekeeping for its employees Saturday.

AIKEN -- Family members are asking the public's assistance in finding Moses "Fat Man" Williams' killer.

Dozens were arrested in anti-scalping efforts outside of Augusta National during this year's Masters, but many of them say they were fans who ran afoul of an obscure law, not scalpers looking to ...

Statistics released this week indicate about a quarter of teens who drink get their booze from a parent or older family member.