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Fire displaces residents of south Augusta apartment complex

A fire at a south Augusta apartment complex left residents searching for shelter this morning.

03/18/09 - 11:30am

Augusta State headed for Elite Eight

Augusta State's basketball team is three wins away from a national championship. The Jaguars routed USC Aiken, 85-57, on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Division II Southeast Regional. With the win, Augusta State is bound for the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass. A year ago, the...

01/19/10 - 1:58am

Amber Alert for teen called off; was not victim

COLUMBIA, S.C. - State police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday for a South Carolina teen authorities believe was abducted after leaving her high school.

03/17/09 - 11:59pm

Ga. teachers could face furloughs

ATLANTA - Georgia's teachers could face six unpaid furlough days a year as the state grapples with a massive budget shortfall.

03/17/09 - 5:38pm

Augusta Vogtle talks continue

Testimony continued today in a weeklong series of presentations in which the Atomic Safety & Licensing Board is hearing evidence related to challenges to Southern Nuclear Operating Company’s request for permits to add two new reactors at Plant Vogtle....

03/17/09 - 4:54pm

FBI seeking fugitive suspected in 2008 shootout with policeman

The FBI issued a warrant today for a man charged in an altercation with an off-duty police officer in the West Lake subdivision last year. Bobby Lee Roberson, 42, of Hephzibah, is wanted for aggravated assault of a police officer, robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according ...

03/17/09 - 4:20pm

Glitch in school phone test prompted late-night calls

The Richmond County school system is repairing a glitch in its new phone system that caused many parents and employees to receive a late-night phone call on Monday. The Global Connect Message system is designed as an automated way for the school system to quickly reach parents with important messag...

03/17/09 - 3:56pm

Feds will not probe Nichols shooting

ATLANTA - Federal prosecutors will not bring charges against Atlanta courthouse gunman Brian Nichols, who was convicted last year of murdering a judge, a court reporter, a sheriff's deputy and a federal agent.

03/17/09 - 5:07pm

PSC OKs Vogtle expansion

ATLANTA -- Georgia Power won approval Tuesday from the state Public Service Commission to build two new nuclear reactors near Augusta, which could be the first new nuclear project to break ground in the country in three decades. The $14 billion expansion project at Plant Vogtle is set to begin cons...

03/17/09 - 4:13pm

Hephzibah school attack probed

An investigation is continuing today into a 15-year-old Hephzibah High School student who assaulted a classmate on Monday. An argument began on the bus and at some point she attacked a 15-year-old classmate, cutting her on the arm and face, according to school system Director of Public Information ...

01/14/10 - 11:38pm
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