Owner eager to get Miller show started

More than a year after a plan to help fund it was approved, the Miller Theatre renovation is still waiting on consultants' reports. The 's owner is getting a little tired of trying to give it away.
By LaTina Emerson

Richmond Co. superintendent finalists hailed by former peers

The three have varying backgrounds, but they all get positive reviews from people they've worked with.
By Preston Sparks

Graniteville still watching water use

A year after Avondale Mills customers saw rates spike, they still see higher-than-average bills from their new company but not as bad as they were at their peak.
By Julia Sellers

Judge tosses suit similar to ASU case

A judge dismissed an Eastern Michigan University student's complaint that she was mocked by her professors for her opinions on homosexuality.
By Kyle Martin

Web site takes bets on Augusta State case

Bookies on the Web site say there is a 75 percent chance Augusta State will lose the discrimination lawsuit.
By Kyle Martin

PSAT cost could go to Columbia County parents

The state will no longer provide the funding to buy the exams used to test underclassmen's readiness for the SAT.
By Donnie Fetter

Aiken could take on depot project

The city has already given $1 million to the project, and the city council will vote Aug. 9 on a memorandum of understanding to take over the public-private partnership.
By Julia Sellers

Tickets for texting start Sunday in Georgia

Motorists will be subject to a $150 fine and one point on their license if caught reading, writing or sending messages from an electronic device while driving.
By Adam Folk

Faces of Survival

In honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will be featuring portraits of local breast cancer survivors. To become one of the Chronicle's "Faces of Survival" for 2010, click here.

Rants & Raves

If the officials in North Augusta accept the paving job done on paving Martintown Road, they need their heads examined. What a sick job.

Deal denies he's target of grand jury investigation

Reports say Georgia's revenue commissioner received a subpoena last month to produce documents about a 2009 meeting he had with Nathan Deal, then a congressman.  

Ethics complaint lodged against Handel

A political blogger accuses Republican gubernatorial hopeful Karen Handel of illegally paying staffers from her old secretary of state campaign fund.

S.C. GOP staying firm on immigration

Lawmakers pushing an Arizona-style illegal immigration law are vowing to press ahead despite a federal judge blocking part of Arizona's law.
By Sarita Chourey

S.C. ballot measure asks about protecting hunting

Voters will see four questions on the November ballot, including one that asks whether hunting and fishing should be a right in South Carolina.
By Sarita Chourey

Georgia tax reform commission holds first meeting

The commission's recommendations, due Jan. 10, could mean tax increases.
By Walter Jones

Kidnapped baby found in woods with suspect

A 4-month-old boy snatched from his mother's car in North Carolina was found Wednesday morning wet and crying after surviving seven hours in the South Carolina woods with a man police say took the child.

Across the Region

A pastor says he wants a high school in Warner Robins, Ga., to rid itself of its horned, pitchfork-wielding demon mascot.
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