A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
By Russ Bynum
The Richmond County school board voted unanimously Tuesday to remove the option of delaying the opening of the Richmond County Career Technical Magnet School
By Tracey McManus
For the third year in a row, the number of law enforcement officers killed feloniously in the line of duty has increased, according to FBI data released this week.
By Bianca Cain Johnson
Augusta Commission member Alvin Mason's case is scheduled for trial at 9 a.m. Monday in John H. Ruffin Jr. Courthouse.
By Susan McCord
An Evans-based contractor was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison Tuesday for harboring illegal immigrants and employing them in his construction business.
By Kyle Martin
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.
By Steve Crawford
Even as Georgia Health Sciences University launched a new public health institute Tuesday, national and local leaders called for action to address a host of ills besetting Augusta, the state and the nation.
By Tom Corwin
Construction in Columbia County should start on a $7 million exhibition hall the first week of June and is scheduled to be completed early next year
By Donnie Fetter
The Columbia County school board agreed Tuesday to send a letter asking county commissioners to lower the rate for tax collections.
By Donnie Fetter
Last year's inaugural use of herbicide to control aquatic weeds in the Savannah River appears to be successful, with fewer acres requiring retreatment this year.
By Rob Pavey