Vandals damage blood center vehicles
		Web-posted 10/29/98   Don Brantham, a driver for the Shepeard Community Blood Center, cleans broken glass from behind the seat of one of the center's damaged vehicles. Two bloodmobiles and two vans were vandalized Tuesday night.

	Review attracts crowds
	Web-posted 10/29/98   Hundreds clog Social Security office as they wait for a check of their disability status Wednesday

	PeachCare to offer children insurance
	Web-posted 10/29/98   On Sunday, about 177 children in Macon will get health insurance their parents couldn't afford before under a new statewide program to extend coverage to children who don't qualify for Medicaid.

	Jail in danger of overcrowding
		Web-posted 10/29/98   Less than a month shy of its first anniversary, Augusta's newly built Phinizy Road jail is already nearing capacity.

	Convict testifies in court
	Web-posted 10/29/98   An Augusta man who has pleaded guilty to multiple armed robbery and weapons charges took the stand Wednesday to try to clear a man charged as his accomplice, but he couldn't give key details about the mysterious figure he said was his real partner in crime.

	Officials propose hookup
	Web-posted 10/29/98   The Georgia Department of Transportation is interested in hooking up Interstate 20 rest areas to Harlem's sewer system. The rest areas -- which are just west of the Harlem exit on the interstate -- are undergoing nearly $7 million in renovations. That work should be completed by May or June.

	Absent mayor focus of forum
	Web-posted 10/29/98   Augusta Mayor Larry Sconyers' absence from a mayoral candidate forum Wednesday gives credence to the old saying, ``If you're not there, they'll talk about you.''

	Rape, assault indictments opened
	Web-posted 10/29/98   A Grovetown man charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl and four men accused of conspiring to assault a Harlem resident were among criminal indictments opened in Columbia County Superior Court this week.

	Bookmark to help victim's family
		Web-posted 10/29/98   Kathy Mobley and Jessica Thompson know Christmas will never be the same for David Holt's widow and children. But they want to help make it a little happier for the family of the slain Sam's Club store manager, and they've come up with a creative way to do it.

	Public safety lesson
		Web-posted 10/29/98   Troy Bedichek of Horizon EMS answers questions Wednesday from his ambulance for Shanna Walker's third-grade class at Bel Air Elementary School, which was at Columbia County Government Complex looking at public safety vehicles.

	Animal control board lacking plans improvements
	Web-posted 10/29/98   A new Richmond County Animal Control Board met Wednesday to map out plans for improving the facility in south Augusta and decided what needs to be done first is to get Augusta Commission to fill empty seats on the board.

	Ceremony unites children against drug abuse
	Web-posted 10/29/98   More than 400 children came together Wednesday to unite in the fight against drug use and abuse during a ribbon-tying ceremony between Columbia and Richmond counties.

	Group promises to aid pupils
		Web-posted 10/29/98   COLUMBIA -- Someday, Wednesday's events will be a significant moment in RegiAnnah Wideman's life. But at 7 and loaded down with lollipops, seeing the likes of Elizabeth Dole didn't fit the bill for fun.

	Inglis seeking to gain votes with late tour
	Web-posted 10/29/98   GRANITEVILLE -- The bright-red recreational vehicle touting Bob Inglis for U.S. Senate rolled up to Napier's Hardware in Graniteville on Wednesday morning, beginning the Republican congressman's ``Expect More Tour'' of Horse Creek Valley.

	Family Y considers building center in Columbia County
	Web-posted 10/29/98   While they know the demand is there, the Family Y board of directors wants to do a little more investigating before jumping into Columbia County.

	Assault verdict coming
	Web-posted 10/29/98   AIKEN -- An Aiken County jury is expected to decide today whom to believe -- a tearful 15-year-old girl who says her mom's ``on again, off again'' lover performed oral sex on her against her will, or the Beech Island man who says he didn't.

	Board's planning tentative
	Web-posted 10/29/98   While they know the demand is there, the Family Y board of directors wants to do a little more investigating before jumping into Columbia County.

	Ceremony unites children against drug abuse
	Web-posted 10/29/98   More than 400 children came together Wednesday to unite in the fight against drug use and abuse during a ribbon-tying ceremony between Columbia and Richmond counties.

	Across the area
	Web-posted 10/29/98   Decontamination kit investigated ... Toddler still in critical condition ... Services to honor fallen reservist ... Masked gunman holds up KFC

	Teacher of year shares education views at event
	Web-posted 10/29/98   ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia's teacher of the year offered colleagues the kind of strong views that he believes won him $25,000 from an education foundation Wednesday.