Columbia County indicts Rivera
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   A Columbia County grand jury indicted Reinaldo J. Rivera on murder charges Tuesday in the slaying of 18-year-old Tabatha Bosdell.

	Son finally gets to bury father
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   Chris Rich has waited more than 33 years for his father's funeral.

	Panel OKs more funds for shelter
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   Richmond County's animal control budget is out of control, and the department's new director is asking the Augusta Commission to grab the reins.

	Jury indicts former educator
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   A Westside High School former teacher has been indicted by a Columbia County grand jury on multiple drug charges.

	Hopefuls describe objectives
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   There are a lot of similarities between District 5 Columbia County school board candidates Lee Muns and Diane Vizzari.

	Authorities say cigarette started fire
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   BLACKVILLE, S.C. - A fire that destroyed half a city block Monday night was caused by a cigarette discarded by a group of Barnwell County teen-agers smoking in an old warehouse, authorities said Tuesday.

	Murder trial opens for 1999 shooting
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   Forty-five seconds, a minute tops, and it was all over, Thomas Reynolds told a Richmond County Superior Court jury Tuesday.

	Area church leaders decry Baptist divide
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   The Baptist General Convention of Texas took aim at the Southern Baptist Convention's leadership and its six seminaries when it cut $5 million in funding Monday; instead, it likely shot itself in the foot, Augusta-area pastors said.

	County explores school options
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   The job is as diverse as it sounds: career, technology and alternative education.

	The Big Bang
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   AIKEN - The Savannah River Site is woven into the fabric of South Carolina, but half a century ago what would be locally known as the ``Bomb Plant'' ripped some communities apart and cloaked the state with a sense of responsibility mixed with dread.

	Program honors scientist
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   M.R. ``Mac'' Louthan has spent his career studying, in his words, ``why stuff falls apart.'' On Tuesday, his colleagues joined together to honor that work.

	Faces of history
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   Albert Einstein's name is indelible in the history of atomic warfare, a peculiar irony considering that the scientific genius devoted his life to peace.

	Treats cater to autistic
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   AIKEN - Taking autistic children trick-or-treating on Halloween is like taking candy from a baby.

	Pupils show improvement
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   AIKEN - Aiken County pupils have shown significant improvements over last year on a statewide achievement test.

	Across the area
	Web-posted 11/1/2000   A motorist collided with a train Tuesday afternoon in Burke County and was killed, authorities said.