The Augusta Commission snuffed out an attempt to toughen the city's smoking ordinance Tuesday night, with many calling it a government intrusion.
By Tom Corwin
Augusta commissioners on Tuesday rejected an $836,288 change order connected to fire safety at the new Trade, Exhibit and Event Center, a move that could potentially slow the center's completion and opening.
By Susan McCord
Augusta firefighters Daniel Rigdon and Phillip Furlani were honored at Tuesday's Augusta Commission meeting for rescuing a man from a burning building in December.
By Summer Moore
A brokered convention is unlikely, Sen. Jim DeMint said at the Aiken Republican Club on Tuesday, but so is the idea of a Republican nominee being named after just one round of voting at the national convention.
By Gracie Shepherd
Columbia County commissioners accepted a nearly $7 million bid Tuesday to purchase a new radio system for the sheriff's office.
By Donnie Fetter
A group of Lakeside Middle School pupils calling themselves "The Charlie Rape Gang" were punished last week for simulating sex acts with unwilling classmates.
By Donnie Fetter
Teresa Cole, director of East Central Regional Library for less than a year, today announced her resignation, Georgia Deputy State Librarian Julie Walker confirmed.
By Susan McCord
Three formal proposals were submitted Tuesday from prospective operators of the former Little River Marina site at Thurmond Lake.
By Rob Pavey
The University of South Carolina Aiken has unveiled a free smartphone application that features university news, events, a campus tour, polls and emergency alerts.
