Golfer statues debut at museum Monday

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With the assistance of crane and truck, six bronze statues of golf greats will emerge Monday after nearly three years in storage.

The statues, property of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, will make their grand reappearance at 10 a.m. in their new home in the rotunda at the Augusta Museum of History, museum Executive Director Nancy Glaser said.

The museum negotiated a deal to house the statues after the hall of fame's downtown gardens closed in 2007.

The life-size statues of Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Ray Floyd will emerge in conjunction with the start of the exhibit "Celebrating a Grand Tradition, the Sport of Golf." The exhibit opens Friday.

Administrator says principal filed report

Collins Elementary School Principal Thomas Norris is not being faulted for his handling of a special-needs student's attack on a pregnant teacher, which caused her to lose the baby, said Missoura Ashe, Richmond County's executive director for elementary schools.

"As best as we can tell, there might have been a breakdown in communication," she said Friday.

Norris filed paperwork on the Jan. 20 attack with the central office, thinking the information would make its way to the school system's safety department, but it didn't, Ashe said. As a result, she said, elementary school principals will get additional training on how to handle such matters.

The teen was charged with aggravated battery Feb. 5.

19-year-old dies after pickup strikes tree

A crash claimed the life of a North Augusta man early Friday.

Bruce Allen White, 19, died of severe head and body trauma at the scene of the one-car crash near Edgefield County about 2 a.m., said Edgefield County Coroner Thurmond Burnett.

White was driving his 1998 Ford pickup north on Star Road about 1:30 a.m. when it went off the road, said South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Scot Edgeworth. White overcorrected and hit a tree.

He was wearing a seat belt.

MCG police seek man accused of stalking

Medical College of Georgia police are searching for a man wanted on a stalking warrant.

Freddie Zachery Calloway, 56, is described as black, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds. He has salt and pepper hair and might be driving a 1996 brown Chevrolet Tahoe with the tag BW092Z. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the MCG Police Department at (706) 721-2977 or the Richmond County Sheriff's Office at (706) 821-1080.

Toni Baker, MCG's public relations manager, said the victim was an MCG employee but refused to give further details.

Police say sitter put boy in scalding water

An Augusta baby sitter was arrested Friday on charges she put a 2-year-old in a bathtub full of scalding water.

Stephanie Adams, 36, of the 2100 block of Cadden Road, is charged with first-degree cruelty to children, said Richmond County sheriff's Lt. Calvin Chew.

The child's mother alerted police that the boy had severe burns, Chew said. Adams told police she left the room and the child climbed into the tub while it was filling with water, but police say the pattern of the injuries does not fit her statement.

The boy was taken to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center for treatment, he said

Student, 8, charged in attack on teacher

An 8-year-old special needs student at Greenbrier Elementary School has been charged with battery in a March 3 altercation with a teacher.

The day of the incident, Columbia County Deputy Superintendent Sandra Carraway said second-grade teacher Julie Wilkins, who received a cut to the scalp, had tripped.

However, a report filed the next day by Columbia County sheriff's deputies says the student attacked the teacher and a paraprofessional after they confronted him for punching another child on the playground.