Julieann, rule #1, when driving drunk without a license, don't rear end a police car with a driver. Rule #2, don't drive drunk without or with a license.
CRCT dates changed in Richmond County
Richmond County officials are reminding parents and children that the CRCT - the state's test for pupils in first through eighth grades - will begin Thursday, a change from the schedule put out at the beginning of the school year.
The schedule is : Thursday, reading; Friday, English/language arts; Monday, math ; Tuesday, science; April 22, social studies.
Makeup tests will be given April 23-24.
The Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests are particularly important for children in third, fifth and eighth grades, who must pass the required portions to be automatically promoted to the next grade.
Paine College picks convocation speaker
Paine College announced Tuesday that state Sen. Lester Jackson, of Savannah, will be speaker for the school's 127th Commencement Convocation on May 3 at Bell Auditorium.
The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
Dr. Jackson, a 1981 Paine alumnus and family dentist, is serving his first term in the Senate.
He represents Senate District 2, which includes much of Savannah.
Construction at fort's gates is postponed
Construction scheduled to begin this week at Fort Gordon's Gate 2 has been postponed .
T he contractor and Fort Gordon are still refining proposals for traffic flow , according to a statement from the post.
The public and workers will be notified before traffic is disrupted .
Waynesboro district makes history register
Georgia's historic preservation program passed a milestone recently with the addition of Waynesboro's Historic District as the 2,000th Georgia listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
The historic district is significant in several areas, including architecture, community planning and development, politics/government, commerce, industry and black heritage.
Its architectural significance derives from its collection of commercial buildings that reflect design and construction traditions common in Georgia towns.
The National Register is the federal government's official list of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts worthy of preservation.
A celebration of the recognition, sponsored by the city of Waynesboro and the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, will be held May
13 on the steps of the Burke County Courthouse in Waynesboro.
Columbia County hears of progress on grants
Columbia County moved a step closer to securing millions in stimulus money Tuesday as county commissioners agreed to continue seeking a federal grant for sewer projects.
Officials recently received word that the county made "a very important cut" in the competition for about $50 million in grant requests , and it is awaiting word on $9.1 million in federal grants administered by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, said county water utility director Billy Clayton.
"These projects had the buzzword: 'shovel ready,'" he said. "It's work we'll be doing anyway, but if we don't get the stimulus money it'll take longer to get it done."
The grant would pay for 40 percent of the projects, with the county's water system paying for the remainder, Mr. Clayton said.
He said he doesn't know when an announcement on the funding will be made.
Pharmacist fires shots at drugstore robber
A pharmacist foiled a robber Tuesday morning by shooting at the masked man.
Shortly after midnight, a man wearing a black mask entered CVS Pharmacy at 1520 Walton Way and demanded money from the clerk, according to a Richmond County sheriff's report.
He then made his way to the pharmacy counter, where the pharmacist confronted him and fired three shots, sheriff's Sgt. Calvin Chew said. None of the bullets hit the robber, who fled.
Authorities described the robber as about 6 feet and 180 pounds, Sgt. Chew said.
Son who took woman's benefits is sentenced
A 35-year-old Augusta man who took his mother's veterans benefits after her death was sentenced to probation Tuesday.
Mark D. Farthing must pay restitution and perform 150 hours of community service while on probation for five years, U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall ordered.
Mr. Farthing collected $41,112 from the Department of Veterans Affairs from December 2003, when Truella H. Farthing died, through September 2006.
Naval officer indicted on child porn charges
A Navy petty officer stationed at Fort Gordon has been indicted on federal child pornography charges.
Jeremy Williams, a cryptologist, was indicted on charges of receipt of child porn and possession of child porn, punishable by five to 20 years in prison.
According to a search warrant filed in U.S. District Court, Petty Officer Williams thought he was trading e-mails with a 14-year-old girl last year, but he was actually communicating with the Live Oak, Fla., mother of a 13-year-old girl who had been solicited by a man when she logged into a chatroom.
Petty Officer Williams is being held without bond. No arraignment has been set.
Teen faces DUI charge over police car damage
An Evans teen accused of hitting a Richmond County sheriff's car remained in jail Tuesday on charges of drunken driving, authorities said.
Julieann Sommers, 17, of Taft Drive, was driving about 2 a.m. Saturday when she rear-ended an unmarked, stopped sheriff's vehicle driven by Investigator Paul Godden on Washington Road, said sheriff's Maj. Richard Weaver. Ms. Sommers left the scene but was stopped by another deputy in the 2800 block of Washington Road.
Police charged Ms. Sommers with driving under the influence, driving with an open container, hit and run, attempting to elude police, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, following too closely and driving without a driver's license.
She was in the Richmond County jail under an $8,560 bond.
Augusta area climbs in auto-theft rankings
COLUMBIA --- The Augusta metropolitan statistical area inched up in national auto-theft rankings last year, from 76th in 2006 to 56th in 2008, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's annual report. However, the area reported a slight decrease in stolen vehicles.
In 2008, there were 2,212 reports of stolen vehicles, a slight decline from 2,385 in 2007, when the area ranked 55th, according to the South Carolina Insurance News Service, a nonprofit funded by insurance companies.
The decline didn't keep pace with the national decrease. Vehicle thefts across the country have gone down nearly 13 percent
Comments
Julieann, rule #1, when driving drunk without a license, don't rear end a police car with a driver. Rule #2, don't drive drunk without or with a license.
A Naval officer and a Navy petty officer are not the same (except at the AC).
It seems the CVS Pharmacist dispensed the right prescription!
How did the CVS pharmacist "foil" the robber if the robber was not hit and got away with the money?
How about not driving drunk at all.
I have this image in my head of a 6ft, 180 lbs man, that was carrying a heavier load in his pants on the way out, than he had when he first entered CVS.
it doesn't say he got away with the money, it just says he demanded the money. And since the AC can't really report a story right... All 6ft 180 lb men, please report to your nearest police station for questioning.
I've read this somewhere before
Well chevy if the AC can't report anything right then don't read it and post your negative comments on here.
Congratulations to the pharmacist for defending himself and the others in the store. This is why we (who are eligible) should exercise our right to carry a firearm. I want the bad guys to have to stop and wonder who's packing and who isn't...
Ouch sueboo get the claws in LOL
wow sueboo418... let's see... why don't you take your own advice and post negative comments elsewhere. And, maybe you should learn to read correctly and understand the display name is CHEY and not CHEVY. But... you probably work for the AC.
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