Aiken man accused of attempt to make meth
Aiken County narcotics investigators arrested a man Thursday on charges of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in Beech Island.
James Edward Mcrae, 44, was arrested after investigators obtained a warrant and searched a house at 595 Beech Island Ave., according to Aiken County sheriff's Sgt. Dave Myers. They discovered items used to manufacture methamphetamine.
Mr. Mcrae is being held at the Aiken County Detention Center. He has been charged with attempt to manufacture methamphetamine.
Martinez teen's death due to natural causes
A Martinez teen who died the day after her high school graduation in May succumbed to natural causes, Columbia County's coroner determined Wednesday.
Melanie Anne Elizabeth Garrison, 18, was found unresponsive in her bed by her parents on May 24, the day after she graduated from Lakeside High School.
"She died of natural causes," Coroner Vernon Collins said.
Miss Garrison died from hypertension, cardiovascular artery disease and obesity.
Mr. Collins said Miss Garrison had spent the night after graduation with a friend and returned home May 24 while her father and stepmother were out.
Lab results were only recently received and Mr. Collins signed Miss Garrison's death certificate Wednesday.
"She was clean," Mr. Collins said. "She had no drugs in her system at all."
Shinedown is moved to Bell Auditorium
There will be no Shinedown at the James Brown.
Monday night's concert featuring radio rock acts Shinedown, Sick Puppies and Adelitas Way has been moved from the James Brown Arena to the smaller Bell Auditorium.
Kayla Ott, director of marketing for venues, said the decision to move the show was based on ticket sales. She said moving the concert meant it might manage to sell out, rather than selling only a fraction of the seats at the arena.
Ms. Ott said that tickets purchased for the show at the arena would be honored at the Bell and that patrons would receive comparable seats. She said tickets for the Bell date were also still available.
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Cashin Symposium today and Saturday
The Edward J. Cashin Memorial Symposium on Georgia History will take place today and Saturday.
The first session will start at 10 a.m. today at the Augusta Museum of History at the corner of Broad and Sixth streets, according to a news release.
A second session will begin at 2 p.m. at the museum of history, with a keynote address being given at 6 p.m. at Augusta State University's University Hall, Room 170.
The address will focus on "Rumor, Race, and the Coming of the American Revolution in Georgia," by Betty Wood, of Cambridge University.
On Saturday, a session will start at 10 a.m. at Augusta State University's University Hall. Another session will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. by John Inscoe of the University of Georgia.
Kathryn Braund of Auburn University also is set to talk on "One Who Tells an Important Story: Edward Cashin and his Story of Augusta."
Pizza robbery suspect held, another at large
A man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery of an Augusta pizza restaurant Wednesday night in which two men wore hockey masks.
Augustine Quinones, 45, of 1057 Woodsedge Drive, was charged with armed robbery in a holdup of the Papa John's Pizza at 2416 Windsor Spring Road, according to a Richmond County Sheriff's report.
He and another unidentified suspect are accused of entering the restaurant wearing the masks and demanding money from employees, the report said. Police said the second suspect fired his gun inside the store, then the men took money from the register and fled on foot.
The second suspect is described as a black man, between 6 feet, 3 inches and 6 feet, 6 inches tall, and between 200 and 220 pounds, according to a news release.
He has short hair and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information on the robbery can call the Sheriff's Office at (706) 821-1080.
Former candidates to pay reporting fines
Onetime Augusta politicians Richard Colclough and Helen Blocker-Adams must pay fines for failing to file campaign forms now that the State Ethics Commission accepted their plea agreements Thursday.
Mr. Colclough agreed to a $1,500 civil penalty and $375 in late fees for failing to submit campaign contribution disclosure reports to the commission that were due in 2006. The former Augusta city commissioner was running for the state House, getting defeated by Hardie Davis in a Democratic runoff.
Ms. Blocker-Adams also agreed to a $1,500 civil penalty and $75 in late fees for failing to file her December 2006 form. Also, three of the forms she did file that year didn't include sufficient details.
Ms. Blocker-Adams was running as an independent at the time but lost the general election for the state House to Democrat Quincy Murphy.
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Why can't some folks just do what they are supposed to do correctly and ON TIME???
Things happen in life, throughout your school term i'm pretty sure many kids had tardies, the office sometimes do not change reports from an excused tardy to a unexcused tardy. Because of them not doing their job, children are being punished. And another thing, if a child is at risk of getting suspended, wouldn't it be courteous of someone to inform the parents or child of their risk of being suspended before calling them in the office and telling them they are suspended?
who wants to see Shinedown when there is Monday Night Bowling league going on? if they move the concert to Red Wing Rollerway, i might swing by in-between rolls.
Wow. Drugs in Beech Island. News flash.
upset mom, I don't know where your child goes to school but my child's school (Richmond County-Cross Creek) sends a pre-recorded message to my phone if my child is absent from school or has tardies. If a child is at risk of getting suspended then they have had numerous tardies or several unexcused absentees. If that's the case then they should be punished.