The Augusta Chronicle

A prisoner who escaped from a South Carolina corrections facility was arrested in Appling after a passerby reported the man fighting with a woman on the side of the road.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is seeking a woman for questioning after surveillance footage showed her searching through a lost wallet before turning it in.
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After increasing its graduation rate from 2014 to 2015, Richmond County public schools took a step back in 2016.
According to the Georgia Department of Education, 76.7 percent of Richmond County students graduated in 2016 – down from 77.6 percent in 2015.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

River Watch Parkway travelers should expect delays through next week as lanes shrink from three to two.
According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, crews reduced the amount of lanes between Claussen Road and Alexander Drive as part of the $5.3 million project aimed at improved travel in the area of the Interstate 20 interchange.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Just as gas prices were on the way down, they could be headed back up due to an explosion at Colonial Pipeline.
"We were just beginning to recover from the gas price hikes we saw from the pipeline closure in September," said Garrett Townsend, Georgia public affairs director of AAA.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

HELENA, Ala. - An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama injured at least seven workers Monday not far from where the line burst and leaked gasoline last month, authorities said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A Columbia County man's murder conviction for the slaying of a county employee has been affirmed.
In an opinion released Monday, the Georgia Supreme Court issued an opinion finding Thomas Bradford was fairly tried and convicted in Columbia County Superior Court in February 2012.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A small, single engine plane crashed into the top of a tree Monday morning in Oglethorpe County.
"It's in the top of a tree. I don't know how he got out of it," Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

LEEDEY, Okla. — A massive, weeklong manhunt for a suspect in a string of violent crimes, including the killing of two relatives, the shooting of three law enforcement officers and multiple carjackings, has ended in a police chase and shootout that left the man dead in western Oklahoma.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Harlem's Josie Armstrong slammed a two-run double in the seventh inning to score two runs and give the Lady Dogs the 2016 Class AA girls state softball championship over Vidalia on Saturday evening at the South Commons softball complex.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share