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Georgia dropped below 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in more than a week and deaths remained low, including none in Augusta. Cases were lower in South Carolina as well. Top Featured Tags: – Georgia News Press Release Distribution Service

Tuesday is Election Day! If you aren’t among the thousands who have already voted, head to the polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. As long as you’re in line by 7 p.m., you’ll be allowed to vote. Georgians can find voting locations and view a sample ballot at www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do. South Carolina voting precincts and…

Patience, America.We may not know who won the presidential election on Tuesday night. And if so, it does not necessarily mean anything is broken, fraudulent, corrupted or wrong.President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested a slower-than-typical result is a sign of trouble.”I think it’s terrible that we can’t know the results of an election the night…

Georgia saw a much smaller rise in coronavirus cases Sunday compared to Saturday while South Carolina’s numbers saw a small increase.Georgia Department of Public Health reported 1,196 new cases and two deaths, bringing the state total up to 361,982 and 7,981, respectively. GDPH also reported 21 hospitalizations, with four patients admitted into an intensive care…

NOV. 1, 1920The day before Richmond County voters trekked to the polls, thousands of children marched down Broad Street, begging passage of a school bond referendum.Among the placards they toted, one read: “One lavatory to 253 children,” Another said, “We have no sixth grade.””Voters of Augusta,” the newspaper proclaimed in a front-page editorial, “you who…

More than 3.8 million people cast ballots in Georgia by the close of the three-week early voting period for the Nov. 3 election, marking roughly half the state’s total registered voters and nearly eclipsing the entire vote count of the 2016 election.Around 2.6 Georgians turned out to vote in-person for early voting from Oct. 12…

A Williston man was arrested Saturday after allegedly throwing “suspicious” explosive devices from his car in Graniteville Saturday afternoon.According to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, around 2:55 p.m., deputies were called to the 700 block of Leitner Street. The victim reported walking on Leitner Street when a man driving a green Ford Mustang stopped and…

Finding other things to focus on and trusting in the system can those who are stressed out by this election get through it when answers may not come quickly, experts said. Top Featured Tags: – Georgia News Press Release Distribution Service

Picking up is hard to do. Top Featured Tags: – Georgia News Press Release Distribution Service

A review of inspection reports and calls for help at three Augusta personal care homes operating under the name First Love reveals a series of problems, the least of which were at the Wrightsboro Road facility, where two women were found dead of unknown causes last month.District Attorney Natalie Paine — among the […] Top…

Augusta-area Democratic officials are concerned about possible intimidation of voters at the polls following recent comments by President Trump. However, they hope the deployment of poll watchers to precincts across the area will help prevent it.Elizabeth Hahn, chair of the Columbia County Democratic Party, said she was concerned about the president urging his supporters to…

TIME MACHINEOCT. 30, 1946The once proud and powerful Cracker Party was virtually swept from office in a smashing victory won by seven candidates for city council endorsed by the Independent League for Good Government.The Crackers were a local political faction that had controlled Augusta government and its assorted services for years through patronage and pressure.…

Augusta Fire/EMA will hold drive-thru trunk-or-treat events at their stations Halloween night.Spokesman Jason DeHart said families can pick up some treats at any of the following stations from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday:– Fire Station #4 at 1866 Ellis St.– Fire Station #9 at 3507 Walton Way Ext.– Fire Station #10 at 1056 Alexander Dr.–…

A south Georgia man sentenced to a maximum prison term last summer allegedly threatened to kill the judge who sentenced him and two of her family members.Wilbert “Lil Bill” or “Wild Bill” Stephens, 28, was indicted earlier this month on federal charges of solicitation to commit a crime of violence, attempted retaliation against a witness,…

The Salvation Army is looking for more than 60 volunteers to help ring bells this holiday season as part of the annual Red Kettle campaign.According to a release, The Salvation Army of Augusta will have red kettles in front of Walmart stores across the area one week earlier this year. The organization has seen a…

An Augusta father and daughter have been charged in a 49-count federal indictment for filing fraudulently inflated tax returns on behalf of their clients.Ezra Hatcher Sr., 66, and Sherry Hatcher, 40, were indicted in U.S. District Court for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Hatcher Sr. was also charged with 31 counts of aiding and…

Antigen tests can add a rapid diagnosis option that is much faster but potentially less accurate than standard COVID-19 tests. Top Featured Tags: – Georgia News Press Release Distribution Service

ATLANTA — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has opened up a slight lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia less than a week before Election Day, according to a new poll.The statewide survey of 504 registered Georgia voters conducted by New Jersey’s Monmouth University Polling Institute Oct. 23-27 found Biden’s support at 50% and Trump’s…

The Aiken County Board of Education eliminated a major testing policy and approved employee Christmas bonuses at its meeting Tuesday.The board unanimously approved suspending its policy of semester exams comprising 20% of students’ grades. This was done in conjunction with the decision by VirtualSC to eliminate all semester exams for the school year as a…

The Aiken Department of Public Safety announced the arrest of three suspects in the death of 12-year-old Edward “Junior” F. McKenzie Jr. on Oct. 10. Officers are still looking for a fourth suspect in the murder.Hykeem Hampton, 25, was charged with murder, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, discharging a firearm into a…

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Law enforcement in Georgia have arrested the parents of a 5-year-old girl who weighed just 7 pounds before dying at an Atlanta hospital in June.Jerrail Mickens, 31, and Porscha Mickens, 29, were arrested Tuesday in Hall County on charges of felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children, news outlets reported.Authorities said…

The Aiken Department of Public Safety announced the arrest of three suspects in the death of 12-year-old Edward “Junior” F. McKenzie Jr. on Oct. 10. Officers are still looking for a fourth suspect in the murder.Hykeem Hampton, 25, was charged with murder, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, discharging a firearm into a…