Augusta News

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree says autopsies were conducted Wednesday morning on the three bodies that were found in the woods in south Augusta on Tuesday.

The 17-page suit claims Augusta commissioners did not follow the Georgia Open Meetings Act because they say the city first discussed terminating the current contract in a closed-door meeting.

Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists report.

Dover police say a Georgia man tried to flush nearly three kilograms of PCP when he was found at a vacant property.

"It's a good event, it's a good way for us to get out in the community," said Joseph Texidor, a soldier in the US Army.

In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga.

President Obama arrives in Atlanta on Saturday, May 18, 2013 to prepare for his commencement address at Morehouse College,11 a.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Just a little ways down from the Augusta Rowing Club you'll find the Augusta Pier.

DynCorp International has confirmed that a local man working on the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan program was killed in an explosion.

In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland smiles as she leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.

Correspondence to David M. Pollock, Department of Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Section of Experimental Medicine, CB2200, 1459 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA 30912.

Buddy Dale Vanscoy, 76, a resident of Martinez, Ga., departed this life Sunday morning, May 12, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family.

"I was asleep, and when he came, he was like momma, momma get out, the house is on fire," she said.

The new sanitation contract hasn't even started yet, and some say it's causing problems.

LAKE OF BAYS For nearly 20 years Don Chevalier has been a familiar face around the Township of Lake of Bays municipal office, but come this August things will change.

It's a project we've been hearing about for years on a road many of you travel every day.

Thanks to some new drop boxes, 1.2 million pills have been taken off the streets of Georgia at no cost to the taxpayer.

"Jeff & Sheri Easter rock," exclaimed Mallory Shires, age 8. Shires and her sister Alyssa, along with other youth at the event actually joined Jeff & Sheri to sing "Sitting on Top of the World." The Lewis Family Homeplace teamed with hundreds of fans each night for the Jeff & Sheri Easter Homecoming in Lincolnton, Ga.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal had just walked off the stage at the James Brown Arena and was about to board his plane when he sat down for a one-on-one with News 12 at Daniel Field.

It's a chance for sick children to forget about their illness and have a little fun at your children's hospital.