Augusta News

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mr. Richard "Dick" H. Johnson entered into rest on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the nursing home care unit at the Augusta VAMC.

For most victims, it's a difficult subject to talk about, and for some, legally, they can't speak out.

Richmond County deputies were on the scene of a single car accident on Massoit Drive in Augusta.

Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, report Dr.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The governors of Georgia and South Carolina are keeping quiet on a private meeting on stalled efforts to build a $5 billion cargo port on the Savannah River shared by both states.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A Georgia scientist has been awarded a government grant to help identify coastal areas most vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural hazards.

It's a 62 for Wife Saver on North Leg Road in Augusta. Some of their violations are raw food next to cooked food, prepared foods with no date labels and expired foods.

I don't know if you've gotten involved with Pinterest yet, but if you are social media savvyI bet you soon will-and I warn you, it's kind of addictive.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded its mandatory hearing on Southern Nuclear Operating Company's application for two combined licenses at the Vogtle site in Georgia.

The nation's first nuclear power plant in a generation is expected to win approval Thursday as federal regulators consider whether to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia.

COLUMBIA CTY., Ga. - Columbia County authorities are looking for a man they say took out a $10,000 loan and now has disappeared.

There is a new man in charge of the Georgia Health Sciences Cancer Research Center, and he is hoping to bring some national recognition to the center.

For the first time in more than three decades, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to decide to grant a license to build a nuclear reactor - a milestone for an industry whose long-hoped-for renaissance is smaller and later than anticipated.

A man who allegedly escaped Monday from a jail work-release program in Augusta led local authorities to "a large quantity of marijuana, U.S. currency and firearms," according to Bartow County-Cartersville Drug Task Force officials.

Augusta commissioners have tentatively approved a new TEE center management plan.

The Aiken County Sheriff's Department has dismissed DUI charges against a News 12 employee.

An Augusta fire inspector is off the job after being accused of stealing fees payed by local businesses.

The operators want to pay the city $50,000 to lease 225 spaces of a city-owned deck.

All the talk about the weather lately has focused around how warm it's been this winter in Augusta, but a climate analysis finds that it was more unusually dry during January 2012 than it was unusually warm.

Sources tell News 12 Fire Inspector Lt. Liston M. Harris allegedly stole inspection fees.