Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 7:49 a.m. Authorities have identified a man wanted for an armed robbery of a gas station Friday.

For the past year, Lee Sims has spent his day off honing his welding skills, voluntarily wearing a welder's mask for hours every Friday.

Waynesboro Police Department is investigating an armed robbery at Delmac Minute Mart on 6th Street.

Burke County, GA - - 'Old Fella' Volunteer: "Somebody took her in, they had found her and 3 of her puppies." Patches is just one of more than 600 hundred dogs and cats rescued through Old Fella Animal Rescue in Burke County.

A pedestrian was killed Monday night in a car crash on Gray Highway in front of Greenwood Baptist Church about five miles east of Macon, according to Captain Billy Mitchell with Jones County Sheriffa s Office.

People older than 65 can start applying for federally funded energy-assistance grants starting today.

Last week, the Southeast Bulloch High School marching band "The Swarm" and their dancers "The Stingers" participated in their last competition of the year.

It has taken eight years for The Hushpuppies band to release its second independent CD, but lead vocalist Todd Cowart said fans will find the wait to be more than worthwhile.

Commissioner Joe Bowles, saying a city facing a deficit of more than $8 million has more important things to worry about than the name of a building, provided the sixth vote Tuesday to name the new judicial center the Augusta Judicial Center and John H. Ruffin Jr.

The most popular model for the next generation of nuclear power plants in the United States will have to be redesigned or tested again to ensure greater strength in its shield building, federal regulators said Thursday.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 9:36 p.m. The 10-year-old Harlem girl who died of complications associated with the novel influenza A H1N1 virus appeared to be healthy before contracting the disease, a family spokesman said today.

James L. "Jim" McDonald was ordained deacon on Sept. 30 at St. Michael's Church in Waynesboro, Ga.

Have you ever noticed how you can sometimes anticipate a stoplight turning from red to green? More times than I can count, I've been sitting there looking at the glowing red bulb, and will say to myself "Now." And the light will change.

Cheryl McAuliffe, Georgia director for the Humane Society of the United States, met with more than two dozen members of local rescue groups, government animal control agencies, Sheriff Ronnie Strength and Assistant District Attorney Kristi Goodwin Connell in Augusta on Sept.

WHAT: Although his ministry largely focuses on reaching Jews, he also addresses Christian congregations.

An evening of jazz promises to deliver an incredible sound. The Aiken Jazz Society will host the Aiken Jazz Fest featuring Wycliffe Gordon, a performer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - MSG Cecil E. McCollum, Sr., US Army Retired, 77, husband of 54 years to Margie James McCollum, of Westbrook Rd., went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Eisenhower Medical Center.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 6:34 a.m. A suspect remains at large after a Waynesboro man was fatally shot last night at a Gordon Highway convenience store.

Nuclear reactor facility Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, has a bright future, and officials in Thomson and McDuffie County want to become part of it.