Police are seeking a driver who caused a one-car accident Monday afternoon near Augusta Regional Airport.
Witnesses said a Nissan Frontier was forced off Doug Barnard Parkway by someone driving a green Dodge sedan, according to Charles Toole Jr., of the Richmond County Marshal's Office.
Anyone who witnessed this accident is asked to call the marshal's office at (706) 821-2368 or the Richmond County Sheriff's Office at (706) 821-1080.
A South Carolina judge has ordered a new law firm be hired to handle a New York lawsuit involving James Brown's estate.
Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jack Early ordered that new counsel be hired to replace Greenberg Traurig in the lawsuit against The Pullman Group over a deal that allowed Mr. Brown to sell the future earnings to his music.
Attorneys for the singer's children and fourth wife argued in Aiken County Court on June 13 that the New York entertainment law firm had a conflict of interest because it recently tried to broker a deal to sell the singer's music catalogs, for which it would receive a commission.
In an order filed Monday in Aiken County Common Pleas Court, Judge Early ordered them removed from the litigation.
A woman died at University Hospital before North Augusta police could question her about several injuries she appeared to have suffered, officials said.
According to a North Augusta Department of Public Safety report, Cherry R. Jackson, 57, was admitted to University Hospital on June 17 with cuts, bruises and what looked like rope- or cloth-burn marks. She was also suffering from kidney or liver failure.
Hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Sylvester confirmed that Ms. Cherry had died at the hospital.
Detectives were waiting to talk with Ms. Cherry to determine whether she was abused or neglected.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will visit the North Augusta Carpet Shop today as part of a three-city tour of small businesses.
At the store at 210 Georgia Ave., Mr. Sanford intends to speak about the need to limit government spending, according to a statement from his office.
The governor could also discuss items he might veto from a $7.4 billion spending bill recently completed by the state Legislature, according to the release.
Hearings scheduled for today on the planned closing of Savannah River Ecology Lab have been postponed until next month.
Officials with the University of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Energy were to meet with the House Committee on Science and Technology's subcommittees on Investigations and Oversight, and Energy and Environment.
Scheduling conflicts and incomplete information caused the hearing's postponement, according to committee communications director Alisha Prather.
Creative Impressions will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Appleby Library. The concert is part of the free Evenings in the Appleby Garden series sponsored by the Augusta Library.
The concerts are held outside in the gardens behind the library. Guests are asked to bring a blanket or chairs. Picnics are allowed. If inclement weather occurs, the concert will be moved to the porch or inside the building.
Superintendent Linda Eldridge will attend her last school board meeting tonight as the head of the Aiken County School District.
At the meeting, the board will go through final approvals for the 2007-08 school budget and finish filling open principal positions in the district.
The 7 p.m. meeting will be at 1000 Brookhaven Drive in Aiken.
A burglar stole more than $60,000 worth of merchandise from an Augusta pawn shop between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon by cutting through the roof and using a blowtorch to remove the back of the owner's safe, according to a Richmond County sheriff's report.
The owner of Miller Pawn Shop at 2852 Deans Bridge Road returned to his business Sunday to find the items, which included laptop computers and digital cameras, missing.
A woman was robbed and two others held at gunpoint at a Hephzibah apartment complex Sunday morning, a Richmond County sheriff's report said.
The group returned to the apartment from a night out to find the upstairs lights on, the report said. When the male victim went to investigate, someone put a handgun to his head while a second person ran downstairs and confronted one of the women. The robber took her purse and fled, the report said.
A westbound lane of Bobby Jones Expressway at Interstate 20 will be closed Wednesday and Thursday to install a temporary barrier wall for the flyover bridge project, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The closures will take place at night between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. both days. The posted speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph in this area.
The 147th anniversary of the Signal Corps will be celebrated with a semiformal ball at 6 p.m. Friday at the Gordon Club, on 19th Street.
The ball is open to all active-duty and reserve soldiers, retired service members, civilians, their families and guests. Tickets cost are $30 per person.
For reservations, call (706) 791-5804 or e-mail kempt@gordon.army.mil.