Martinez News

WOODY MERRY IS LIKE a runaway train that is on the wrong track. He is an instigator that sticks his nose where it does not belong and does nothing to improve race relations in Richmond County government.

Longtime employees of the Martinez Wal-Mart cheered Wednesday morning as they cut the ribbon to one of the largest stores in the Southeast.

Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:45 p.m. The eastbound Interstate 20 on ramp from Bobby Jones Expressway will close at 9 p.m. tonight as part of an ongoing construction project in the area, according to a Georgia ...

Police arrest man on Peeping Tom charge A 32-year-old Augusta man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a Peeping Tom charge involving an incident at the Target in Richmond County.

Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:31 p.m. A Richmond County Superior Court judge set bond today for a former sheriff's deputy accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:43 p.m. Former Silver Bluff High School star Demetrius Washington has signed with the Los Angeles Angels this afternoon and is scheduled to report to the Angels' Arizona League team ...

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When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't they don't. -- William Temple Count your blessings.

Investigators in Burke County are working to find out who stole three trucks and took thousands of dollars in parts out of them.

Last week's What Is It? photo showed the taillight of the 2008 Saturn Vue, and North Augusta reader Michael Futrell was the first to identify it.

A Hephzibah man is dead after being ejected from his vehicle at the intersection of Old Waynesboro Road and Brown Road at about 11:30 p.m. Monday.

Odd sightings in a Columbia County pond has neighbors asking for help Sunday. It all started this morning when a family in the Glenora Subdivision in Martinez noticed dozens of dead fish in a retention pond ...

A fast moving storm swept through the northern part of the city of Aiken this afternoon, knocking out electrical power to about 2,800 customers for more than two hours, officials said.

Both the Salvation Army and Goodwill in the Augusta area say more people are shopping at their thrift stores.

This month's Giving Your Best Award goes to a Columbia County mother who started a foundation to raise research dollars for a rare blood disease.

There is some relief at the pump for Georgians. Governor Sonny Perdue has decided to suspend the state's planned gas tax hike.

The Georgia Department of Education filed a lawsuit Friday in Columbia County Superior Court against a Martinez company and former education officials, including former state superintendent and gubernatorial ...

Clothes Closet Donations are accepted on the first day of each month Marvin United Methodist Church, Wheeler and Belair roads 863-0510 THURSDAY 6:30 p.m. Dance recital Center Stage Dance Academy in Martinez ...

NAME : Danielle Palermino AGE : 8 HOMETOWN : Martinez PARENTS : Michele and Kevin Palermino WHAT MAKES HER SPECIAL : "Danielle is such a joy to us.