North Augusta News

They're on street corners, yards, and pretty much anywhere else. You don't have to look hard to spot one of the signs.

One person is dead after a vehicle struck a pedestrian late Friday evening. The driver of that vehicle, Petronella Payne, 45, of Clarks Hill GA was traveling North on Ridge Road when Reginald F. Prescott, 41, of North Augusta SC was struck by Payne.

The Beaufort County Board of Education on Friday chose a veteran high school principal from Aiken County to take over as principal at H.E. McCracken Middle School.

For the last two years, the state of South Carolina recognized the North Augusta, SC, Water Treatment Plant for compliance to stringent, Area-wide Optimization Program water quality standards.

Johnston Farmer's & Artist's Market begins Thursday, June 6, from 4 - 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street.

Two North Augusta residents are among a handful of people facing federal grand jury indictments, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.

The leftover puddles in a North Augusta apartment complex can barely reveal the magnitude of flood waters that filled the area.

Mr. Burnett L. Peeler, 86, husband of the late Eleanor Watson Peeler, died May 30, 2013 at NHC in North Augusta.

Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: On the Town Square every Sat. through first Sat.

The Frederick County Bureau of wants your help finding James Anthony Carroll of North Augusta, SC.

"Coming into contact with a tiger shark" on a marine biology curriculum outing changed her career path, said Valerie Shepard, a guest speaker in Emilia Sasser's Personal Skills class at Paul Knox Middle School.

After spending two years playing basketball at Texas Southern University, Kayla West decided it was time for her to come back home.

The Rev. Alexander Pope Jr., one of North Augusta's longest-serving ministers, has been honored by an Atlanta-based organization, on the basis of "outstanding leadership" throughout the community.

The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity, at 160 Merovan Drive, will play host on May 22 to "a free supper and meeting about helping the homeless in North Augusta," with the featured speaker being Sarah McDonald, director of Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta.

"They meet at the end of the season, just to get out with the others," said Gina Breazeale, who teaches physical education at Mossy Creek.

A larceny occurred May 8 or 9 on River Oak Drive. The loss included a lawn bench and two plants $140 in combined value.

Springtime in the CSRA is loaded with memories for Phil Schaefer, a 1957 graduate of North Augusta High School who now has his own permanent parking space at Augusta National Golf Club where he has been a media fixture for almost a half-century. The longtime radio sports announcer, also known as the author of the autobiographical "Sins of a ... (more)

Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: Come enjoy Edgefield's Farmer's, Artists & Craft Market! Local produce, crafts, plants and food items abound at the new Farmer's Market on the Square EVERY Saturday morning now through September.

On April 23, at approximately 3:25 am, the suspect in the photographs went behind the counter in the electronics department at the North Augusta WalMart located at 1201 Knox Avenue and broke the glass to the sliding door and stole 13 cell phones valued at almost $8,000. He placed the cell phones in a suitcase he obtained from WalMart.