Screven News

Detail of one of the downtown monuments to American Revolution heroes. photo by Steve Bisson.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner has ruled the man found Saturday in a pickup truck in the parking lot of Wal-Mart died of natural causes.

Temp: 95.0 F Heat Index: 101 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA HEAT ADVISORY until 6PM for Richmond, Columbia, Burke, Aiken, McDuffie, Barnwell, Bamberg, Jenkins, Screven, and Allendale.

Temp: 93.0 F Heat Index: 98 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA SEVERE T-STORM WATCH until 11PM for most counties in the CSRA.

The jobless rate now tops ten percent in four Gainesville area counties... Barrow , Dawson , Jackson and Lumpkin .

"Cover me" is often heard among soldiers during combat. Now the term has an expanded meaning.

A heat advisory is in effect for Jenkins, Screven, Candler, Bulloch, Effingham, Tattnall, Evans, Bryan, Chatham, Long, Liberty, Mcintosh, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Bacon, Appling, Wayne, Atkinson, Ware, Pierce, Brantley, Washington, Johnson, Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen, Webster, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair,Wheeler, Montgomery, Toombs and Glynn Counties in ...

A heat advisory is now in effect from 2 pm this afternoon to 8 pm edt this evening.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 2:45 p.m. for Bulloch, Effingham and Screven counties in Georgia, and Hampton County in South Carolina.

A flood advisory is in effect for minor flooding of poor drainage areas in northwestern Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, northwestern Liberty, Long, southwestern Screven, and Tattnall Counties in southeast Georgia until 4:00 pm Friday.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is now in effect for the following counties: Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Screven, Tattnall, Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper.

Deputies in Screven County are looking for a burglary suspect who they say is connected to at least two burglaries.

As many are cleaning up damage caused by storms on Good Friday, the NBC Augusta weather team is keeping an eye on the possibility for more severe weather late Monday through Tuesday morning.

A tornado watch is in effect for the following counties in Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Calhoun, Clay, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Early, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Pierce, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Tift, Turner, Ware, Wayne, and Worth until 4 am Saturday.

Herbert Zoller of Springfield has been named Ogeechee River Soil and Water Conservation District Conservationist of the Year for Effingham County.

The property was scheduled to be auctioned off in front of the Chatham County courthouse this morning.

By Jamie Ertle-Durden - email SAVANNAH, GA - Two Coastal Empire schools are now deemed high flyers, schools with a high level of academic success and community collaboration.

The owner of Battery Backus, part of the distinctive, century-old coastal fortifications built on Tybee Island, has apparently failed to find a buyer.

The governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker on Wednesday appointed 300 farmers, government officials, businessmen and others to 10 regional water councils that will decide how to divide rivers, lakes ...

A 90-day crackdown on Bulloch County's deadliest drivers begins Wednesday, January 21st.