Burke County News

The Burke County Sheriff's Office needs your assistance with locating an inmate that walked away from a work detail Tuesday morning.

Temp: 93.0 F Heat Index: 91 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA June 30, 2009 An inmate in Burke County walked away from a work detail this morning and the sheriffa s office is asking for the publica s assistance.

A new study shows Richmond and Burke counties have unusually high numbers of people infected with HIV and AIDS.

Christine Long wants the district attorney's office out of the picture. Mrs. Long, mother of the 11 children found living in squalor in rural Burke County in July, faces 10 charges of second-degree cruelty to children and five charges of failure to educate.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed Wednesday to renew operating licenses for two existing reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County.

According to Sgt. Dan Lowe, the Burke County Sheriff's Office needs the help of the public to help apprehend George Michael Hinton, who's wanted in Burke County for a Armed Robbery which occurred back on May 22nd, 2009.

The Richmond County Sheriffa s Office is looking for George Michael Hinton. Hinton has two warrants for felony theft by taking in Richmond County.

The Burke County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in a May 2 shooting. Investigators tell NBC 26 News that Johnny Godbee was shot twice in the left thigh during a fight at Club Midnight in Burke County.

Waynesboro is working on it's very own economic stimulus plan in the form of bar-b-que. This weekend is the 4th annual Boss Hog Cook-Off. It's a competition that brings in cooks from as far away as Florida and Texas.

An Augusta man was arrested in Burke County today after police said he led them on a three-county chase and nearly hit two officers with his truck.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:38 a.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for southern Burke County until 1:15 p.m. today.

Southern Co.'s Plant Vogtle in Burke County has moved into position to become the demonstration site for the federal licensing process required of all nuclear power plants with the new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors.

Youths in Richmond and Burke counties have until Friday to take advantage of a summer employment program funded by the federal stimulus package.

Georgia Power customers will see their electric bills rise beginning in 2011 to pay for the construction of two nuclear reactors under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Georgia Gov.

Overwhelmed is an understatement. I spent much of Saturday here at Television Park speechless.

Damage estimates continued to climb Monday from a massive weekend storm that raked the Augusta area with three and possibly four tornadoes.

A tornado late Friday night struck many of our neighbors to the North in and around Augusta, but a group of volunteers from Statesboro pitched in to help in the cleanup.

At daylight, Saturday, when Susan and Mike Burke got to their farm, they weren't prepared for what they saw.

AUGUSTA, Ga.- NBC Augusta 26 News has learned the Red Cross is assisting Richmond County residents at the Bernie Ward Community Center on Lumpkin Road in south Augusta.

"I hope the governor signs some kind of disaster thing so I can apply for FEMA,"said Scott Inness of Waynesboro.