Jefferson County News

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Jefferson County officials are expected to consider countywide gaming as an option to raise money for the county's $3.2 billion sewer debt.

You'd better sit down for this one. I must confess that I, your modest and much-beloved columnist, don't have all the answers.

According to Lt. Robert Chalker, with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, on Thursday morning, June 26th, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a young male entered the Regions Bank, located on Peachtree Street in ...

Investigators in Jefferson County are searching for a bank robber who didn't end up with all the money he took.

U.S. Attorney Alice Martin has announced the collection of a $2 million fine from Grady Roland Pugh, Jr., for his role in the Jefferson County sewer scandal.

A cold front, combined with plenty of heat and humidity sparked off more showers and thunderstorms Wednesday evening, mainly west and north of Augusta.

The tornados and storms that recently tore through the Louisville, Wrens and Wadley areas left several families without homes.

According to FEMA, the Disaster Recovery Center at the National Guard Armory in Louisville, opened to assist people who suffered losses from the May 11-12 tornadoes, will close permanently at 7 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Polls opened all over Jefferson County this morning at 6 a.m., and a handful of voters were casting ballots the minute poll workers were ready at Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church off of Browns Lane ...

Jefferson County was one of Georgia's counties hit hard by last Sunday's severe weather.

On Mother's Day...more than 250 homes were damaged in Louisville after high winds and rain came through the area.

Strong storms that possibly produced tornadoes struck counties south of Augusta Sunday morning. via WAGT

“We just went into the closet and started praying, and once we started praying, it's like it went over.”

We go out to Jefferson County, where a major clean-up is also underway. This is the second time, in as many months, Jefferson County has gotten pummeled. via WJBF-TV Augusta

May 12, 2008 Jefferson Cty., GA-- The Augusta Red Cross late Monday afternoon closed its shelter at a Louisville church. via WRDW-TV Augusta

Emergency workers in Jefferson County tell NBC Augusta several homes were damaged or destroyed Sunday morning. via WAGT

“You don't really profit from it, so you really have to like what you're doing”

Schoolchildren are getting a helping hand from an unlikely source: retired grandparents. via Augusta Chronicle Online

An off-duty Jefferson County sheriff's deputy was shot in the shoulder at his Pelham home by a burglar. via WTVM Columbus

“I didn't do anything. There is no reason to quit”

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against Mayor Larry Langford, accusing him of taking more than $156,000 in payments and benefits from a friend whose financial firm made ... via MyFOX Atlanta

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies discovered 148 pounds of marijuana concealed in a car during a traffic stop. via WTVM Columbus