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Everyday heroes save day for Harrisburg food pantry

By Charmain Z. Brackett · 20 Oct 2024 · 1

Donations coordinated by a group of friends helped a local non profit put on its monthly food pantry.

Toad the Wet Sprocket promises a night of pure entertainment on Oct. 19

By Charmain Z. Brackett · 19 Oct 2024 · 0

Toad the Wet Sprocket who will be in Augusta Oct. 19 at the Bell Auditorium.

Aquinas falls 19-7 to Baldwin Oct. 18

By Christopher Rickerson · 19 Oct 2024 · 0

James Leonard’s lifetime coaching record stands at 99 after Aquinas’s loss Friday.

Brentwood routs Augusta Prep 49-0 behind high-octane offense

By Nayla Reese · 18 Oct 2024 · 0

Brentwood blanked Augusta Prep 49-0 Friday.

Bulldogs tame Wildcats Oct. 18 as Thomson extends winning streak

By Jaxon Garner · 18 Oct 2024 · 0

Thomson Bulldogs defeated the Laney Wildcats 38-12, on Friday, Oct. 18.

Easterseals’ Ornament of Hope unveiled Oct. 18

By Charmain Z. Brackett · 18 Oct 2024 · 0

The Easterseals Ornament of Hope was unveiled Oct. 18.

Business computer science educator named McDuffie County Teacher of the Year

By Staff Report · 18 Oct 2024 · 0

Rebekah Burnside, a business computer science teacher at Thomson High, has received the golden apple trophy as the McDuffie County School System Teacher of the Year.

In pictures: Trick or Treat and Bark-O-Ween in Columbia County

By Charmain Z. Brackett · 17 Oct 2024 · 0

Scenes from the Oct. 17 Trick or Treat and Bark-O-Ween aa the Evans Towne Center Park.

Columbia County celebrates graduation gains

By Staff Report · 17 Oct 2024 · 0

This year’s graduation rate is an all-time high for the Columbia County School District since 2011, and Evans High School and Lakeside High School also reported their highest rates since 2011

‘August: Osage County’ heads to Aiken Community Theatre stage

By Staff Report · 16 Oct 2024 · 0

“August: Osage County” opens for two weekends in Aiken starting Oct. 18.

New musical sees James Brown through his daughter’s eyes

By Charmain Z. Brackett · 15 Oct 2024 · 0

“Papa Didn’t Take No Mess” will be performed for three weekends in Decatur beginning Oct. 17.

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Guest Column: Practice feeling like you are on the other side of this

By Special To Augusta Good News · 15 Oct 2024 · 0

Tara Simkins is a lawyer turned life coach, facilitator and childhood cancer philanthropist. This is the fifth and final column in a series in which she shares some of the tools she developed when dealing with her son’s cancer journey. She hopes that they might help others coping with the mental and emotional aftermath of Hurricane Helene.