The murder charge against 16-year-old Vincent Hikeem Carter Jr. has been dismissed following a preliminary hearing held Thursday by Judge Shawn Merzlak, who ruled that the teen acted in self-defense during a fatal shooting last month that claimed the life of 14-year-old Deandre Howell. The shooting occurred on Aug. 3 in the parking lot of...
Authorities added sex abuse charges to the list of crimes alleged by leaders of House of Prayer Christian Churches of America and are asking more victims to report the abuse.
A tragic discovery was made Wednesday morning in Aiken County when a local homeowner found the body of a Black male inside an abandoned vehicle.
Over 5.5 pounds of fentanyl have been taken off the streets of Richmond County following a months-long narcotics investigation that ended in two major drug busts and multiple felony charges. Authorities say the amount of fentanyl seized of over 2,500 grams is enough to cause more than 1.25 million potentially fatal overdoses. The investigation, led...
During the week of April 16–29, a total of 492 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Richmond County...
A standoff in Warrenville early Friday morning ended with the arrest of repeat offender Matthew Harrison Hardy, who was barricaded...
The Augusta-Aiken community is reacting after a Black hospice caregiver was assaulted Monday outside an Aiken home in what she...
North Augusta police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly targeted juvenile girls inside the Knox Avenue Walmart.
For the third time in two weeks, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office had to deal with a standoff and barricaded...
The head of South Carolina’s prison system has been named U.S. Attorney for the state’s federal judicial district.
An Augusta man stabbed his family’s pit bull in the face three times, leading to his arrest Saturday for aggravated...
During the week of March 26–April 15, a total of 745 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Richmond...
Augusta man Julius Riddick Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Reginald Johnson in a...
Julius Riddick Jr., 22, took the witness stand Thursday in his felony murder trial, claiming he acted in self-defense during...
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