David Mark Decoteau, a 27-year-old inmate from Augusta, was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center, according to local and state authorities. The Richmond County Coroner’s Office confirmed Decoteau’s identity Wednesday following notification of next of kin. He had been in custody since...

Nearly 20 years after Catrina Beatrice Evans was found stabbed to death in her Augusta apartment, an arrest warrant has finally been issued in her murder, thanks to modern forensic technology and the determination of a Richmond County investigator who refused to let the case go cold. On Wednesday, Sgt. Randall Amos of the Criminal...

A Columbia County teacher was fired for threatening to shoot students.

A local man who was previously given probation and a chance at drug rehabilitation after seriously injuring a Columbia County deputy in a 2023 crash is now facing prison time after being expelled from his treatment program. Garrett Devore, 26, of Augusta, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of probation violation after failing to complete...