Greg Rickabaugh

A body was discovered Thursday afternoon in a wooded area near the 1200 block of Interstate Parkway in Augusta, with the death being labeled "suspicious."

Deontray Denzell Donovan, 20, was arrested in connection with the July 5, 2024, murder of 16-year-old Sadiq Antonio Brown in Augusta, and is one of three individuals charged in the case, with another suspect still at large.

Former high school quarterback Remedee Jennings-Leaphart, 21, was fatally shot in Aiken County and died after a desperate effort by his family to get him medical help.

An Augusta man was fatally shot inside his home early Saturday, marking the county's fourth homicide of the year, while a second victim was injured and taken to the hospital.

A 17-year-old Augusta teen, Davion Pinkston, has been charged with stabbing his mother after an argument over meal preparation, with his younger sister witnessing the incident.

Duane Rutledge, 65, of Augusta, was killed in a hit-and-run Sunday night while riding a moped near the intersection of 13th Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, with authorities searching for a vehicle involved in the incident.

Ja'Vyion Dae'Quan Johnson, 19, was arrested Tuesday as the getaway driver in the shooting that killed Devonta Lamar McCloud and injured Omar Andrews on Higdon Street in Augusta.

Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the body of a man in a homeless camp near Greene Street in Augusta, where he had been dead for days.

Lincoln County Commissioner Cooper Cliatt was arrested Tuesday on two counts of child molestation after a GBI investigation and grand jury indictments.

Jaden Polite, a suspect in the July 2024 murder of Argie Jones, was arrested after a standoff in Moultrie, Georgia, following a coordinated effort by the U.S. Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.