One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.
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Augusta PressSep 3Booking record
An Augusta mother was arrested after authorities found her six children living in a home without toilets or running water and filled with human waste, rotten food, maggots, and trash.

Augusta PressSep 3
Dear Editor, We are fast approaching the 25th anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attack America has ever suffered—at the hands of Islamic jihadists. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the breaking news. I remember how my heart broke for the nearly 3,000 innoc…

Augusta PressAug 27
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has recently completed the addition of a new section of its detention center. Ground broke last May on the new section of the jail, a SPLOST-funded project costing more than $4.2 million, the second phase of an expansion that began 15…

Augusta PressAug 27
Her life sentence for the 2014 death of her 2-year-old son in Augusta was thrown out, and she could be released after resentencing.

Augusta PressAug 26
Columbia County officials advanced millions of dollars in road, water and equipment projects Tuesday, including an agreement that would add about $9.2 million in available construction funding for the Hereford Farm Road widening project. The items were considered during meetings…

Augusta PressAug 26Booking record
A suspect was detained after reported gunfire at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Augusta PressAug 21Booking record
Four men were transported to state prison in connection with the killing of John Thomas Belote in Aiken County.

Augusta PressAug 21Booking record
Two more suspects were indicted in a human trafficking investigation involving a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing and later recovered by law enforcement.
Augusta PressAug 22Booking record
A daycare teacher was arrested after a 4-month-old boy suffered internal injuries at an Evans preschool.
Four people were killed in a Burke County shooting spree that investigators said was sparked by a physical altercation two days earlier.
Augusta PressAug 14Booking record
A suspended Burke County sheriff was arrested on four felony charges from a state grand jury indictment.