...interested in complementary tickets can e-mail Preston Sparks, Augusta Prep communications director (and former News-Times news editor) with the number of tickets needed and their address. The tickets will be held by the name at Augusta Prep's...

...handlers hustled him off to a back room of the hall where his victory party was held. News reporters, including The News-Times News Editor Steven Uhles, asked repeatedly for comments from Anderson ? an entirely routine request ? and finally were...

...nine years ago as an extension of The Augusta Chronicle portfolio of community newspapers. Former Columbia County News-Times news editor Jason Smith started the publication for Morris Communications. Although popular for its community coverage...

...County's team swept both games. How? Here's what happened: Before the event started, the park's owners gave News-Times News Editor Donnie Fetter a tour of the facility. One of the things they showed him was the "home base" units for each...

...comment by Mike Keene, a traffic engineer with Georgia's Department of Transportation. See, Keene was asked by News-Times News Editor Donnie Fetter about all those new traffic signals surrounding The Home Depot in Evans. Keene says those traffic...

Among the many changes coming to Columbia County in the new year are changes to the county's newspaper of record.

...intersection because she was being chased by deputies in violation of the sheriff's office pursuit policy. The News-Times news staff tried to clear up the confusion, but met with only limited success in gaining access to records in the case...

...political clout in my opinion. There's no question we have," former Columbia County commissioner Frank Spears told News-Times news editor Preston Sparks. While there's truth to Spears' views, echoed by other political leaders, here's a...

...don't forget the victims of these heinous crimes, nor do we forget their families," Capt. Steve Morris told News-Times News Editor Preston Sparks, who had also featured the unsolved murder in a story seven years ago. "We will continue...

...area celebrities waiting tables. "We have (County Commission Chairman) Ron Cross, and (former Columbia County News-Times news editor and current editor of The McDuffie Mirror) Jason Smith scheduled for the evening shift," Greenwell said...