ATHENS, Ga. -- Athens-Clarke police continued Tuesday to look for a man who may have posed as a taxi driver when he kidnapped and raped a University of Georgia student Saturday night.

Brig. Gen. Jennifer L. Napper will step down as the commander of Fort Gordons 7th Signal Command this morning in a ceremony on Barton Field.

Deputies were called to the Augusta Canal early this morning after a womans vehicle was found in the water.

The Richmond County school board approved hiring three district employees to administer federal School Improvement Grants in three high schools.

Donald Stevens left behind a three-year military career in the deserts of Baghdad in 2008, but problems from the battlefield followed him home.

Richmond County Sheriff's Deputy Walter Garrison remains on administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation into the Monday shooting death of Kevin Brayano Pao, a 22-year-old Rockville, Md., man.

AIKEN --- Keeping the Boyd Pond Park observatory operational began as an experiment of good faith that has been repaid to creator David Boyd in friendship and service for more than 13 years.

Franklin Wright, accused of brutally suffocating then burning the bodies of two women Aug. 11 in South Carolina, will have his first court hearing in Richmond County in the next few days and could face Georgia charges of aggravated assault, kidnapping and robbery before being extradited.

Jorge Jiminez, the president of ZEL engineering, said a hole in the dam that was present when repairs were made in 2005 has not changed since then but that it will be repaired.

The operations office at South Carolina's former nuclear weapons site is getting a new manager. The U.S. Department of Energy says Dave Moody is taking over

Authorities have charged three in connection with the kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl who showed up at Polk Medical Center last week.

Staff from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say there are no major environmental problems that would prevent building two nuclear reactors in eastern Georgia.

MCG president Dr. Ricardo Azziz wants to rename the university and close off at least one major street.

Dozens packed the Augusta commission meeting Tuesday. They were demanding the city approve a new neighborhood special task force. They fear crime is taking over local communities.

It is the highest peacetime honor for a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army and only a few enlisted soldiers ever receive the award. The latest Sergeant Audie Murphy Award winner at Fort Gordon is a trailblazer for many reasons, among them - being selected as the first Army Reserve Soldier to get the award there.

Fire officials say a cigarette most likely started a grass fire at Augusta Tech tonight.

Columbia County residents seeking health department services in Harlem and Grovetown will soon have to travel farther to get them.

Graves Mountain, a former mine known for its rare - and sometimes valuable - minerals, will be open to the public Oct. 1-3 for the semiannual Rock, Swap & Dig event, in which visitors can chisel away at rock outcrops in search of minerals .

A veteran U.S. Energy Department administrator with experience at Rocky Flats and Los Alamos was named Tuesday as manager of Savannah River Site's Operations Office.

Franklin Wright told officers he's been hiding out in the woods for several days. For almost a week people have been locking themselves inside, wondering where Franklin Wright was hiding. People in Hephzibah say they're glad things can now go back to normal.