Ronda Bryce is the Artist of the Month for the North Augusta Artists Guild. She is originally from Tennessee, but has lived in this area for the last 40 years. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree…

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, Woody and Buzz Lightyear, even Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber, all prove true what many of us believe: we need and want friends.

Aaron Hensley has been presented with the prestigious Diamond award as well as Entrepreneur of the Year at the Premier Martial Arts International Symposium 2020. These awards of excellence are…

Tackles, blocking, helmets and pads are now part of the mix in high schools around the state, with a loosening of some regulations relating to COVID-19, and football programs taking another st…

Amy Hane, a more than 25 year resident of the CSRA and member of the North Augusta and Aiken Chamber of Commerce, has been awarded the “Voice of Public Health Award” by the South Carolina Publ…

Several months of creativity and flexibility came to fruition Tuesday morning at Fox Creek High School, with the 2020-21 academic year's first day of classes.

Spencer and Loretta Williams of Lyman, S.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Clare Williams of Charlotte N.C., to Trevor Wilson Hutto of Charlotte, N.C., a son of Cary and Sher…

Lions Field provided a setting for dozens of volleyball players from around Georgia and the Carolinas over the weekend, as the host site of a two-on-two tournament drawing teens and adults alike.

Grace United Methodist Church held its annual scholarship celebration Aug. 1, led by 2020's senior graduating students when weekly worship services resumed. The congregation is blessed with sc…

The 2020-21 academic year's starting day at Fox Creek High School is now set for Aug. 24 in the wake of a decision in a called meeting of the charter school's board of directors.

“What we want to do is not nearly as important as what we want to be.” — Charles R. Swindoll

Face masks were still a part of the required wardrobe, but footballs were actually a part of the landscape Monday morning in North Augusta High School's football facilities, with a slight loos…

The Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund Inc. announced the winners of its annual scholarship program on Tuesday, June 30. The Hampton Fund, a private 501(c)(3) organization, annually awards s…

One of North Augusta's most prominent civil servants from a couple generations ago is being remembered this month, in connection with a legacy of municipal management around South Carolina and…

Dozens of Grace United Methodist Church's members are involved in mission trips from year to year, but the coronavirus has put the brakes on a variety of service projects this year.

The basic concepts of "bump, set and spike" remain in place for volleyball players, but the steps for putting them into practice are considerably different these days, in light of the coronavirus.

“What we want to do is not nearly as important as what we want to be.” — Charles R. Swindoll

Fox Creek High School's board of directors, in a meeting July 20, approved Aug. 17 as the first day of the 2020-21 school year, giving unanimous approval to a plan that was designed by a commi…

The Greeneway, one of North Augusta's most popular attractions, has seen a huge leap in usage over the past few months, according to data from the North Augusta Department of Parks, Recreation…

Guidelines and requirements relating to the coronavirus have flattened much of the sports world, but youth baseball is still part of the weekly scenery at Riverview Park, although with fewer t…

“The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.” — Joyce Meyer

Local resident Bill Harper, known to some for years for production work and writing for The Star, has written a book focusing on a Hollywood star from his earliest childhood.

Terdell Mealing has joined the staff of G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary and will serve as manager for the Aiken and Edgefield locations.

Lions Field has been largely out of action for the past three months, due to coronavirus-related restrictions, but it came out of hibernation Saturday and Sunday, playing host to a grass volle…

Tevin Middleton, from North Augusta, was awarded the 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student in School Counseling honor at Augusta University.

Four employees at Aiken Regional Medical Centers have tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital confirmed Tuesday.

Georgia Avenue in North Augusta was quiet at 5 p.m., with just under a mile of the street closed down and lined with police officers. Then chanting of protestors broke that silence – “take it …

Riverview Park's splash pad is out of service for a few days, due to a malfunction that occurred in the water feed line during the Thursday-Friday overnight hours.