A 57 year-old farm worker was killed Thursday afternoon, March 8, when he apparently fell from the tractor he was driving and was run over by a mower.  Thomas Bates was mowing grass in a pecan orchard just off Highway 56 south of Waynesboro. More...

The Burke County Emergency Management Agency responded to 95 patients' calls the week of March 5-11. Sixty eight of the patients were transported -- 36 to Augusta hospitals. More...