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First Citizen's Police Academy class graduates

...the Richmond County Sheriff's Office Citizen's Police Academy."It was an eye opener...and for our city officials and for our citizens."Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver, the...graduates will go on to serve on the first Citizen's Advisory Board. The board will meet...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-21/first-citizens-police-
Best & Brightest finalist: Emily Behren Bass, Lincoln County High School

...for Younger Georgia Authors writing competition, News Channel 6 Scholar Athlete, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens award, UGA Certificate of Merit Scholar, women's soccer team captain and moreCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Internship at Rep...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-23/best-brightest-finalist-e
Robert Mobley

...John, died from cancer. He considered his gift as a payback to the community that he loved. He was quoted in The True Citizen as saying People may not feel as strongly as I do, but it's my belief we need a good education, a good foundation for our...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000164921803
Bill Kirby | The Augusta Chronicle

...famous ... Saturday, May 4, 2013 I would like to thank Augusta Cares and all the other public employees and private citizens involved in getting an unsightly trash pile on Mount Auburn Street cleaned up. Monday, April 29, 2013 For the most part...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/authors/bill-kirby
Twelve Years a Slave

Opens Friday, Dec 27, 2013 Synopsis: Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, the New York State citizen who was kidnapped and made to work on a plantation in New Orleans in the 1800s. Steve McQueen (Hunger) directs from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based in part by Northup's memoir. Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, and Paul Giamatti co-star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Paulson Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Bring our troops home

...understand President Obama's plan is to have all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014. As a lifelong U.S. citizen for more than 54 years, I would like to say the following about these two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how they relate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-05-19/bring-our-troops-home
There is no Chechen terrorist threat to the United States -- yet

...be useful to explain a few aspects concerning a possible Chechen threat to the United States.If you are a typical American citizen, you probably have never heard of the republic of Chechnya until the early morning of April 19, when it was first reported...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-05-19/there-no-chechen
GOP US Senate candidates denounce immigration bill

...States."When you come to America as a visitor and if you have a child, that child should not automatically be an American citizen," Kingston said. "We are one of the few nations left that still have that relic on the books. It was needed at one time...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/gop-us-senate-candidates-deno
Rants & Raves

...police presence? See what the actual problems are that we, the citizens who go downtown, face. Oh, wait a minute, they're too...free benefits to people who are here illegally and are not citizens, and someone who has lived here and worked here for a lifetime...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/rants-raves
Michaux: Is outdated James Brown Arena really worth the trouble?

...33-year-old facility in million dollar increments, or does it want to build a modern new multi-purpose arena that can serve its citizens for decades to come?This is what needs to be discussed as a community, just as you would with your own family.Consider...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/scott-michaux/2013-05-18/michaux-outdated-ja