...The Labor Day holiday crackdown began at 7 p.m. Friday and ended at midnight Monday, but the DUIs and serious traffic offenses continued well into Tuesday. Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...investigators said. They refused to say whether they recovered any of the money taken in the robbery. "We're still investigating the case," Capt. Randy Mosely said. Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...office. "We just want our customers to get those back to us, so we don't have to spend millions of dollars to buy things that are already out there," he said. Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...Walker says he does not want a new election, although his suit calls for one. A similar lawsuit has been filed by the same law firm in Cairo's Senate District 11. Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...you put it on a slab because ground is going to get soft and settle. I don't care what you put under it. That's the reason your slab is the best way to go." Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...life when he was growing up near Bettis Academy, he said. Today, he describes himself as a "pretty good gardener." "A pretty good gardener," he repeated. Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...and working in the yard is therapy. I really enjoy it. It makes time go. And I get the satisfaction of stepping back and looking at all I've done as well." Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...Washington said she can hardly believe how fast the past 24 years have passed. "It has gone by," she said. "I just can't imagine it's been that long." Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...hopeful it could be done today. "Until documents are signed, a deal is not done," he said. "Anyway, we did get the signs worked out, so that's done." Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.

...Haltermann said Thursday. "They want us to go someplace else." Mr. Haltermann said the market has been a great success but is being "dismantled piece by piece." Reach Sylvia Cooper at (706) 823-3228 or sylviaco@augustachronicle.com.