North Augusta Today

Shani Jones, 4, has a curable form of leukemia but it will take a lot of blood to cure her. Emily Zimmerman, 16, of Aiken, has recurring brain tumors that have left her permanently blind. Both girls will benefit from a Fall Festival that will be held at The Hippodrome this weekend.

Mossy Creek Elementary School is looking for a few good men to adopt some turtles. The school started a mentoring program this year intended to pair male community members with at-risk boys in the third, fourth and fifth grades.

Some families may have a hard time this year putting presents under the tree because of the sluggish economy. A few organizations are willing to help make Christmas a little brighter for those families.

Despite RiverNorth residents attempt to delay a second reading of the Gardner's Landing development, the ordinance passed 5-2 at city council Monday. In opposition of the ordinance were councilman Ken McDowell and councilwoman Carolyn Baggott.

The North Augusta High School football team isn't the only team to have a good season this year.

If Fifi rules the roost and likes to wear pretty dresses, Marcia Perron might have the perfect collar to complete the ensemble.

Billy Arrington is the poet laureate for Sweetwater Baptist Church in North Augusta.

Christmas isn't a gift-filled occasion for children all around the world, but local churches are putting together boxes filled with goodies to bring cheer to children that otherwise wouldn't receive a gift.

At home, New York Times best-selling author Michael Buckley says he's the guy who changes a 2-year-old's diapers and can't load the dishwasher. But at Hammond Hill Elementary School, he's a celebrity.

New school. New traditions. Fifteen Fox Creek-area students showed off their talents Thursday at the first Fox Creek Idol.

Upcoming prep sports events in the North Augusta area.

North Augusta heads to the Low Country on Friday night to face Goose Creek, a competitor that's evenly matched to the Yellow Jackets' talents.

An in-shop tasting will take place at Wine World on Georgia Avenue on Thursday.

Rusty Marsh already has his Thanksgiving plans set. His family, including wife, Ann, and children Chris, 21, and Margaret, 16, will work alongside almost 50 volunteers as they serve 90 turkeys to those in need at the Augusta Rescue Mission.