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Through much of the 1800s, Augustans watched horses race just south of downtown.

The Vidalia Onion Committee says you can now officially eat this year’s delicious crop. Heres where to get these sweet onions grown only in Georgia.

The development of skilled automotive staff will be a bonus for the local Laney Walker neighborhood that’s been at the center of a transformation.

Whats happening in area local governments this week? A $100,000 campaign contribution, SPLOST overages and a new map.

1 of 4 JAMES BEATY | Staff photoHunter Fry plays "Taps" on his trumpet on Memorial Day at the Veterans Memorial in Hartshornes Elmwood Park as part of the "Taps Across America" project to honor the nations fallen military service members. JAMES BEATY | Staff photoDoug Jennings, left, provides some musical accompaniment, while American Legion Post 180 Chaplin Dan Denny, right, sings a patriotic song during Memorial Day ceremonies at Hartshornes Elmwood Cemetery. JAMES BEA...

Rare historic footage discovered in home movies February 17, 2021 UGA Libraries preserves film of Augusta’s African American community Even in black and white with no audio, a home movie of families gathering and men playing trombones and marching to the beat of bass drums through the streets of Augusta, Georgia, presents a vivid picture of a community often underrepresented in archival and historical materials. Discovered in a decades-old film can, the home movie, which features a convention...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Pictured L-R: Caitlin Brandle, research assistant, Dr. Gang Zhou, Timothy Kim, undergraduate student, Nada S. Aboelella, PhD, graduate student, Dr. Zhi-Chun Ding, assistant professor view more  Credit: Kim Ratliff, AU photographer Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patients blood and subjected to genetic engineering to p...

Study shows how STAT5 optimizes function of CD4+ T cells to drive antitumor immunity Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patients blood and subjected to genetic engineering to produce T cells carrying a synthetic molecule termed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that is designed to enable T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells. Then these ge...