According to Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, Earl Clark, 53, died Friday night in an accident on Mike Padgett Highway.

At least 2 people have been taken to the hospital after a 3-vehicle accident on Mike Padgett Highway that happened Wednesday night. UPDATE: One person involved in the crash has been confirmed to have died.

Investigators with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office tell WJBF News Channel 6 that a woman, who was last seen on Saturday, has been found dead in Alabama. The bodies of Jessica Lynn Murphy, 30, and her estranged husband, 37-year-old Scott Dean “Scottie” Murphy, were reportedly found at a rest stop near Evergreen, Alabama.

According to Lt. Scott Peebles, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of 30-year-old Jessica Lynn Murphy, of Tubman Street, in Augusta.

According to Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, a dump truck driver delivering asphalt to a construction site on the 4200 block of Mike Padgett Highway was killed when he was hit as he got out of the truck, early Thursday morning. The victim is identified as William Danes, of the 1000 block of Highway 36 East, in Jackson Georgia.

We have information for for those of you who use Doug Barnard Parkway to get to and from work or school…Both northbound lanes of the parkway have been closed due to a sinkhole, north of the intersection with Bobby Jones Expressway.

State and local authorities shut down two meth labs operating next door to each other in Augusta.

Authorities have arrested two women at a suspected Meth lab in South Augusta along Wylie Drive and Mike Padgett Highway. A joint investigation by the GBI, DEA, FBI and Richmond County Sheriff’s Office was prompted by an informant’s tip. Authorities are waiting for a Haz-Mat team from Atlanta to analyze the chemicals found inside the home.