Dossier
Augusta, Georgia
Coverage of Augusta, Georgia in the Nexus archive.
- A former basic income recipient used her $500 a month check to start a business. It's keeping her afloat 4 years later.
Crystal Crawford received $500 monthly through a guaranteed basic income pilot program, which she used to stabilize her finances after losing her job in 2020. Four years later, she runs her own business and holds a new job, though she still faces financial challenges like student debt.
- National Guardsman pleads guilty to fatal shooting of soldier he found in bed with his ex-girlfriend
Natravien R. Landry, a former U.S. Army National Guard soldier, pleaded guilty to shooting and killing Army soldier Andre S. Stewart Jr. after finding him in bed with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child at a Georgia military base. The incident occurred at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia, and Landry faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.