Tuesday June 10th, 2025 8:46PM

Bomb squad defuses a Bible

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AUGUSTA - Authorities say a Bible was the suspicious package that was found at an Interstate 20 Welcome Center Wednesday near Augusta. <br> <br> Offiicals say a visitor saw the package on a table at the rest stop. Rest stop employees contacted authorities. The center was closed down for an hour. <br> <br> Richmond County sheriff&#39;s sergeant John Gray says that authorities had to treat the unknown package as if it were explosives. <br> <br> They sprayed the brown-wrapped package with a water cannon that&#39;s used to immobilize a bomb. <br> <br> Authorities say the package apparently was left for someone curious to find. A note inside said that since the person opening it took a chance to open it, they should take a chance on God.
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