Capt. Steve Morris with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office says David Anthony Alexander was arrested after a three-month sting that targeted 100 people statewide.

The superintendent of Saluda School District 1 has been named a finalist for 2014 South Carolina Superintendent of the year.

An outdoor ban on burning will go into effect for Richmond and Columbia counties on May 1.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in identifying a suspected iPhone thief.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help to identify two people who are believed to have shoplifted at the Target stores in Evans and Augusta.

Investigators say Robert Frazier and Craig Roberts worked together to rob the Kroger at 3128 Deans Bridge Road on April 15 and the Bi-Lo at 3457 Peach Orchard Road the next day.

Dispatch has confirmed two robberies happened at Richmond County businesses on Thursday.

New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square.

A crew that was cleaning fuel barges in Mobile Bay likely caused a spark the triggered an explosion and critically burned three workers.

Investigators say this person may have information about an indecent exposure incident involving a juvenile at the Walmart on Richland Avenue.

The Columbia County Health Department announced Thursday that a raccoon found in the area has tested positive for rabies.

Davidson Fine Arts High School has been ranked as one of the top 100 schools in the nation, according to a US News and World report.

Six people were taken into custody Wednesday after the Aiken Department of Public Safety busted a house for drugs.

The Georgia Department of Labor has released the preliminary unemployment rates for the CSRA and the metro Augusta area for the month of March.

Richmond County deputies are on the lookout for the person they say held up a convenience store Wednesday night.

When deputies pulled up to the house of where Frank Muns was living, they didn't think they would still be searching for him. The man accused of shooting his ex-wife twice got away and now neighbors are concerned he'll come back.

City leaders are working to redevelop downtown and the areas around it to attract more families and more businesses.

If you want to plan a road race in Columbia County, you could be running into a new fee. The county may start requiring a permit and fee for road races, parades and public assemblies.

Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee said twin 1-year-old girls and their brothers aged 3 and 4 were found dead in the home after the fire was put out Wednesday afternoon.

The homemade, pressure-cooker bombs used in the deadly Boston Marathon explosions were triggered by a remote detonator of the kind used in remote-control toys, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Rumors are still hurting one local family, and they're all stemming from an incident at Denmark-Olar Middle School, but News 12 is searching for answers about an alleged sex act behind school doors. Our Chad Mills talked to one parent who's considering legal action.

Shauntel Williams-Johnson and her husband have been staying at the Royal Inn in Clearwater. They both kept waking up Tuesday night because they felt like something was biting them.

The numbers for January and February don't look so good, so leaders will use a private retail consulting firm to try and bring back those sales tax dollars.

Augusta commissioners say they are well on their way of meeting goals for the city. They got together on Wednesday for a five-hour retreat at the Phinzy Swamp Conference Center.

It's time to rally the troops, so ours don't get cut. That's the message leaders around the community are trying to send so people will come out to a "Community Listening Session" at Fort Gordon.