'Tis the season traffic is moving at a snail's pace...especially around shopping centers. Police have been working to relieve congestion ever since Thanksgiving, and that will continue to be the goal until the day after Christmas.
Homicide cases are up this year. There have been 19 of them, with just two weeks to go in 2006. Last year, 15 homicides were reported in Augusta. But this year, only two are unsolved. That's an arrest in 85 percent of cases.
2 die in mobile home fire; fire at Aiken plant; man wanted in downtown shooting; sexual predator wanted; 2 teenagers killed in clay pit; stolen car found in pond; car filled with Christmas presents stolen.
Deputies are looking for 28-year-old Cornelius Wright, wanted for murder. Investigators believe Wright shot 22-year-old Mitchieano Carmichael at a mom and pop store in the 2000 block of Broad Street.
Bad driving becomes more common during the holidays, leading to hundreds of deaths in Georgia and South Carolina every December. News 12's Stephanie Baker shows us how law enforcement plans to crack down.
When it comes to AVM, your life can change in the blink of an eye...and it's very scary for those who don't see it coming. Les Paul Morgan of North Augusta is a survivor.
Accident leaves one dead; Skinner Mill BP robbed; 20 Evans High students arrested; man wanted for assault, drug possession; mayor's former campaign manager cleared; no land for drag strip; Christmas traffic crackdown.
20 students have been arrested after a fight at Wally's in Evans. The store's parking lot is a big after school hangout for Evans High students...but after a fight this week, the store and the sheriff's office are taking action.
Linda Schrenko's sitting in a jail cell, serving an eight-year sentence for her part in a fraud scheme that stole from Georgia schoolchildren. But there's another part of her legacy: the reading program she funded in Richmond County in 2001.
The Centers for Disease Control says they traditionally see more stomach viruses during the winter months. When you hear norovirus you think cruise ship...but health experts say the majority of it is found on land.
About a dozen people were arguing on Fairfield Street in Aiken when things got heated. A fight broke out in the middle of the road, and that's when the teen pulled the trigger.
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed about seven miles south of Millen, Georgia at 9:45 this morning. 22 cars went off the track. Fortunately, there were no injuries and no hazardous materials.
Richmond County is celebrating its one-year anniversary of H.E.A.T., a traffic enforcement program that's put three extra patrol cars out on the roads to catch speeders and drunk drivers.
Woman dies in Warren County mobile home fire; Augusta pedestrian hit by SUV; Aiken Marine dies during second tour in Iraq; murder victim, suspect knew each other; narcotics investigator resigns; drag strip sponsor backs out.
Marine corporal Matthew Dillon died doing what he loved, serving his country. He was a hero even to those who served before him, and in the eyes of one of the men who mattered the most: his father.
City leaders tell News 12 they had no idea that continued controversy would lead the group that brought the drag strip idea to Augusta, the International Hot Rod Association, to back out.
You may have noticed some parts of the Augusta Canal are bone dry, and that's affecting boat tours in the area. The portion of the Augusta Canal near Enterprise Mill is off limits for maintenance.
Tips from the community led investigators to a murder suspect. They believe 21-year old Seth Rouzan shot and killed Augusta city worker Jeffrey Labord early Tuesday.
An Aiken native was among four marines who died in Iraq this week after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. 25-year-old Cpl. Matthew Dillon was serving his second tour in Iraq.
21-year-old Seth Joseph Rouzan has been arrested for the murder of Jeffrey Labord on December 12. Labord was found by a paper carrier around 5 o'clock Tuesday morning. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Every school system in South Carolina will have a new bullying policy by the first of the year, and tonight the Aiken County school board approved their version of the policy unanimously.
Man arrested in Doublegate Court murder; shooting at Hill liquor store; Aiken cash advance business robbed; Aiken County school board passes bullying policy; Augusta fills EEO director position; more.
Tonight parents will sit down with the Aiken County Board of Education to talk about bullies. The board is going to pass a new bullying policy. But one school already has a successful program to fight the teasing, even violence.
Diana Darris is now responsible for making sure there's diversity in Augusta's government, and she'll make sure employee complaints are heard. Today was only her second day on the job, and she already has lots to catch up on.
There's a new look and feel in downtown Augusta. The Downtown Development Authority unveiled a new logo today. The new design includes the words "Downtown Augusta" and "In Full Swing".
