AIDS is a growing epidemic, and the problem is getting worse in Augusta. The city ranks third highest in the state in number of AIDS cases. Mayor Deke Copenhaver says it's a problem we can't ignore.
A small airplane has crashed into a high-rise residential building in Manhattan. There are reports of at least four fatalities. New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle was piloting the aircraft.
It's the Red Cross to the rescue after a fire destroys eight homes. The blaze started just before 3 o'clock this morning at Charlestown South Apartments in south Augusta.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department has arrested a student accused of phoning in two bomb threats at Jackson Middle School, one threat today and one yesterday.
A high school student is behind bars after being found with a weapon at Cross Creek High School. Another student told faculty that 18-year-old Joshua Hymas had a knife.
A mother and child have died in an accident on Highway 56 near International Paper in Augusta. It happened around 1:15 this afternoon.
No matter where we turn, ads are already everywhere, whether we're riding down the road, watching TV, or even flipping through a magazine. And now our children's school buses might be for sale.
Augusta apartment fire; man shot to death in drug deal gone bad; former councilman in court; Merry, Few back to court; SPLOST projects status; Richmond County school safety measures.
In Aiken, they're making the message loud and clear: crime will not be tolerated. Aiken Public Safety is teaming up with the sheriff's office to step up patrols in what they say are problem areas.
Money from the first four phases of Augusta's sales tax has paid for new parks, roads, and fire stations. But millions collected from the penny sales tax has not been spent, and many projects have not even been started.
The Board of Elections office says more than 500 voters have registered to vote over the past month. Some of the most heated races are bringing people out to register to vote.
Deputies say a drug deal turned deadly in Allendale last night. Now two men are behind bars: William Rouse on drug charges, and Bud Roley suspected of the murder of Anthony Parker.
South Carolina's senators are weighing in on the nuclear testing being carried out by North Korea.
Ronnie Few, Steve Kendrick, Deke Copenhaver, and Gil Gilyard were out at Savannah River College last night. We asked them to tell us why they should be the next mayor of Augusta.
Bud Rolie will be charged in connection to the shooting death of Anthony Parker. Police say William Rouse, accompanied by Parker, attempted to sell deodorant shavings to Rolie, claiming the shavings were crack cocaine.
Allendale man shot and killed; driver flees SC Highway Patrol; armed robber terrifies south Augusta clerk; fire damages North Augusta home; Commissioners tackle Augusta's dilapidated buildings; last day to register to vote in Georgia.
Overgrown lots and dilapidated buildings are a common sight in parts of downtown Augusta, but they're more than just an eyesore--they're a hotspot for crime.
Aiken County deputies are trying to figure who is behind today's threat at Silver Bluff High School that kept students locked in and worried parents locked out.
Think air pollution, you probably think cities like New York, LA, Atlanta. But it's happening right here in Augusta, and affecting everyone around us. In fact, there's a meeting about our pollution in about a month.
A day after an armed robber terrorized a 20-year-old clerk and steals money orders and cash from an Augusta liquor store, News 12 sits down with the young victim.
Class is now back underway at Silver Bluff High School, but all morning roads were blocked to and from the school, deputies were everywhere, and the kids were outside.
A man robbed A's Package Store on Gordon Highway at 12:30 this afternoon, ripping the money order machine right out of the wall and taking money from the register.
A wife and mother in Denmark, South Carolina has been shot and killed...and authorities say she was shot by her husband.
Nearly $75,000 may go to the new First Friday organizers, but that's not a done deal. The DDA and Main Street Augusta are meeting with Augusta commissioners this week.
26-year old Zaragoza Rueda says a man and woman attacked him when he pulled into his driveway outside his mobile home near Gordon Highway.
