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.

Lottie Payne to jail; shooting at Smile gas; man suspected in estranged wife's murder; Subway restaurant robbery; package store armed robbery.

In the small community of Warrenton, there are still questions about how a two- and three-year-old got out of the house, down the road, and through the woods to the pond where they drowned.

More than 100 students left Silver Bluff High School today under increased security. This time it wasn't even a written threat that caused problems.

Laney Wildcats fans will roar into a brand new stadium next Friday. It's been 40 years and now finally the Wildcats have a place to call their own.

It's the end of an era...at least for Augusta's Downtown Development Authority. Tonight will be the last First Friday they finance. But that doesn't mean the fun has to end.

News 12 has learned another local high school is dealing with a threat. This time the threat was made at Harlem High School. The message was written on a boys' restroom stall.

Silver Bluff High School was under lockdown Friday, and extra officers were at the school to provide extra safety. Students arrived that morning to a threat written on the sidewalk...

Lottie Payne was in tears upon learning she was going to jail. An emotional week in court has wrapped up with Payne still convinced she didn't do anything wrong.

Parents are wondering: just how do the inner workings of a high school change after its safety is threatened? The key word - at least at Lakeside - is escorts.

Payne guilty; last city-funded First Friday; fire investigation continues; Cancer Survivors Day; extra safety measures at Lakeside High.

After obtaining some alarming information, officials at the school contacted the sheriff's department, who searched the school with the K-9 team and then locked the building.

Businessman Steven Kendrick is another candidate with no political experience, but he says that's not what most voters are looking for.

Five buildings at one business were hit by an overnight fire. Mag Wheel Connection was destroyed by the blaze overnight. The tire and rim shop is on Barton Chapel Road, right off Gordon Highway.