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.

Lottie Kain Payne has been found guilty of the charge of two counts of child neglect in the drowning death of her two children by a jury of her peers. She has been sentenced to five years in prison and five years probation.

30 downtown business owners are forming the Downtown Business Association to rescue First Friday. They say despite First Friday losing funding, it's not dead, and the event will go on.

Dennis Hastert took responsibility for the House page scandal and stated that he's started a criminal investigation in a news conference this afternoon. Hastert does not plan to step down over the incident.

Lottie Payne's defense team got the chance to tell their side of the story in court today. For the first time, the mother accused of neglecting her children before they drowned recounted the exact minutes before their deaths.

Parents in Columbia County have got to be wondering what's going on at their kids' schools, after a bomb threat at Lakeside High School today and a threat of bloodshed at Evans High School yesterday.

Augusta business destroyed in fire; Pete Warren dies; Columbia County out of flu shots; 2 days left to apply for Christmas assistance; Lottie Payne testifies; Columbia County schools on "soft lockdown".

Augusta lawmaker Pete Warren, who represented District 122 in the Georgia State House, passed away today of complications from pneumonia.

It's time for some sex offenders to make their yearly check with the registry, but Aiken County says five haven't done it.

Gil Gilyard has lived in Augusta for 30 years, and during that time, he says he's experienced so much. Gilyard says that experience makes him a perfect choice for mayor.

Aiken Public Safety is looking for Travis Lee McKie, who they say he should be considered armed and dangerous.

A threat promising bloodshed at Evans High School has had security on high alert today. That threat kept more than 500 of Evans' 1800 students at home.

Columbia County had 403 deer collisions last year. And with the county's growth, Animal Control officials expect to set a new record this year.