A 21-year-old McRae man was arrested after trying to buy drinks with a checkbook he found at a bar. Unfortunately for Jody Brian Minor, the checkbook's owner was the bartender serving him.
It's one of Augusta's most popular spots for visitors--but is the Riverwalk becoming a dangerous place for anybody to walk around? How can you avoid becoming a victim?
A local plant could have a new owner soon. Avondale Mills has found some prospective buyers for its Woodhead plant in Graniteville.
Three people are in custody, and a child is going into foster care after Aiken County deputies found the makings of a meth lab at a home. It happened at 57 Forrest Drive in Beech Island.
It's a debate that's been brewing in the Foxhall subdivision for months. Developers already own the west Augusta property near Davis Road, but the commission has gone back and forth over the zoning.
About 40 groups are trying to help over 1000 textile workers who will soon lose their jobs at Avondale Mills in Graniteville. The employees will lose more than their jobs...
A new Georgia law goes into effect July 1. Two local sex offenders are among several people who are suing the state in federal court. These sex offenders say the law will leave them homeless.
The graduation rates for our nation's high schools are in---and Georgia and South Carolina failed to make the grade. It's bad news for educators, parents, and students in both Georgia and South Carolina.
Police are searching for the people who broke into a BP gas station on Gordon Highway early Tuesday morning. Police responded to an alarm around 3:30 a.m., June 20, and found packs of beer lying on the ground outside the business.
New school buses will be available in South Carolina as students return to classes this fall. This is the state's first major bus purchase in ten years.
The US Army Corps of Engineers is being sued by the state of Georgia. The state is accusing the Corps of draining too much water from Lake Lanier and other lakes on the Chattahoochee River.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a wreck in Aiken County. It happened around 10 o'clock the night of June 19, when a van and car crashed on Vaucluse Road and Highway 191, about five miles west of Aiken.
29-year-old Ibea Outley and 24-year-old Christopher Wimberly drowned Saturday afternoon, June 17, while fishing at Lake Thurmond. News 12 spoke with the men who were with them when it happened to find out just went wrong.
More and more people are leaving the city life for the suburbs, and Augusta is feeling the strain, with a smaller tax base and no sign of a turnaround. Why the exodus? And what does it mean?
Only on 12...a widower plans to sue after losing his family in a car crash. John Branton's wife Patricia and his stepson Lonnie Turner lost their lives, along with Turner's unborn son.
More than 430 military reservists based at Fort Gordon are heading to Iraq at the end of the week. This is the first ever deployment for the 324th Signal Battalion in its nearly 20-year existence.
People in Graniteville will get another $450,000 for health and environmental concerns after last year's deadly train wreck. The money will go toward health screenings for people impacted by the crash.
Two men are dead after an accident at Lake Thurmond Saturday, June 17. Could the tragedy have been avoided? What began as a fishing trip at Lake Thurmond ended with two men drowned, and those left behind trying to figure out what happened and why.
Training soldiers in real life scenarios is especially important now as we face an ongoing war in Iraq. Saturday, June 17, more than a thousand soldiers in the Army Reserves and the Air Force came to Fort Gordon to train in their annual Golden Medic program.
Three men were shot outside Gunther's Lounge June 10. They survived, but it's not the first time gunshots have echoed through that parking lot...and customers fear it won't be the last.
Richmond County deputies have another suspect in custody in connection with a February home invasion. Kevin Holly has been charged with burglary. Thursday night, June 15, William Page V was taken into custody and also charged with burglary.
Aiken County sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for the person or people who robbed a gas station in Beech Island. It happened at Todd's Food Store, 1181 Sand Bar Ferry Road, Beech Island at around 3:45 p.m.
News 12 has received multiple calls this week from residents at The Bon Air apartments who claim some of their new neighbors are responsible for an increase in crime where they live. "It's terrible in here now," says resident Joyce Boeman.
A New Ellenton church protested a nearby sports bar, and for a short time, the bar lost its license to sell alcohol. The fight went all the way to the state capitol.
It's a tragedy parents can often prevent...but many just don't realize how serious the dangers are. Leaving your kid in the car even for just a few minutes can be life threatening.
