A 34-year-old man is behind bars for sexually assaulting a young child. Aiken County investigators tell us it happened over a three year span, starting when the girl was only three years old.
A woman tells deputies a man raped her while she was taking out the trash. The incident was Wednesday afternoon, June 7, at Augusta Manor Apartments. That's at 3551 Mike Padgett Highway. Only on 12, the victim tells her story.
The Build-A-Bear Workshop opened in Augusta Mall June 9. Some children got in a little early. Before Friday's grand opening, about two dozen Girl Scouts built bears for children at the Ronald McDonald House.
Aiken Public Safety officers are investigating after a man was found dead in Citizens' Park at Pine Log Road and Banks Mill Road in Aiken. They do not suspect foul play at this time.
After nearly a four hour meeting Thursday night, there was a major shake-up in the Richmond County Board of Education. The school board's director of public information Mechelle Jordan has offered her resignation and her department is being abolished.
30-year old Dr. Maurice Wallace, a teacher at Sego Middle School, was arrested June 7 on a grand jury arrest warrant. Some students say Wallace encouraged bigger kids to physically abuse others in a school closet.
After years of dipping into the reserve fund, the city of Augusta is looking at making some serious cuts in services. Mayor Copenhaver is tying together a committee to solve the deficit dilemma.
Hot and dry conditions helped a few brush fires burn Thursday afternoon. A fire off Old Ridge Road in Aiken County had crews busy for a while. About the same time, the Silver Bluff Fire Department also responded to a brush fire.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office reports they arrested Andrew Williams, who owns Dale's Convenience Store, after they found four video poker machines. They also seized $900 in cash.
Georgia test scores show hundreds of local students are not ready to move on to the next grade level. Hundreds of students are taking summer school classes to try and pass the CRCT next month.
Thursday, June 8, Governor Mark Sanford signed Jessie's Law. The law is named after Jessica Marie Lunsford. She was the young girl murdered in Florida by registered sex offender John Couey.
A former Richmond County middle school teacher accused of allowing older students to beat younger ones is in jail. Maurice Wallace was arrested Tuesday.
There is a new member of the Richmond County Board of Elections. News 12 has learned L. C. Myles will finish Adna Stein's unexpired term, which ends March 31, 2009.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who directed a campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been taken out by the US military during an air strike north of Baghdad.
Some Richmond County parents want to see change. Questions were fired at school board members Wednesday night, June 7. It was standing room only in South Augusta, with nearly 100 parents at a community forum.
Steven Felker of Avondale Mills tells News 12 the company has agreed to sell the Townsend plant in Graniteville. He says that will save up to 250 jobs.
A five-car accident brought traffic to a standstill on Boy Scout Road around 7:00 Wednesday evening, June 7. Drivers had to find detours for more than 45 minutes after deputies shut down the area to clear away the wreckage.
Seven independent taxi companies have filed suit against Augusta's largest cab company, Radio Cab, and the city of Augusta. They want damages for what they call a 20-year monopoly at the airport.
Teenagers are turning to prescription drugs to get high. News 12's Meredith Taylor looks into the dangers of this behavior and talks to a local teenager about what's really going on.
One of the women involved in the deadly wreck in Columbia County Sunday has been released from the hospital and is behind bars. Nebula McNeely is an alias for Denise Yvonne McNeely.
Demetrius Roosevelt Woods was arrested and charged with murder after a shooting on Maple Street. News 12 has learned Woods is the nephew of the victim.
A fire investigation is underway after the destruction of an Augusta house. It's the same house that was involved in a police standoff earlier this week. The fire department tells News 12 it is still under investigation, but that no one was home and the fire started in a middle bedroom.
The number of military personnel affected by stolen computer files keeps growing. The Veterans Administration originally said only 50,000 active duty and national guard members had their personal data stolen.
City leaders in Augusta are looking everywhere to find the money they need to pay for salaries and services. Tuesday, Augusta commissioners talked about some big changes to make up for their nearly $5 million deficit.
This is the first year eighth graders are required to pass the criterion-referenced competency tests, or CRCT. Scores released this week by the Georgia Department of Education show 23 percent of eighth graders failed the math test and 11 percent failed reading.
