You'll soon see higher water in the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam. Starting Friday, the Corps of Engineers is increasing water release to help fish migration.
Here’s some good news for Georgia’s teachers and state troopers. They may be getting their first significant raise in at least a decade.
Streets have reopened after the Richmond County bomb squad detonated a suspicious package. Traffic was backed up downtown for close to three hours Wednesday afternoon as Greene Street was blocked off at the corner of Monument Street.
Just two days after a man loses his life in a brush fire, another fire threatens lives on Moontown Road in Columbia County. News 12's Kate Tillotson is on your side with how victims there are coping.
Every 20 minutes in the state of Georgia, someone's diagnosed with cancer. In South Carolina it's one every 30 minutes. And in Georgia, every 40 minutes, someone dies of cancer. It’s one every hour in South Carolina. That's the reason for the new Cancer Research Center at MCG.
The call came in early in the morning...the shed outside John Blaylock's home on 4129 Bath Edie was on fire. "I said to myself, ‘There ain’t nobody knocking at the door at this hour’...and they knocked so loud it shook my bed," Blaylock says.
Investigators say Robert Rickerson tried to kick in the door of a home on Dorian Drive. But the homeowner grabbed his gun and fired at the door several times.
Bars and churches. Can they co-exist downtown? News 12's Meredith Taylor shows you why the Downtown Advisory Panel wants to make a change in that direction.
Former Josey High School boy's basketball coach Sam Lilly was sentenced today after pleading to an accusation of the charges brought before him, which basically amounts to an acknowledgment of the charges.
Maurice McCullough was in jail Wednesday night after investigators say he got into a fight with a deputy and stole the officer's gun. The victim says she's thankful for a brave officer who protected her when she came home to a stranger.
A multi-million dollar community center will soon be built in the Harrisburg area. The center will not only provide jobs, but also breathe new life back into the once thriving area.
Danny Thomas, Robert Garnder and Telly Garnder appeared in Judge Fleming's court today. Police say the men chased down and shot Tyrone Ramsey, deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church, four times.
There’s more trouble to report at a local high school. This time guns and drugs are involved. Two teenagers were arrested in the parking lot of Glenn Hills High School yesterday.
Could mulch containing termites from hurricane-ravaged Louisiana reach Georgia and South Carolina? News 12 received an e-mail that said cheap mulch could be contaminated with termites and sold in Augusta. But when we asked an official if it was true, the answer was no.
Dana Reeve died at a New York cancer hospital Monday night. She was the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, best known for his role as the big screen's “Superman”. Mrs. Reeve was just 44 years old when she died from lung cancer--after living a smoke-free life.
Tuesday the Commission passed a new ordinance banning people from aggressive begging downtown. If passed at the next Commission meeting, the ordinance will go into effect. It’s been talked about for some time.
It happened close to 8 o'clock Tuesday evening on Third Street in downtown Augusta. Around 7:53pm, officers got a call from a resident of Broadway Apartments who complained they heard strange noises in their apartment.
An 18-wheeler rolled over and collided with a pickup truck around 8:30 Tuesday evening at mile marker 11. That's the Graniteville exit.
Firefighters made another appearance at the Augusta Commission Tuesday. They were calling on one commissioner to apologize for what they say are offensive comments he made toward them.
The Augusta Commission decided Tuesday to put the Godfather of Soul on a pedestal. The James Brown statue downtown will be raised to increase visibility.
McDuffie County’s chief forest ranger says the man who was killed in a fire Monday died after burning without a permit. 63-year-old Doug Johnson died in the fire.
Atlanta has one, as do dozens of other cities. Augusta’s new panhandling ordinance bans aggressive and intimidating begging. That means beggars would face a warning at first, then a fine, then jail time.
Two former Greenbrier athletes are free this afternoon. Shadrick Harris and Reggie Rice were charged last year on multiple sex charges stemming from a party.
In Harlem, people are trying to pump new life into the old Columbia Theatre. News 12's Meredith Taylor takes you inside the vacant building to show you what it will take.
It was an open and frank discussion about sex--in particular, what's legal and what's not when it comes to what your kids can do. News 12's Diane Cho was at Monday night's meeting, where the district attorney was trying to warn parents and kids.
