The bats that infested a local middle school are back, but parents are saying according to their children in the school, they never really left. Now, parents are calling for a permanent solution.

A man has been arrested in connection to a strong-armed robbery at Taylor Automotive on Tuesday afternoon.

The National Republican Congressional Committee says it's not spending any additional money to support Mark Sanford's bid for a congressional seat in South Carolina.

A man is behind bars in Augusta after allegedly posing as a Georgia Power employee and scamming multiple customers.

An accident on I-20 westbound near exit 194 is causing traffic. Both westbound lanes are said to be closed.

Columbia County EMA Director Pam Tucker says the scheduled blasting is part of a construction project in Blanchard Estates.

Federal officials are denying that a suspect is in custody in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Authorities are investigating two suspicious letters that were sent to the Phoenix office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona.

The FBI says the letters sent to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker are related and are both postmarked out of Memphis, Tenn., dated April 8.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he visited his wife's home while she was out of town because he didn't want his 14-year-old son to watch the Super Bowl alone.

Family and friends say they last heard from Jerry Dwayne Isenhour on March 22. They say it is not like him to leave without his belongings and to not communicate with him.

An Augusta commissioner is looking for answers at Tuesday night's commission meeting.

Dr. Michael Rogers is a local orthodontist who crossed the finish line just one minute before the first bomb went off. He says he is just extremely thankful that he and his wife made it home safely.

People in one Aiken County community are upset over plans to build a chicken farm only yards from their backyards.

An Atlanta Developer is getting ready to start building near the Comcast on Riverwatch Parkway. Commissioners approved rezoning the area. Everybody is not on board with the new development.

Six candidates are being recommended for the Waynesboro's Police Chief position, but some say something's missing. No one on the list grew up in Waynesboro or served in it's police force raising concerns on city council.

A lawyer say ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford trespassed at his ex-wife's home and he has been ordered to appear in court two days after his special congressional election.

A letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., may have contained ricin, according to a preliminary field test taken by the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police.

A local business dedicated to the love of running is doing something for those affected by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.

It's the end of an era for Aiken Technical College. The school is ending its athletics program.

The Boston Marathon was scene of chaos, confusion and even death in the seconds after two explosions Monday afternoon.

The Richmond County Sheriff's Office is looking for leads after a robbery at the Bi-Lo on Peach Orchard Road Tuesday morning.

President Barack Obama says the explosions at the Boston Marathon are being investigated as an act of terror, although authorities still don't know who is responsible.

Linda Crumbley and her 33-year-old son Mario Crumbley and 27-year-old daughter Dekrizia Crumbley were all taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

Aiken Technical College will discontinue all intercollegiate athletics programs at the end of this semester, according to a news release.