After a ten year term with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, and a past dedicated to law enforcement in Aiken, Chief Deputy Dwayne Courtney has announced he's leaving the Sheriff's Office, under friendly circumstances, for other work.

It's day one of Masters Week, and players and patrons from all over the world have traveled to Augusta.

Her former spokesman Tim Bell said she suffered from a stroke.

The cause of the fire is under investigation at this time.

This week all eyes will be on Augusta for The Masters, and if you plan on driving down Washington Road, it will feel like all the cars will be here, too. It's no secret traffic gets a little crazy this time of year, and as the city prepares for the thousands of visitors, deputies are gearing up to handle the load.

It's southern hospitality at its finest, and the hospitality houses off of Azalea Drive know just how to do it best. Their business in the past few years, has suffered but this year, they're feeling confident.

An Augusta woman is recovering from stab wounds after being attacked last night. Investigators responded to 201 East Telfair Street.

Condoleezza Rice was seen walking the grounds of Augusta National while wearing her green jacket on Sunday afternoon.

They say you should try everything once, and that includes going to the Masters. Businesses all along Washington Road are hoping they see some new faces to help boost business and a good time.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is getting plenty of encouragement to run for president in 2016.

The commissioner of Georgia's Department of Juvenile Justice says one of his agency's corrections officers has been arrested on felony drug charges in Savannah.

Restaurants along Washington Road in Augusta during the Masters see their share of busy, but now restaurants in downtown Augusta are trying to get in on the action by getting more business down their way.

Hitchcock Woods in Aiken is one of the largest urban forests in the country, and even though it's privately owned, anyone can hike, walk a dog, or ride a horse there. But there's a problem that's been around for a while. Stormwater runoff is causing parts of the park to crumble away.

Picture Me Studios housed in Wal-Mart has closed their doors, but for the past month or so, they've been selling $20 memberships, supposedly good for a year.

Fire crews were called out to the 2000 block of Chadwick Road just before 1 a.m.

A local high school senior was shocked when she woke up one morning to find her mother dead from a sudden heart attack.

A local lawyer says the City of Augusta's Procurement Department needs work. Augusta Attorney Robert Mullins wrote a journal about how the department could be improved.

The pain from that day hasn't gotten a whole lot easier for the family, but they are finding ways to deal with the loss.

Richmond County School Superintendent Dr. Frank Roberson is telling 12, he follows the law in the way discipline is given out. PTA President Monique Braswell says the opposite.

Our Time To Care winner for April is a Richmond County firefighter, but he's not getting the honor for any heroism on the job, although there's been plenty of that over the years.

It's the area's largest employer, but a wave of furloughs has hit about a quarter of the workers at Savannah River Site. As a local chamber president and congressman fight back, some businesses in Aiken County are bracing for lost revenue.

Ebert was known for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down TV reviews that influenced moviegoers across the nation.

A local high school student has died after collapsing during an event at Paine College.

An Amber Alert has been issued in Georgia after two children went missing from Florida on Wednesday.

The president of a company hired to build a South Carolina facility to turn weapons-grade plutonium into nuclear reactor fuel says he's worried the project won't be adequately funded.