Updated: 8:54 PM The mayor of Wagener finds himself in hot water. Four officers have resigned from the town's police department -- one after another. But what's really going on? News 12's Chad Mills investigates.

Updated: 7:11 PM With summer knocking on the door, your car is about to start becoming a real hot spot. That's why local leaders want to make sure your pets aren't trapped inside.

Updated: 7:02 PM Augusta commissioners may have to spend your tax dollars to hire an outside attorney. It's all related to a no confidence vote for City Attorney Andrew MacKenzie.

Updated: 6:59 PM Leaders are confused because different paperwork lists their titles as different things. Are Jacqueline Humphrey and Yvonne Gentry coordinators or directors?

Posted: 4:40 PM The South Carolina Legislature has passed a compromise on how to spend $6.7 billion in state taxes.

Posted: 4:22 PM If you have any information, call CrimeStoppers of the Midlands at 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372). Callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.

Posted: 3:46 PM Four people have been taken to the hospital after an accident on Mike Padgett Highway just south of Tobacco Road.

Posted: 3:31 PM The Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau is offering discounts to Department of Defense employees at Fort Gordon.

Updated: 3:33 PM A new television ad criticizes U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of a costly program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.

Updated: 7:01 PM The verdict is in for a former high school band director at Butler High School accused of child molestation and sexual assault.

Updated: 1:11 PM Johnny Verdel Walker is charged in two armed robberies at Little Caesars stores in Richmond County.

Posted: 11:57 AM Officials have confirmed that the boil water advisory in Allendale has been lifted.

Updated: 1:17 PM The state of Georgia has filed its intent to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing his parents and brother and burning their bodies.

Updated: 12:34 PM A man and woman wanted on drug charges in Aiken County have been booked into the Richmond County Jail.

Updated: 1:16 PM Aiken County deputies arrested 52-year-old Michael McKinney Tuesday night. They say he took more than 50 vases from Aiken Memorial Gardens.

Updated: 12:39 PM Commissioners voted, debated and even argued. One hot-button issue was a no vote of confidence in City Attorney Andrew MacKenzie.

Updated: 12:41 PM Voters have elected Melvin Farmer to serve on the Wrens City Council. Turnout was low, but Farmer won by a large margin with 144 votes. Jimmy Bennett got 76 votes, and David Hastings received 10.

Posted: 6:31 PM Augusta commissioners are set to go over the trash contract again Tuesday night. Some commissioners want to throw the whole deal out, but others are afraid the city could get sued.

Updated: 7:29 PM It was a quiet homecoming on a somewhat cloudy day, but as Wesley Spires pulled up, the sun burst through.

Posted: 6:12 PM Coroner Tim Carlton says 46-year-old Joseph Benjamin Lord was working in a cherry picker near 37 Augusta Road trimming a tree that had been damaged by lightning when part of the tree fell over and hit him and the bucket.

Updated: 1:36 PM A community is confused and hurting after a man was shot and killed right down the street from a nightclub. It happened early Sunday morning a few yards down from Club Apollo in Jefferson County.

Updated: 8:05 PM The Augusta Fire department is starting a new wellness program, starting with physicals for every firefighter.

Updated: 6:38 PM A house is still on the mend after investigators say someone tried to burn it down. Justin Hall and Kyle Capps are both charged with arson.

Updated: 7:37 PM With a lot of water damage across the area, one woman says her damage isn't because of the rain. She noticed water coming from the foundation of her home in Vaucluse and wants someone to tell her what's happening.

Posted: 2:04 PM The search is on for a man the Richmond County Sheriff's Office says was involved in a burglary at a home on Mike Padgett Highway last month.