Richmond County investigators say a convenience store was selling an illegal drug.

Two of the county's high schools were on high alert after a threat that supposedly originated on a bathroom stall. On Thursday night, the rumor made its rounds on Facebook.

On this day in 2011, Officer Scott Richardson was gunned down in the line of duty. Then, a month later, it happened again to Corporal Sandy Rogers. As the community tries to move on, Aiken Public Safety is moving forward with some changes of its own. We travel with them to North Carolina to see how a program there could help reduce violence here.

Verdre Lamont Scott, 16, was arrested Thursday morning and has been charged with felony murder. Scott will be charged as an adult. Martez Davis, 16, was found dead at the scene on the 2300 block of Amsterdam Drive.

The bond for William Shores was set at $30,000 in court on Thursday -- $15,000 for each count. If he makes bond, he is not allowed to contact any friends of the victims or the victims' family members.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has issued an Amber Alert out of Chesterfield County. Two children were taken from the Mount Croghan area at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

Richmond County Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose has identified the victim as 16-year-old Martez S. Davis of Augusta. He was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences.

On Thursday morning, investigators announced the arrest of Morris Laytrell Dorch. The Sheriff's Office is charging the 25-year-old with murder, attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a crime.

The mystery of a man's murder has his family crying out for help. All they want to do is to get the killers off the street, and they need your help in solving this case.

Richmond County investigators are still looking for answers in the murder of a man at his home on Willis Foreman Road. Investigators say Hester Jackson caught burglars in the act of robbing his home on Dec. 9, which is when he was fatally shot.

Richmond County deputies say they are slammed, working fatal case after fatal case, now they're working on some changes to make the streets a little safer.

News 12 is on your side with a warning about a fake charity that's being used to scam generous donors like you.

The man accused of attempting to run over a police officer has been extradited back to Aiken County and will be facing attempted murder charges.

Minnie Lee Lamb was arrested back in November and is accused of beating the child with a belt back in June. Investigators say the girl had cuts and bruises all over her legs, arm and face.

Richmond County is paying for extra sheriff's deputies to help with school safety in these last two days before Christmas break. It's a little added police presence that's putting everyone more at ease.

Senior Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Ryan Dougherty, Lee Grace Dougherty and Dylan Dougherty Stanley to identical sentences for their role in the robbery of a South Georgia bank.

Richmond County deputies looking an armed robbery suspect who left Fred's on Tobacco Rd. in Hephzibah on foot.

President Barack Obama is vowing to use "whatever power" he has to prevent shootings like the Connecticut school massacre. Speaking at a memorial service in the town where the shootings took place, Obama asked, "What choice do we have?"

Delance Terez Walton, 21, was pronounced dead at 7:48 p.m. on Saturday. Investigators say he got into an argument that turned violent outside of the Lucky 7 convenience store on Hampton Avenue.

Richmond County deputies are working a shooting on the 2500 block of Wheeler Rd

An overnight shooting at Club Sunshine in New Ellenton, S.C. left one injured. Aiken County dispatch says one person was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital around midnight Friday.

Shockwaves from Friday morning's shooting in Connecticut are being felt all over the country, resonating especially close to home for public safety officers right here in Augusta.

Allan Bradley Harmon, 42, is charged with first-degree vehicular homicide. After crews reconstructed the scene, they determined Harmon was driving 91 miles per hour just before impact.

More firings have been announced at the Augusta Youth Development Campus. Dismissals include Corrections Sgt. Dorothy Blair and Juvenile Corrections Officer Dominique Harris.

News 12 has just learned Westside High School is on lockdown after two black males were firing pellet guns at students on the football field. Three Westside High School students were injured during the incident but did not need any medical attention.