Six months, and the search for North Augusta's killer goes on. But the trail is getting colder. Back on November 22, a man shot three people as he stole a car near the Huddle House on Highway 25.
Today, Avondale Mills announced it is "highly likely" that in two months the company will shut down completely. The loss of Avondale Mills will leave a huge hole in the economy and life of Aiken County's Horse Creek Valley.
It appears former Augusta Public Work Director Teresa Smith has a new job. The Columbia State newspaper reports she's the new Public Works Director for Richland County--the area around Columbia.
The Aiken County Council is trying to ban smoking at all public parks. It would be the first ban of its kind in the CSRA. No matter how many trash cans there are or how close they may be, cigarette butts are still found just a few feet away from where they belong.
A day of music...a day of tears...a day to remember those whose lives were tragically cut short in January 2005. Saturday night, May 20, a memorial was dedicated in Graniteville.
Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code was a bestseller, with over 7 million copies in print...but how are moviegoers enjoying it on the big screen? Early Friday morning crowds lined up at a Los Angeles theater, and there were more than 40 shows in our area.
Earlier this week we told you that Skinner Mill Road will be closed for 45 days where it crosses Cranes Creek. A store located there is now struggling to survive.
It's a film so controversial it's been banned all over the world...but not in the United States. Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code is hitting the big screen today, with 40 showings in our local theaters.
A teenager already in trouble is now facing charges of having a portable meth lab in a suitcase. It happened near a school, and parents are outraged.
Investigators need your help to find the man who robbed the Hunter Mortgage Company off Silver Bluff Road in Aiken. The call came in around 9 a.m. May 19 when an armed gunman walked in and demanded the employees turn over their wallets.
All four lanes of Fury's Ferry Road between Riverwatch and Evans to Lock Road are open tonight. The project was originally scheduled to be completed more than two years ago, but delays have put the work way behind schedule.
In a News 12 Special Assignment, we went undercover into a world made easy for online predators. We logged on to MySpace.com, a website thousands of members strong, to expose the dangers of this popular place.
Y-key Jenkins' furniture truck hit the Olive Road bridge Thursday afternoon, despite all the new precautions: flashing lights, large stop signs near the bridge, and strips on the road to slow traffic.
Traffic was still backed up more than 13 hours after an accident in the construction zone on interstate 20 near the warren road overpass. Investigators say the accident was caused by speeding.
A concrete room, four feet wide, with a small window in the door. We're describing a room where some misbehaving Columbia County school students are sent. 12 On Your Side's Ryan Duffy takes a closer look.
If there is one name that's synonymous with Augusta, it's James Brown. He's said to have influenced civil rights and defined what we know as R&B music today...but for a man loved by millions worldwide, it's often asked: where is the love right here in his hometown?
Jurors are now deciding whether two of Linda Schrenko's former co-defendants are guilty of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. Jurors got the case just after 3 p.m.
Artwork is a big part of the James Brown Music Festival. News 12 toured the Laney Museum, home of the brand new Visual Soul art exhibit.
Richmond County investigators believe foul play is involved in the disappearance of 48-year-old Deborah Dill. It's been two months since anyone has seen or heard her from Deborah.
Fort Gordon emergency responders spent the day testing their anti-terrorism plan. It's an exercise that's been done before, but it's good to do again because it means your safety.
A teenage girl was stabbed to death on the campus of Carolina Forest Middle School this morning. One man is in custody. The stabbing happened in the parking lot as students arrived for classes.
Two Augusta plant workers suffered minor injuries after a carbon dioxide release at Airgas Dry Ice on Laney Walker Boulevard Extension.
20-year-old Nicholas Kitchens is now in custody Investigators say he shot 32-year-old Gejuan Belton in the left side after an argument.
A Columbia County woman comes clean about dozens of unhealthy and possibly dangerous animals on her property. Call it abuse or call it affection, the cat lover and collector of over twenty years could now be facing charges of animal abuse.
Officers found 34-year-old Steven Harley beaten to death in his Jenkins County home in late April. Harley's wife Tracey Harley was arrested May 16. She and Rico Orlando Walker are now in jail, charged with murder.
