36-year-old Michael Baskett was killed in an accident on Highway 25 in Edgefield County this afternoon. Baskett had several warrants for firearms violations.

Monday, April 24, investigators found the drug in 17-year-old Paul Olsen's car on Greenbrier High School property. Friday, April 21, two Columbia Middle School students were arrested for having marijuana in their book bags.

A massive brush fire threatened businesses and homes in Aiken County on April 24. It happened around 4:00 p.m. on the Aiken Bypass. The windy conditions in a thick wooded area gave firefighters some problems battling the blaze.

A meth bust at around 4:30 p.m. on April 24 at 110 Camellia Drive in Beech Island resulted in two arrests. 30-year-old Jack Harrison, Jr. is charged with possession of marijuana, and attempting to manufacture meth.

Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday, April 25 in the theft and conspiracy trial for former Georgia state school superintendent Linda Schrenko. Ms. Schrenko is accused of stealing more than $600,000 in federal education money.

Middle-schoolers in Columbia County are learning all about the birds and the bees. Keith Deltano was in the gym at Columbia Middle School the afternoon of April 24 talking to students about abstinence.

Around 3:30 Monday afternoon Antonio Truesdale turned himself into Aiken County deputies. Investigators say he shot a man early Monday morning at an American Legion in Aiken County near North Augusta.

A man is behind bars after a judge denies his bond. He's accused of inappropriately touching young girls at church functions. The bond hearing happened late Monday afternoon at the detention center.

In an interview you'll only see on News 12, a parent speaks out about the death of his children. His wife stands accused of the crime. News 12's Diane Cho spent April 23 in Warrenton, where she met Dennis Payne and Lottie Kain and learned how their lives have changed since that fateful weekend.

6 young men are behind bars for their alleged involvement in a string of armed robberies. Victims are reacting with sighs of relief, glad to see these alleged late night looters where they belong.

The South Carolina highway patrol says a 43-year-old man died after a semi collided with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon, April 22. It happened just before 4 p.m. at the intersection of Atomic Road and Jefferson Davis Highway.

The state of South Carolina will transfer some power over Allendale County's schools back to the local school board. The local board will regain full authority in June of 2007 if it meets all the terms of its agreement with the state.

If you've seen deputies riding around in Columbia County lately, you may have seen two or three deputies in one car. It's one of the ways deputies are dealing with high gas prices.

A new Georgia law will allow the Ten Commandments back in Georgia government buildings. Governor Sonny Perdue signed the bill into law yesterday. News 12 is On Your Side with what this could mean here at home.

A bank robbery this morning in south Augusta lands 2 men behind bars. It happened at the Queensborough Bank on Tobacco Road at around 9:00 a.m. The suspects were caught a few miles away on Georgetown Drive off Deans Bridge in south Augusta.

North Augusta is celebrating its Centennial this weekend. The calendar is filled with events to celebrate. Events kicked off at the Old Towne Artisans Fair at the Living History Park.

Delta's computers are back up and running, after weather knocked out power Wednesday, April 19. The station manager for Delta says everything was working at around 8:00 p.m. Thursday.

Friday, April 21, Augusta mayor Deke Copenhaver and doctor Gary Puckrein held a news conference on AIDS. They called for a greater awareness of the HIV/AIDS problem in the black community.

Four high school students are in custody after allegedly robbing a number of fast food restaurants in both Richmond and Columbia counties. The four teenagers were arrested Thursday, April 20 in connection to at least two fast food robberies this month, some of them involving a weapon.

Several Richmond County high school students are involved in a series of commercial armed robberies. Four Laney High School students have been charged in the incidents.

Dirty words usually are not allowed in elementary classrooms...so some parents want to know why they're allowed in library books. News 12's Stephanie Baker is On Your Side with why some Columbia County parents are fighting to get the material off the shelves.

According to the indictment, former Ridge Spring mayor Jimmy Gillian and the town's former public works director, Andrew Bodie, conspired to bury asbestos tile from a former elementary school building in town.

A task force to catch child predators netted two guilty pleas in Aiken County today. It's a story you'll only see on News 12. Officers posing as minors are saving real children.

Six department head positions are now vacant in Augusta. The latest is Human Resources; Director Brena Byrd Pelaez has resigned after working for the city for nine years.

As of the afternoon of Friday, April 21, the computer issues at the Motor Vehicle Division in Evans have been resolved. The office will resume normal business hours on Monday, April 24 at 8:00 a.m.