Posted: 6:18 PM Today marks three years since the war in Iraq began. A war that's seen thousands of soldiers from Fort Gordon. News 12's Kristen Cosby joins us with story of the man who led Fort Gordon's soldiers into Iraq on the first day of the war.
Posted: 6:10 PM Less than seven weeks after this accident claims a life, Augusta authorities reopen the Olive Road underpass. Is it an invitation to another tragedy?
Posted: 6:05 PM It's been an eventful 100 days in office for Augusta's new mayor...complete with a trip to court to have his powers re-defined. News 12's Jonathan Martin sat down with Mayor Deke Copenhaver to find out what he's accomplished and what he plans to do next.
Updated: 5:21 PM Still no buyer for St. Joseph Hospital. News 12's Meredith Taylor is on your side with the latest on what the hospital is doing to make a sale.
Updated: 5:19 PM Richmond County school superintendent Dr. Charles Larke's contract is a hot topic these days. The school board meets with Dr. Charles Larke behind closed doors Tuesday night.
Updated: 10:24 AM After a long year in Iraq, the first 100 members of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade came home early today -- an advance party making way for thousands soon to follow.
Posted: 4:29 PM There may be a change ahead for Georgia's divorce law. Today the House is looking at a bill that includes a 120-day waiting period for parents with minor children who want a divorce.
Posted: 12:15 PM It's a contract worth a quarter million dollars a year...and Richmond County taxpayers are footing the bill. School board member A.K. Hasan has been questioning Charles Larke's contract for weeks.
Posted: 11:20 AM One man is dead after a motorcycle accident on Pine Log Road in Aiken. A stretch of Pine Log Road was shut down Sunday night as investigators tried to determine how the accident happened.
Posted: 11:15 AM Five people went to the hospital after a wreck on I-20 in Aiken County. Witnesses at mile marker 33 say a car ran off the road and into the trees. Five people were in the car, and two children were reportedly ejected from it during the crash.
Posted: 11:13 AM Three people are dead and four others wounded after a weekend shooting in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia. Two people are now under arrest, and police say it was an ambush.
Posted: 10:44 AM 16-year-old Josh Bardy has a new found respect for the boys in blue, as an officer comes to his rescue in the nick of time. "If the police hadn't come, I don't know," Josh says. That's because on Friday he says a group of teenagers threatened to beat him up.
Posted: 6:08 PM Fighting Friday among members of the Downtown Development Authority. At the meeting Friday morning there were allegations of ethics violations and underhanded dealings. News 12 was the only television station there.
Posted: 5:37 PM A school board member in Columbia County has serious concerns with the proposed new calendar. The board sent out surveys to parents to vote on a new start date; August 15th was chosen. Board member Mike Sleeper says that date could lead to teachers cutting class.
Posted: 5:35 PM It was one of the deadliest wrecks in years in Augusta. In January, four people died in a wreck on Bobby Jones Expressway blamed on racing.
Posted: 5:20 PM It's an effort to keep your children safe. Friday, Project ChildSafe began its safety education tour. They passed out free gun locks at the K-Mart in North Augusta.
Updated: 2:17 PM Reynolds and Broad Street were blocked off Friday morning after a car struck a slow moving Norfolk Southern freight train. It happened shortly after 2 o'clock Friday morning where 6th Street and Reynolds intersect.
Posted: 11:35 AM The man who ran to Augusta after his grandmother's death in Holly Hill South Carolina is now in jail. Willie Bell, Jr. was captured after a chase in Orangeburg last night.
Posted: 11:27 AM A Capital City ambulance was driving Emmy Stacks from the Place at Augusta Nursing Home yesterday when it was hit at the intersection of River Watch Parkway and Stevens Creek Road.
Updated: 12:54 PM Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars, The World's Largest Circus Under the Big Top will assist HD 98.3 and the Shepeard Community Blood Center at 1533 Wrightsboro Rd. on Tuesday, March 21.
Posted: 11:22 AM Thursday was a big day for the senior class at the Medical College of Georgia. 155 students took part in the annual Match Day--an event pairing seniors with postgraduate programs.
Posted: 10:54 AM The search continues for the South Carolina man suspected of kidnapping and raping two teenage girls in an underground room. Someone spotted Kenneth Glenn Hinson Wednesday night near the Darlington-Chesterfield county line, but investigators were not able to catch him.
Posted: 10:52 AM Crime doesn't pay...but the inmates will. South Carolina's Senate Corrections Committee has approved a bill requiring prisoners to pay a $30 booking fee to county and municipal jails.
Posted: 10:50 AM Former Augusta mayoral candidate Helen Blocker-Adams is running for office again. But this time it's for Georgia State House District 120.
Posted: 10:10 AM A field commonly used as a playground was the site for police and EMT's Thursday afternoon...as a little girl was caught between her bike and a truck. News 12's Kate Tillotson is on your side with how the girl miraculously escaped unharmed.
