A South Carolina bill would make deadly force legal when defending private property. The bill, now headed to the senate, has some homeowners more at ease when a decision has to be made about defending their property without the fear of prosecution.

We all teach our kids not to talk to strangers. Then we turn around, every day, and let them do it. As you’ll see in this special assignment, like it or not, when your kids are logging on to the Internet they could be logging on to danger.

With the rising cost of gasoline, some say it’s time to turn your trash into fuel. As News 12 reports, plans are in the works in Aiken County to do just that.

They say communication is key and teachers do it everyday with their students. But why are some saying it's not as easy to do with their administrators? News 12's has more on what is and isn't being talked about.

A new study shows some of Georgia's troopers are paid thousands less than those outside the peach state. News 12 is on your side with how this could be affecting your safety.

After several recent accidents by high school drivers, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is starting to reach kids even younger. News 12 finds out why middle school students are already learning about driving dangers.

A Greenbrier student is charged with possession of marijuana after a search on campus today. News 12 is on your side with how Columbia County is cracking down on drugs in schools.

First the firefighters got one, then utility workers. Then every city employee got an eight percent pay raise. But were elected officials meant to get the same increase?

Former substitute teacher Billy Cleveland, accused of touching female students, waits patiently for his day in court. And now it appears he’ll have to wait a little bit longer.

The annual number of US cancer deaths has fallen for the first time in more than 70 years. Some of the reasons: smoking is on the decline, early diagnosis and better treatment.

It can take just a second, but it’s something that would haunt you for your life. We’re talking about backover accidents. Those accidents where a child is run over, often times in their own driveway.

Reverend Earl Carter is one of three people shot last year at a Huddle House on Highway 25 in North Augusta. News 12 spends some time with the pastor who doesn’t want to sit for long.

The future of fuel is taking off right now in Aiken County. The country’s first alternative fueling facility opened there in 2001 and now a distribution center is about to open. News 12 tells you why fuel made from soybeans is catching on.

Woody Merry has expanded his lawsuit to include every commissioner, and the mayor. News 12 has more on how much it’s costing you, the taxpayer.

One hundred and ten thousand dollars, that's about as cheap as houses get in Columbia County. Compare that to Richmond County, with the cheapest price being twenty thousand.

Dozens of families in an apartment complex in Wrens may be homeless in a month. They got eviction notices Monday saying they have to move out in 30 days. News 12 is on your side with a closer look at why they’re being tossed out.

There have been several recent wrecks around town and many of them were deadly. News 12 shows you a growing program in Columbia County hoping to stop teen wrecks.

It’s no secret that the two radio hosts have bickered over the airwaves. So what’s the problem? News 12 sat down with both sides in a special assignment.

You often hear funerals being called homegoing celebrations and whether you were watching on TV, listening on the radio or there in person, you would agree that the service for Coretta Scott King was indeed that, a celebration.

Monday on News 12 we told you about an Amber Alert for a newborn baby in Macon. The 3-day-old baby boy was taken right out of his mom’s room. The newborn is safe with his mother now, but there are worries about nursery safety.

Imagine someone following you home and then robbing you in your own driveway. That’s just what happened to two elderly women in Augusta, and the suspect is still on the loose. News 12 is on your side with what you can do to protect yourself.

After an hour of pleading their case before Augusta commissioners, it seemed to be a big win for Randy Sasser and three hundred other West Augusta homeowners. Seemed being the operative word.

The trial involving an MCG doctor accused of causing a deadly head-on crash is delayed. Prosecutors say Mohammad Ali Bazadian was driving on the wrong side of the road and under the influence when he crashed into Brandon Layton’s car.

At least one local judge has had all he can take of the delays. News 12 had the only reporter in his courtroom today and has the latest details on the Billy Cleveland case.

More than 600 pounds. That’s how much a Martinez woman weighed when she put her personal story on national television. News 12 sits down with a thinner Amy Williams and finds out she’s become an inspiration to many who don’t even know her.