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.
It's been a rough week for Augusta drivers. Luckily no one was killed on Mike Padgett Highway Friday night. Instead, the wreck is raising a lot of questions about its high speeds and overall safety.
A fourteen year old Jenkins County girl was killed on Saturday while driving an ATV she received for her birthday just the day before. Her mother had died after an illness in 2003.
Investigators believe it all started because two vehicles were racing. The driver of one, Lawrence Skinner, died in the wreck. The other driver accused of racing was arrested and charged with several counts of vehicular homicide in the first degree.
He told the jurors who convicted him of murder that it was self-defense. Today, it was the same jury to decide if Willie Allen lives or dies. News 12 was in the courtroom when the sentence came down.
A boy posing as a brother manages to get a 14-year-old girl out of class. Columbia County school leaders are investigating this case, trying to figure out how it happened. News 12 is also investigating this.
Olive Road is closed once again after someone apparently reopened it last night. But now, the barricades are back in place and some hope it stays closed forever.
They thought it would never happen to them, just like you probably think it will never happen to you. But last year 97 women reported rape in Augusta. Chances are, where you are right now is the most dangerous place for a woman.
With three weeks notice, Dr. Richard Jadick made the decision to travel to Iraq with a Marine batallion as a Navy director. He had no idea that he’d spend a month in the middle of an intense battle in Fallujah. And what happened there earned him a big reward.
The bridge on Olive Road has been the site of many accidents in the past. And the lastest is déjà vu for one man. David Dyches had a run in with that same Olive Road overpass nearly 40 years ago. He says he knew one day someone would get hurt.
If you drove Bobby Jones Expressway on Thursday, you may have noticed delays. A team from the Georgia State Patrol was gathering evidence. They’re trying to find out what happened during Sunday night’s crash that killed four.
24-year-old Isaiah Lewis was killed this morning after a beam fell on top of his car. That beam was knocked loose after a u-haul truck collided with it.
A stakeout results in two arrests, and now police think they may have solved a few recent armed robberies. With pictures you’ll see only on 12, we’ll show you how deputies admit they needed a little bit of luck to pull this one off.
Fort Gordon proves to be a vital training ground once again for the war on terror. Ten different groups of military police are there preparing to provide security in Afghanistan. News 12 spent time with the troops as they get ready for combat.
After filing a lawsuit against him one week ago, Augusta government watchdog Woody Merry is meeting face to face with commissioner Marion Williams for a deposition hearing. News 12 was there.
What would you do if you came across plaques and trophies that belonged to a famous person? Only News 12 has the story of a woman that stumbled upon some of James Brown’s most prized valuables.
The beam that has rubbed against many tall trucks under the Olive Road railroad bridge turns deadly. A car is crushed and its driver is killed.
Georgia bars are responsible if a driver leaves their establishment drunk and kills someone. News 12 finds out how bars do their best to keep our streets safe.
First Tee of Augusta announced the artists coming to town for its Rock Fore Dough concert today. News 12 has the big name lineup. Hootie and the Blowfish will be back for this year’s Rock Fore Dough concert.
Just two days after a deadly wreck on the Bobby Jones Expressway, countless speeders are still being pulled over. News 12 took the shotgun seat during Tuesday’s patrols.
Coretta Scott King became a symbol in her own right of her husband’s struggle for peace. And from everyone News 12 spoke to who knew her, they say she did that in a quiet, yet stoic and forceful way.
The Inspector General said it was a huge waste of millions of your tax dollars, but now the audit of the Savannah River Site’s demolition of buildings is a closed matter.
A Josey High School basketball coach is on paid administrative leave after allegations that he inappropriately touched a female student. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says Coach Sam Lilly has not been arrested, but the investigation is active.
Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died in Atlanta, five months after suffering a stroke and heart attack. She was 78.
A five a car crash, leaving four dead. Witnesses say racing at high speeds down the Bobby Jones Expressway led to this scene. Though racing isn’t as common, fast vehicles are no stranger to Bobby Jones.
