There's a lot expected to happen in the next year for many counties in the viewing area. Here's what you can expect in 2012.

Even though many of us are celebrating New Year's Eve by setting off fireworks, it's important to keep safety in mind.

From high-profile trials to deadly shootings, they're the stories that dominated the headlines and kept you talking.

Students with the Evans High School band are headed to London to perform and march in the New Year's Day parade.

Christmas is when you spend time with family, but not everyone gets to be with their loved ones. One local group is making sure soldiers have a home away from home for the holidays.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has been telling children about Santa's whereabouts every year since 1955, when a newspaper ad invited kids to call Santa on a hotline.

It's what the holidays are all about spending time with family and loved ones. This was a Christmas Eve that one Martinez family will never forget.

Aiken Department of Public Safety Director Pete Frommer says the outpouring from you all is helping heal Officer Richardson's family and his-the law enforcement community. So, on this Christmas Eve, he wanted to simply say thank you.

Firefighters say it started as a brush fire but spread to a nearby shed. The shed and what's being called an expensive drag racing car were destroyed.

Some South Carolina volunteers and business owners are letting needy National Guard members and their families know they aren't forgotten at Christmas time.

Herman Cain's longshot bid for the White House hardly earned any national attention when he announced his candidacy in May.

Several people left tips for Mr. Wilson after he sang and played the saxophone in Graniteville on Thursday. He plans to donate the money to local charities.

Santa's helpers are struggling this year to come up with enough donations to spread more Christmas cheer.

It's a small act of kindness that means a lot to many families. News 12 caught one Secret Santa in action.

The Salvation Army of Augusta will be providing a free dinner for those in the community in need.

The largest bird sanctuary in the U.S., located in Harlem, is rescuing more birds because owners can't afford to take care of them anymore.

Stores are full with people checking off their lists. Among the crowds of shoppers is one family checking theirs twice -- a wish list from soldiers at Fort Gordon.

Approximately 600 children registered for the giveaway. The Brown family also set up games and invited Santa to the event.

The 21st James Brown Toy Giveaway kicked off Monday at 9 a.m. The event continues to grow and serve families in the community that are in need.

The RiverHawks won their sixth game in a row tonight, overtaking the Mississippi Riverkings on a night dedicated in honor of fallen Richmond County Deputy JD Paugh.

Her fingers tell a story in a language they speak fluently, and 90-year-old Helga Hulse feels every word she coaxes out of every note.

Thanks to donations and the Lydia Project, a nonprofit group who helps women deal with cancer, we'll soon welcome the Daksha Chudgar Lydia House to Augusta.

Whether it's a console with a set of controllers or a game on a cellphone, children are plugged in from the minute they wake up and pediatricians say it can lead to fatigue and blisters on their hands.

The Augusta Canal Authority voted on the officers during their meeting Dec. 8.

Delta Air Lines Inc. says it expects an $800 million profit this year, and it will be solidly profitable in 2012.