Rumors are still hurting one local family, and they're all stemming from an incident at Denmark-Olar Middle School, but News 12 is searching for answers about an alleged sex act behind school doors. Our Chad Mills talked to one parent who's considering legal action.

County Council member Willar Hightower is a candidate for the at-large district board of South Carolina State University, a school he attended.

Questions arise after a weekend wedding hosted by GRU President Dr. Ricardo Azziz. The festivities included the use of a university shuttle bus to transport guests to and from the home.

The University of Georgia has revamped its specialty license plate in the hopes of getting even more backers of Bulldog Nation to show their support.

Clemson University has named the committee which will search for the school's new president.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill to give high school students an incentive to take dual credit courses and earn college credit.

The Jessye Norman School of the Arts is opening its doors, offering you a golden ticket to its first large-scale musical.

Fire up those grills, the CSRA Burger Battle is almost here. Tuesday's event will raise money for the local Boys and Girls Club.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley stops in Barnwell County this afternoon, and she was there to make a big announcement. A contractor at SRS has a new plan that'll save the school districts in the county lots of money.

The bats that infested a local middle school are back, but parents are saying according to their children in the school, they never really left. Now, parents are calling for a permanent solution.

It's the end of an era for Aiken Technical College. The school is ending its athletics program.

Aiken Technical College will discontinue all intercollegiate athletics programs at the end of this semester, according to a news release.

New York school district officials have placed a high school English teacher on leave for having students pretend to be Jew-hating Nazis in a writing assignment.

Federal officials say Georgia will get $17.2 million in federal grant money as part of a plan aimed at improving some persistently low-performing schools.

Richmond County School Superintendent Dr. Frank Roberson is telling 12, he follows the law in the way discipline is given out. PTA President Monique Braswell says the opposite.

A local high school student has died after collapsing during an event at Paine College.

"If someone get caught doing something illegal the same punishment should be given out. It shouldn't be about who we like and the color of their skin," said Braswell.

Cleanup is underway tonight at a middle school after bats and their droppings were discovered inside the ceiling. Now we've learned the problem got so bad last week, students in one class had to move outside for the day. News 12's Christie Ethridge reports one mom says this isn't just gross -- it's making her daughter sick.

Spectators will see more than just great sports play in the 2013-14 Georgia Regents University Jaguars Athletics’ season; they’ll see a whole new look in team apparel.

Francine Wynn, a former kindergarten teacher at Copeland Elementary, is accused of placing a student in a closet as punishment for misbehaving.

Sixteen of the 18 Greenbrier High School students involved with drinking alcohol while on a school trip learned their fate Friday morning.

They serve our country proudly, and in favor, when they return, our country gives them a free education. But there's a problem in South Carolina. After a News 12 story months ago, state lawmakers are working on a fix.

A student from Waynesboro is one of 31 students across the state named as outstanding scholars by the University System of Georgia.

Many gathered at Ridge Spring-Monetta High School as they broke ground on the future.

For the second year, GRU Augusta has hosted its LGBT Health Awareness Week, and Wednesday's topic was focused on the transgender community, but one current news issue could not be ignored.