Updated: 4:18 PM Superintendent Roy Sapough says Barnwell Primary, Barnwell Elementary, Guinyard-Butler Middle and Barnwell High went into lockdown while law enforcement searched for a suspect.

Updated: 5:41 PM All seven branches of the Boys & Girls Clubs in the area are closed. Richmond County Deputy Superintendent Tim Spivey says all after-school programs, including athletic games and practices, have been canceled for Wednesday evening.

Updated: 6:41 PM Chukker Creek Elementary sits on Chukker Creek Road in south Aiken. It's a school of 850 students, but only a few of them ride the bus. That means a lot of parents dropping off kids every morning and picking them in the afternoon. It also means a major traffic headache the city's trying to fix.

Updated: 7:49 PM More tuberculosis testing at Butler High School started Tuesday morning, and everyone, even who had negative tests the first time, has been asked to get tested again.

Updated: 7:03 PM Noah is talking about two of his teachers at Sue Reynolds Elementary. He says they swung him back and forth. Once he was placed in the prone position, it left a bruise.

Updated: 4:30 PM University System of Georgia officials made the announcement Monday, and say the state Board of Regents will make a final decision on selecting a president for UGA at a future meeting.

Updated: 8:00 PM News 12 has learned Butler High School will be starting a second round of tuberculosis testing on Tuesday. Health officials recommend that anyone who has not been tested yet or received a negative skin test in November should come and get tested.

Updated: 9:58 PM Hammond Hill Elementary in North Augusta is still celebrating being named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. That's the highest honor a school can receive. Now, they're one of eight finalists for the Palmetto's Finest award.

Posted: 4:58 PM To apply for the award, each school had to submit a 20-page application and undergo an on-site visit. Finalists will have a second on-site visit.

Updated: 12:02 PM The phone rang for North Augusta High School students Wednesday night. It was a robo call with information on a new safety policy and with this warning: be prepared to be inconvenienced.

Updated: 4:18 AM The vice principal of Glascock County High School has confirmed 12 students were involved in a vandalism incident at the school.

Updated: 8:54 PM Last week, there was a scary situation at an Aiken County school. A 6-year-old went missing and was found off school property about half a mile away, running along a busy highway. News 12 investigates what went wrong.

Updated: 7:56 PM One of the witnesses says Sharla Tomberlin grabbed the student's face. When the student continued to yell, she allegedly said, "I am not your momma," and slapped the student.

Updated: 11:32 AM The two officers will join 30 other school safety officers, but these will be dedicated solely to elementary schools.

Updated: 9:33 PM Changes in security policy are coming to Aiken County schools. That's the word from law enforcement, after the sheriff, Aiken police chief and school officials met behind closed doors for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon.

Updated: 11:56 PM On Monday, the South Carolina State Superintendent was in town to get a firsthand look at Aiken County schools. He carried the message that Aiken County schools are funded at lower levels than most schools in the state.

Updated: 11:44 PM Just a week after two lawsuits were filed against the Richmond County Board of Education, some students are coming to the defense of Dr. Wayne Frazier.

Updated: 11:14 PM Dr. Wayne Frazier moved from Glenn Hill High School to the alternative school last year, but now, two teachers are seeking damages for his alleged behavior back in 2011 and 2012.

Updated: 8:48 PM A lockdown at Jefferson Elementary School ended after just an hour when deputies said they couldn't find any evidence of a man with a gun near the campus. But several parents contacted News 12, upset with how school leaders handled the situation.

Updated: 4:55 PM Both lawsuits say that Dr. Frazier would yell and curse over the intercom and regularly make disparaging remarks to students and staff; sometimes in front of parents and guests.

Updated: 11:58 AM It was the first day of classes since GHSU and ASU officially merged. After so much early opposition from Augusta State students, News 12’s Christie Ethridge shows you how they're handling the change.

Updated: 4:54 PM The commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has named Dr. Carol Yancy as the new Augusta YDC principal. According to a news release, Yancy has 22 years of teaching experience.

Updated: 9:04 PM Would your child be safer if principals, teachers and even bus drivers were allowed to carry guns? Right now, there's a bill that could allow that to happen.

Updated: 12:20 PM Laney Walker Boulevard is going to look very different this time next year between R.A. Dent Boulevard and 15th Street in downtown Augusta. The part of the now four-lane road that runs through the medical campus will become two lanes.

Updated: 8:14 PM The South Carolina House and Senate started back up today, and there have already been hundreds of bills filed. But a local lawmaker's bill to put officers in schools could be a big conversation starter.