Updated: 1:55 PM Jefferson Elementary is no longer on lockdown after a scare on Tuesday morning. Deputies were called to the school after a student reported seeing a man with a gun in the woods.

Updated: 4:02 PM The Georgia Board of Regents has voted to confirm the consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University.

Updated: 11:45 AM The University of Georgia System Board of Regents voted last year to consolidate eight schools, and it is expected to give final approval Tuesday.

Updated: 12:07 PM In a historic move, the Richmond County Board of Education elected its first female president and vice president ever. The newly-elected vice president received every vote present, while Madame President Venus Cain received one vote against her.

Posted: 7:11 PM Skipping class is a problem in all schools, but Columbia County is cracking down on it. Since 2008, school leaders have seen less truancy since they started a committee and began sending parents to court for it.

Updated: 9:28 PM School's still out in Aiken County. Students have until Monday to finish up the winter break. But in North Augusta, the city's SWAT team paid a visit to several schools today. They were there for a very important reason.

Posted: 5:58 PM Health officials are planning on going back to the school to do skin tests on everyone who tested negative previously to make sure they have not turned positive.

Posted: 4:03 PM A lack of nurses in a Richmond County school has a mother fearing for her child's life, but school officials say they just can't afford more. Now, as News 12's Christie Ethridge reports, her child may not be going back to school.

Updated: 4:24 PM The two schools will officially be merged on that Tuesday, and Augusta city leaders want to make sure they aren't left in the dust. The merged university now has a new name, logo, colors and a brand new partnership.

Updated: 4:14 PM Two of the county's high schools were on high alert after a threat that supposedly originated on a bathroom stall. On Thursday night, the rumor made its rounds on Facebook.

Updated: 4:06 PM Ever since Jobe Tolle can remember he's had only one idol, The King of Pop! There isn't a day that goes by that the 8-year-old isn't dancing like his Jackson.

Updated: 1:47 PM Tammie Newman, public information officer for Aiken County Public Schools, says a home domestic violence issue involving a school employee "has traveled onto the school campus."

Updated: 12:20 PM It was later revealed that the "trespasser" had dropped off his mother, who is an employee at the school, and was walking home. School officials say there was no malicious intent.

Posted: 1:43 PM A committee searching for the University of Georgia's next president has narrowed the field of candidates to nine. The committee's chairman, Regent and former state legislator Larry Walker, announced the shortened list on Monday.

Updated: 8:09 PM Richmond County is paying for extra sheriff's deputies to help with school safety in these last two days before Christmas break. It's a little added police presence that's putting everyone more at ease.

Updated: 3:32 PM Students were moved to the gym so the Barnwell County Sheriff's Department could search the school. After searching the building and the student's home, investigators did not find any evidence of a bomb or bomb-making materials.

Updated: 5:10 PM Shockwaves from Friday morning's shooting in Connecticut are being felt all over the country, resonating especially close to home for public safety officers right here in Augusta.

Updated: 5:13 PM News 12 has just learned Westside High School is on lockdown after two black males were firing pellet guns at students on the football field. Three Westside High School students were injured during the incident but did not need any medical attention.

Updated: 1:50 PM Results were compiled through an online survey that was sent to Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University alumni, faculty and students -- 3,183 votes total.

Posted: 8:46 PM The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges voted to approve the consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University on Tuesday.

Updated: 2:36 PM Major Lee was approved for the position of principal at Terrace Manor Elementary by Board of Education members Tuesday evening. He will be replacing Hartley Gibbons.

Updated: 5:12 PM Time to make some new decisions on the 'New-U.' There's already a new name, but now it's time to pick the new logo, the new seal, and the new colors. Tonight, News 12's Christie Ethridge shows us all the options.

Updated: 11:28 AM After months of delay, a project 10 years in the making is finally done. News 12's Christie Ethridge was there for the first tour of Augusta's new technical magnet high school.

Updated: 3:02 PM Richmond County showed off its newest school Wednesday night in the Harrisburg community. It was a celebration and building dedication rolled into one.

Posted: 6:10 PM GHSU President Dr. Ricardo Azziz sent an email to employees earlier this week saying that six people will lose their jobs. Three other positions will be eliminated through retirements.