Georgia Power has confirmed approximately 160 customers are without power in the Walton Way area. Traffic lights are said to be out from Crawford Street to Johns Road.
Augusta's Engineering Department says the temporary bridge repairs have been completed and the road is open for traffic. Frustration arose once again Tuesday morning as neighbors around Patterson Bridge Road were left to use a dirt road to travel on.
Richmond County deputies were called to the scene of an accident on Mike Padgett Highway around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday. This happened near Hephzibah McBean Road.
Neighbors say the detour they had to use was dangerous and that they think it's just a matter of time before they have to deal with this muddy mess again.
Michael Robert Thomas Fountain of Thomson crashed at 6:55 a.m. on Saturday. The Georgia State Patrol says the 24-year-old was traveling west on Augusta Highway in his 2010 Hyundai Elantra.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a crash on Herndon Dairy Road. The accident happened near the intersection with Silver Bluff Road just before 9 p.m.
Columbia County deputies say the road is open and traffic is flowing again on Washington Road. Traffic going both ways in front of the West Town Shopping Center was closed after a power line fell.
A 9-year-old is recovering after being hit by a car in North Augusta. The driver wasn't speeding, but there are plenty of others who do speed down the road. Neighbors there want a solution.
News 12 is on your side with details about a major construction project going on in Augusta. It's a project to extend trails along the Augusta Canal. If you drove on River Watch Parkway on Thursday, you probably noticed it.
After finally figuring out the cause of the sinking was an abandoned sewer pipe, the Utilities Department is now paying for the repairs on Doug Bernard Parkway, and people are more than ready.
News 12 has learned a 10-year-old was hit by a car in North Augusta. The accident happened on Seymour Drive near Old Edgefield Road on Wednesday afternoon.
The Georgia State Patrol said Wednesday that a fourth person was found dead in the wreckage. Nine others were taken to a hospital, all but one of whom were treated and released.
Heavy rain and strong winds pounded the Southeast all day long. As it moved into our area, it started with just some pretty bad winds early in the afternoon, but when the rain hit, it hit hard.
Coroner Tim Carlton confirmed that 51-year-old Berry Playford of Augusta was pronounced dead at the Georgia Regents University Emergency Department at 10:10 p.m. Carlton says he died of multiple body trauma.
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.
Four people were taken to the hospital after six separate collisions around 9:25 a.m. Tuesday. The accidents happened along a foggy stretch of Highway 78 through the Montmorenci community, just east of Aiken city limits.
Authorities say 34-year-old Robert W. Jones Jr. died early Sunday morning from blunt force trauma. Deputies say the accident happened around 10 p.m. on the 2200 block of Barton Chapel Road near the IGA.
An overturned log truck caused traffic on Highway 56 Wednesday night. Logs were scattered on the road, causing delays. We're told three other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose says 32-year-old Roderick Quimbly died from blunt force trauma at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. The crash happened just before 4 a.m. at the intersection of Deans Bridge Road and Gordon Highway.
The number of traffic fatalities has gone up annually in recent years, so they are restructuring the Traffic Safety Division to keep more officers on the streets and in the most dangerous areas.
