Take a drive through any neighborhood and you'll see the man in red. He's on lawns and porches and even inside stores. But one city is not only decorated with Santas...it's named after him.
51-year-old A.K. Hasan is once again seeking re-election for Richmond County's District 9 school board seat. In a News 12 Special Assignment, Kate Tillotson sits down with Hasan and asks why he wants to keep his seat on the board.
Come December 5, you'll decide whether logistics specialist Venus Cain will unseat her opponent with five years experience. But Cain isn't intimidated. Her advantage, she says, is the fact that she's a working mother.
Three local families have spent the past year trying to move on with their lives. One year ago today, a masked gunman went on a shooting rampage close to I-20 in North Augusta.
Germs are everywhere, and they are getting stronger. And there's an old bug with a potentially deadly new strain out in our community. This staph infection has a dangerous new gene making it resistant to our common antibiotics.
They're rockin' the house of God--and the number of Christian bands right here in the CSRA might surprise you. It's where gospel meets rock and roll. In this News 12 Special Assignment, we examine the message in their music.
Hundreds of thousands of women across the country are forced to work as truck stop prostitutes. The pimps keep the girls on the move…and the interstate brings the industry right through our area.
It happens to the people who drive fire trucks every day: people not pulling over or even slowing down for them to pass. Oftentimes, it's because car stereos are simply louder than the sirens.
News 12 recreated the Doll Test, first performed by a civil rights activist in the 1940s and 50s, here in Augusta. It is alarming how little seems to have changed in 50 years.
They're here almost every day of the week, training just overhead. They're flying over our neighborhoods, schools and shopping centers. Tonight, in a News 12 Special Assignment, you'll see who's behind this mystery in the sky.
This year there were almost 2000 burglaries in Richmond County. In this Special Assignment, News 12 shows you how they're getting a hold of your hidden valuables.
You probably worry about protecting your children when they're out of sight...but what about keeping them safe in your own home? We'll show you never-before-seen evidence of how quickly predators zero in on the search for sex.
It's easy to adjust the volume on an iPod. But it gets loud, and that's a problem. It can be a serious strain on young ears, and even cause permanent damage.
According to the FBI, a burglary occurs every 15.4 seconds across the country. Are you doing everything you can to keep you and your family safe?
If you or a loved one is in danger, you want help as quickly as possible...but a quick response isn't easy when phone lines are tied up. Local 911 centers say a majority of the calls coming in aren't real emergencies.
City gas cards. Your tax money, paying for commissioners to get around. This News 12 investigation looks at the rules and who's playing by them when it comes to your cash.
It's a place you'd least expect drivers to speed up: school zones. Especially when flashing lights and speed limit signs are warning people to slow down.
Augusta commissioners are trying to fix the budget, but have they taken the time to see how they're contributing to the deficit?
It's something most of us take for granted. We can pick up a phone and order a pizza whenever we want. But for some people in Augusta, that's not an option. And many of those people who can't get pizza have one thing in common: they live in an Augusta Housing Authority home.
Summer sports are kicking into high gear, and more time outside means more chances to get hurt. In a News 12 Special Assignment, Stephanie Baker tells us about mistakes children in all sports make.
To the unknowing eye, it looks like a small gift or collectable. But anyone who's been around drugs knows what it really is: a crack pipe. News 12's Kristen Cosby has been investigating the small glass tubes sold in local convenience stores.
You might be throwing away your identity without even knowing it. The trouble with your trash is...out of sight, out of mind. But do you ever think about where it ends up? In recycling centers...where we found many of you are trashing your identity.
In a News 12 Special Assignment, we went undercover into a world made easy for online predators. We logged on to MySpace.com, a website thousands of members strong, to expose the dangers of this popular place.
If there is one name that's synonymous with Augusta, it's James Brown. He's said to have influenced civil rights and defined what we know as R&B music today...but for a man loved by millions worldwide, it's often asked: where is the love right here in his hometown?
It's a film that can blur the lines between fact, fiction, and faith, and it's stirring a national debate even before it hits the theatres this Friday. In a News 12 Special Assignment, we look at what local clergy and academic leaders have to say about The Da Vinci Code.
