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Massive generator's trip across SC almost complete
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Last Updated: 10:52 AM 11/20/09 - The 880,000-pound Duke Energy generator has spent the past two months being moved from a southern South Carolina port to the utility's plant near Boiling Springs, N.C. (Full Story)
12th Street to be closed until January
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Last Updated: 4:37 PM 11/18/09 - 12th Street from Walton Way to Telfair Street will be closed beginning Friday, November 20, 2009. (Full Story)
Man rescued from jeep after getting stuck on flooded road
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Last Updated: 11:38 AM 11/18/09 - Aiken County deputies had to rescue a man from his jeep after he drove into standing water on a flooded road. It happened around 4:30 AM on Jackson Road, just off Main Street in downtown Jackson. (Full Story)
Truck hits tree in Belvedere
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Last Updated: 12:16 PM 11/17/09 - A driver was taken to a local hospital after an accident on the 800 block of Tyler Avenue in Belvedere. It happened around 1 o'clock Tuesday morning. (Full Story)
4 dead in car-train crash near SC-GA state line
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Last Updated: 6:29 PM 11/17/09 - Four people have died after a car was hit by an Amtrak train near the South Carolina-Georgia state line. (Full Story)
Traffic concerns over proposed North Augusta subdivision
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Last Updated: 12:10 PM 11/17/09 - North Augusta city leaders are looking at plans for a new development along the Savannah River,but the plans are not sitting too well with many who already live in the area. A new subdivision, Gardner's Landing is possibly in the future for North Augusta, but the apartments, the homes and the traffic they will generate is a big concern.
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On Your Side: Homeowners, others upset with "dangerous" dirt road
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Last Updated: 11:50 AM 11/17/09 - McNutt Road is in south Richmond County. When it rained last week, water carved a small ditch into the dirt (Full Story)
"Click It or Ticket" campaign begins Monday
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Last Updated: 11:43 AM 11/17/09 - State officials are promising around-the-clock enforcement during the campaign, which is aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries during the Thanksgiving travel period. (Full Story)
Speeding Maserati driver gets probation
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Last Updated: 11:38 AM 11/16/09 - A South Carolina man has been placed on probation for three years for reckless homicide after his speeding Maserati hit a house and killed a Greenville man. (Full Story)
Hardy McManus road will close to all through traffic at railroad crossing
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Last Updated: 3:33 PM 11/12/09 - Hardy McManus Road will be closed to all through traffic at the railroad crossing.



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Chase policy reviewed after Jefferson County child killed
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Last Updated: 1:46 PM 11/10/09 - A two-year-old was killed and her brother injured when authorities say their father sped off from a traffic stop in Jefferson County. The question is, did the deputy who chased him down know there were children in the car? (Full Story)
Accident shuts down part of Highway 278 in Aiken County
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Last Updated: 7:19 PM 11/09/09 - An accident in Aiken County this afternoon has shut down part of Highway 278, east of Hwy. 19 near Boggy Gut. (Full Story)
Update: Man dies after being hit by car in front yard
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Last Updated: 12:27 AM 11/09/09 - A North Augusta man has died after being hit in the front yard of his home on Seymour Drive. (Full Story)
School zone signs up one day after News 12 report
Last Updated: 1:09 PM 11/06/09 - News 12's Ashley Jeffery reported November 4 that there were no school zone signs near Byrd Elementary on Bettis Academy Road. On November 5, those signs went up. (Full Story)
15-year-old Burke County teenager hit and killed
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Last Updated: 11:56 AM 11/06/09 - A 15-year-old Burke County teenager was hit and killed on GA Hwy 24 at Drone Road. Kendrick Way was riding his bike up a hill when the driver hit him. (Full Story)
1 injured in crash on Old Waynesboro Road
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Last Updated: 11:53 AM 11/06/09 - A bad accident early Friday morning sent one man to the hospital. It happened just after midnight, on the 4100 block of Old Waynesboro Road. (Full Story)
Temporary road closure scheduled for Pleasant Home Road
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Last Updated: 10:35 AM 11/06/09 - There will be a temporary road closure on Pleasant Home Road in Martinez beginning Sunday, November 8, 2009. (Full Story)
Changes coming to downtown Aiken traffic lights
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Last Updated: 11:31 AM 11/06/09 - Downtown Aiken is known for its historic charm, quaint shops...and confusing traffic lights. (Full Story)
Toll lanes proposed for Atlanta-area roads
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Last Updated: 11:26 AM 11/05/09 - The proposals presented at a DOT work session on Wednesday include stretches of Interstate 285 and parts of I-20, Ga. 400, northern I-75 and I-575. (Full Story)
Only on 12: School zone non-existent at Byrd Elementary
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Last Updated: 1:10 PM 11/06/09 - As parents pick up and drop off their students at Byrd Elementary, they're asking some serious questions about safety. (Full Story)
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