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  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 1:21 PM EST2012-02-22 18:21:20 GMT
    Day 3 of the murder trial of Thomas Bradford is underway in Columbia County.
  • Wednesday, February 22 2012 11:19 AM EST2012-02-22 16:19:12 GMT
    One person is dead after an early morning fire in Richmond County. Investigators were on the scene early this morning on the 3700 block of Wrightsboro Road. 40-year-old Jimmy Edward Smith was found dead
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 10:20 PM EST2012-02-22 03:20:11 GMT
    Augusta county commissioners are outraged over a green light that was given to Marriott architects to spend hundreds of thousands of extra dollars on an upgraded ventilation system. The Trade, Exhibit, and Event Center is months from completion but controversy over the upgrade could halt the project.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:59 PM EST2012-02-22 00:59:20 GMT
    It was an emotional day in court as friends and family listened as witnesses relived the day Raymond Lee was shot to death at the Columbia County Water Treatment Plant where he worked last April.Thomas
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:33 PM EST2012-02-22 00:33:46 GMT
    Hundreds of people gathered around lunch in Aiken today to hear South Carolina Senator, Jim DeMint speak about Washington issues that are having a big impact closer to home, here in the CSRA.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 6:09 PM EST2012-02-21 23:09:17 GMT
    Source: Brian Grimes/FOX54
    11-year-old Bailey Lewis heard about "Operation Hand-Warmer", a campaign set up by local businessmen, to collect hand-warmers for our front-line troops in Afghanistan.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 5:34 PM EST2012-02-21 22:34:26 GMT
    Thomas Bradford
    Opening arguments have wrapped up and the trial of Thomas Bradford is underway in Columbia County.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:57 AM EST2012-02-21 16:57:09 GMT
    MAU Workforce Solutions is hosting a Job Fair on Wednesday, February 22nd from 9:00AM-4:00PM to fill immediate job openings.
  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 10:13 AM EST2012-02-21 15:13:33 GMT
    Source: www.rideforsaferoutes.com
    Four ambitious women are undertaking a cross country endurance ride that kicked off in Key West on February 5, 2012.

    The women will roll into the CSRA in the late-afternoon on Tuesday, February 21.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 11:22 PM EST2012-02-21 04:22:59 GMT
    As gas prices continue to climb near or above $3.50 a gallon, and diesel prices skyrocket well over $4.00, drivers on CSRA roadways are feeling the pressure. But those feeling it the most in our community
  • Monday, February 20 2012 10:29 PM EST2012-02-21 03:29:43 GMT
    Residents like Florence Bradley who've lived in Hyde Park for decades are worried about being forced to relocate from their homes.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 8:25 PM EST2012-02-21 01:25:33 GMT
    Richmond County Commissioners are tackling several big issues in Tuesday's commission meeting.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 5:55 PM EST2012-02-20 22:55:39 GMT
    Columbia Police say a check of missing hospitality official Tom Sponseller's car shows nothing unusual and calls to his cell phone are not being returned.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 10:51 AM EST2012-02-20 15:51:08 GMT
    The Historic First Ebenezer Baptist Church is celebrating Black History Month by bringing the Hephzibah community together.
  • Monday, February 20 2012 10:49 AM EST2012-02-20 15:49:11 GMT
    It is end of the school day for the children who live at the River Glen apartment complex and with big smiles on their faces, they head home. But those smiles hide the worries and fears that many of these young kids feel every day.
  • Sunday, February 19 2012 9:54 PM EST2012-02-20 02:54:43 GMT
    The Order of the Cross Motorcycle Ministries is trying to raise money to transport a reproduction of the Vietnam Wall from California to Augusta.
  • Sunday, February 19 2012 9:42 PM EST2012-02-20 02:42:11 GMT
    A new body scanner at the Augusta Regional Airport uses advanced imaging technology to look for weapons or other items of concern.

    The scanner also uses radio waves to scan underneath clothing - and for some who fly through Augusta Regional, that's too much. 
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 6:32 PM EST2012-02-16 23:32:41 GMT
    UPDATE: JoDon and his family have been asked to come out to New York for the next phase of America's Got Talent.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 6:32 PM EST2012-02-16 23:32:18 GMT
    The dog was rescued in Effingham County.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 11:13 AM EST2012-02-16 16:13:34 GMT
    Thursday morning a bond hearing was held for the man accused of shooting and killing Aiken Pubic Department of Public Safety Officer Scotty Richardson.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 10:50 AM EST2012-02-16 15:50:42 GMT
    Happy Valley Store
    Ricky Wells and Tina Wells made their first appearance in court today for the brutal dragging death of Jennifer Wells in September.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 10:16 AM EST2012-02-16 15:16:02 GMT
    Soweto Moody/Source: RCSO
    Richmond County Investigators arrested Soweto Moody Wednesday for murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 12:48 AM EST2012-02-16 05:48:46 GMT
    The doors are always open at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, part of the reason the facility's president says the treatment center is so successful.
  • Wednesday, February 15 2012 11:28 PM EST2012-02-16 04:28:49 GMT
    Just days after receiving the first approval for a Combined Construction and Operating License, Plant Vogtle played host to Cabinet member, Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu. Chu re-enforced the Obama
  • Wednesday, February 15 2012 8:15 PM EST2012-02-16 01:15:08 GMT
    Years ago Georgia Congressman, Charlie Norwood requested that a study be made - looking into building more Georgia interstates.

    Now one of those studies is out and details plans for a three state highway with Augusta as the start of the interstate.
  • Tuesday, February 14 2012 11:10 PM EST2012-02-15 04:10:40 GMT
    "All children have a chance. No children is disposable." That's the philosophy of Columbia County Juvenile Court judge Doug Flanagan. In his years of ruling juvenile cases, he sees potential in every teenager
  • Tuesday, February 14 2012 10:38 PM EST2012-02-15 03:38:43 GMT
    "This is a time where we must stand behind our local board of education and say no to House Resolution 1162," Richmond Co. PTA President Monique Braswell says at a press conference denouncing the controversial
  • Monday, February 13 2012 8:55 PM EST2012-02-14 01:55:49 GMT
    If you use your AT&T smart phone to surf the web, stream music, or watch movies, you could see slower service in the near future.
  • Monday, February 13 2012 8:45 PM EST2012-02-14 01:45:19 GMT
    On Monday, President Obama unveiled his budget for 2013. It's a nearly four trillion-dollar plan that calls for increasing taxes on wealthier Americans and spending more money on infrastructure and education. President Obama says the plan also includes cuts for the Department of Defense and NASA.
  • Friday, February 10 2012 1:00 AM EST2012-02-10 06:00:56 GMT
    Two murders in the same community in recent weeks have neighbors and concerned citizens speaking out.
  • Thursday, February 9 2012 10:04 PM EST2012-02-10 03:04:02 GMT
    The Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau launched a pre-opening marketing plan for the multi-million dollar Tee Center.
  • Thursday, February 9 2012 9:40 PM EST2012-02-10 02:40:04 GMT
    Pushing around her Playskool cart is one of little Nicki Harper's favorite things to do. Nicki has been a patient at the GHSU's Children's Medical Center. After having a massive stroke at two-weeks old, Nicki and her parents have been traveling from Albany to be treated here since April 2010.  And like many out-of-towners treating their children at the facility, Nicki's family lives in the Ronald McDonald House in downtown Augusta.
  • Wednesday, February 8 2012 1:59 PM EST2012-02-08 18:59:46 GMT
    Source: RCSO
    Investigators have been called to Queensborough National Bank on Tobacco Road after reports of a bank robbery.
  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 3:54 PM EST2012-02-07 20:54:52 GMT
    The death of Don Cornelius, the creator and host of the television show Soul Train, has been ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
  • Thursday, February 2 2012 11:10 AM EST2012-02-02 16:10:10 GMT
    General Beau Lee at his home at the Yellow River Game Ranch in Gwinnett County, GA .
    The groundhogs have spoken and the predictions are... different.
  • Thursday, February 2 2012 10:18 AM EST2012-02-02 15:18:28 GMT
    Richmond County deputies are reviewing surveillance video after an overnight burglary at the BP on Wheeler Road.
  • Wednesday, February 1 2012 10:32 PM EST2012-02-02 03:32:38 GMT
    A feeling of deja vu fell over Aiken this afternoon as they said farewell to Aiken Public Safety Master Corporal Sandy Rogers."Aiken has never really had to experience this kind of thing very often," says
  • Wednesday, February 1 2012 8:29 PM EST2012-02-02 01:29:24 GMT
    Massive flames ripped through the abandoned Finishing Plant in Clearwater late Tuesday night.
  • Wednesday, February 1 2012 8:20 PM EST2012-02-02 01:20:00 GMT
    Greene Street/Source: Mark Barber FOX54
    Richmond County deputies were called to Greene Street around 4pm Wednesday after reports of a shooting.
  • Wednesday, February 1 2012 10:45 AM EST2012-02-01 15:45:12 GMT
    The Aiken County Sheriff's Office has arrested Marrio Parker and Pebbles Nichole Moyle in connection with the murder of Huran Akil Dix.
  • Wednesday, February 1 2012 7:50 AM EST2012-02-01 12:50:23 GMT
    Old Clearwater Finishing Plant/Source: Teri Hornstein FOX54
    A fire continues to smolder hours after it started. Multiple crews were called to  the scene of a massive fire at the Old Clearwater Finishing Plant on Belvedere-Clearwater Road Tuesday night.
  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 7:53 PM EST2012-02-01 00:53:30 GMT
    Fox54's Mark Barber asked Cayce's father, Howard Vice, "What are you thinking when you watch this video of Jones in the courtroom yesterday?" Vice replied, "This is all a mental put on because Jones isn't like that at all, he's normal."
  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 12:06 PM EST2012-01-31 17:06:34 GMT
    The Richmond County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding some men connected with the burglary of Save A Lot on Wrightsboro Road.
  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 11:48 AM EST2012-01-31 16:48:16 GMT
    Christopher Parker
    Parker has been identified as the individual responsible for the murder of Huran Dix. The victim was shot once in the back and buried in a wooded area off of Dry Branch Road. It appears at this point that Parker murdered the victim over an alleged stolen income tax check.
  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 10:57 AM EST2012-01-31 15:57:33 GMT
    The lane shifts/closures will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, Wednesday, Thursday, and if needed Friday, February 11st thru February 3rd, 2012.
  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 10:43 AM EST2012-01-31 15:43:28 GMT
    Engine Company #10/Source: Mark Barber FOX54
    An open house was held Tuesday morning after the completion of Engine Company #10. The new station is located at 1056 Alexander Drive, Augusta, GA 30909.
  • Monday, January 30 2012 8:53 PM EST2012-01-31 01:53:14 GMT
    The meeting began with a standing ovation for new Fire Chief Chris James.But those congratulations soon turned to fireworks as commissioners discussed the Reynolds St. parking deck in downtown Augusta.
  • Monday, January 30 2012 3:19 PM EST2012-01-30 20:19:04 GMT
    Last year the Tax Center processed over 2400 returns for soldiers, family members and retirees, saving them over $522,000 in estimated preparation fees.
  • Monday, January 30 2012 2:36 PM EST2012-01-30 19:36:45 GMT
    Chris James
    Interim Augusta Fire Chief, Chris James, has been approved for the vacant Fire Chief position.

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