An Aiken County home where a murder suspect lived is now at the center of an arson investigation.

All the talk about the weather lately has focused around how warm it's been this winter in Augusta, but a climate analysis finds that it was more unusually dry during January 2012 than it was unusually warm.

History was made when Barack Obama was elected the nation's
first African-American president. While more minorities are registered
Democrats, the community is experiencing another shift. A surge in African-American Republicans. NBC 26's Jonathan Davis takes a closer look at why more black voters are aligning themselves with the GOP.

Local crimes like the recent murders of two public safety officers may be behind a spike in gun sales in Aiken County.

Concerns about fake South Carolina driver's license have officials looking into shortening renewal time.

A resolution to rename part of Bobby Jones Expressway is headed to the Senate today. Deputy J.D. Paugh's former motor deputies were all in Atlanta Monday awaiting the vote to rename part of Bobby Jones Expressway after the fallen officer.

NBC 26 News' Courtney Khondabi spoke with some of the deputy's co-workers in Augusta about what it would mean to them to have a permanent reminder of Paugh's sacrifice, so that everyone can remember him.

Aiken County firefighters believe a mobile home that caught fire this morning may belong to murder suspect Christopher Parker.

Former Josey star Deon Grant talks about winning Super Bowl XLVI.

Court will reconvene Tuesday in the trial of a 15-year old charged in the death of his friend.  Lacy Aaron Schmidt was called a "cold blooded killer" by prosecutors.  They called the parents of Victim Alana Callahan to the stand.

Former Josey Eagle Deon Grant and the New York Giants win Super Bowl XLVI.

There's new information about plans to rename part of an Augusta highway after a fallen Richmond County officer.

Richmond County Deputy J.D. Paugh, Aiken Public Safety Officers Sandy Rogers and Scotty Richardson were each gunned down during traffic stops in the past few months. Now, a new charity is stepping in to help their fellow officers.

The murder trial of a 14-year-old Columbia County boy accused of killing his classmate is underway.  Jury selection has started in a Columbia County courtroom.

A Greenbrier High School student is now formally charged with plotting to kidnap and kill one of his classmates.

NBC 26 News has learned a Columbia County grand jury indicted Christian Annis last week. We're told the 17-year-old's girlfriend asked him to kill another female student. He's charged with conspiracy to commit a felony. Annis' girlfriend was sent to a youth detention center in Sandersville.

Investigators have released the name of the victim in Sunday night's Hahn Village shooting.

Investigators tell NBC 26 one person has died after being shot in the head Thursday night in Aiken.

One person is dead after after being shot at River Glen Aparments.

Fire crews in our area say more than half of all arson fires are started by teens. Now, Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue and the Columbia County Juvenile system have joined forces with a new program to help bring that number down

Sunday on NBC 26, Josey High School graduate Deon Grant will be making his second Super Bowl appearance. We spoke with students at his alma mater along with his cousin about what it means to them.

Dispatchers received a call around 1:30 Friday morning about a burglary at Vinny's Pizza on Martintown Rd in North Augusta.