Higher than average rainfall in the CSRA is doing a lot for local lakes. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker compared the dangerously low levels of 2009 to now.

In Richmond County, the results are in…many cast their ballots Tuesday on the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or S.P.L.O.S.T. There was a really low turnout…but a big price tag for area projects…$184 million worth of sales tax money at stake. WJBF News channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

Augusta voters head to the polls, Tuesday, to decide whether to continue the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or S.P.L.O.S.T. Voters are looking at a more than $180 million package. Supporters are confident it will pass. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has more.

The much-needed rainfall is causing some problems, in Edgefield County. A dam breach, this weekend, is leaving Holmes Pond Road in jeopardy of collapsing. Friday morning, sinkholes began to appear along the sides of the dam, and now crews are racing to get the water out before the road caves in. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

The recent storms may have helped the area’s lake levels. For the past year, Thurmond Lake has slowly disappeared, but that is changing. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.

It was an idea to get rid of a south Augusta eye sore…use $8 million from the next phase of the sales tax to buy Regency Mall, and tear it down. But, a new plan for the area keeps the mall in place, but would take some of the mall property for a lake park. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story. After viewing the sotry, let us know what you think in our web poll.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ups water release from Thurmond Lake, despite drought conditions. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports.