One teammate performed first aid while another comforted a University of Connecticut football player who was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school-sanctioned dance over the weekend, their coach said Monday. Coach Randy Edsall wouldn’t identify the teammates or say how many players witnessed the fight that led to the death of 20-year-old Jasper Howard, a native of Miami.

One teammate performed first aid while another comforted a University of Connecticut football player who was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a school-sanctioned dance over the weekend, their coach said Monday. Coach Randy Edsall wouldn’t identify the teammates or say how many players witnessed the fight that led to the death of 20-year-old Jasper Howard, a native of Miami.

Police say a mentally ill Augusta man stabbed a pit bull to death. The dog belonged to him and his mother.

An Augusta man will spend the rest of his life in prison plus 45 years for a deadly home invasion. A Columbia County jury found 20-year-old Patrick Antwon Booker guilty of numerous charges including burglary, armed robbery, and kidnapping…but they found him not guilty of murder.

October is a time when we focus on Breast Cancer Awareness, but it’s also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It was two years ago, in October, that an Edgefield man shot and killed his wife and stepdaughter, before turning the gun on himself. The family is sharing that horrific story in an effort to warn others about the dangers of domestic violence. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

October is a time when we focus on Breast Cancer Awareness, but it’s also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It was two years ago, in October, that an Edgefield man shot and killed his wife and stepdaughter, before turning the gun on himself. The family is sharing that horrific story in an effort to warn others about the dangers of domestic violence. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

A deadly house fire happened in Columbia County, Thursday morning. The blaze broke out around 4:30 a.m., at a house on the 900 block of Windmill Lane…that’s in Windmill Plantation, in Evans. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has more.

Captain Lou Albano, the charismatic professional wrestler who appeared in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, has died. He was 76. World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed the death Thursday on its Web site.

There’s new information on the death of a Columbia County girl from the flu. Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins comfirms Tuesday evening she died from complications of the Swine Flu, on Saturday. This death has some parents asking questions about H1N1 and seasonal flu. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has the story.

A 10-year old child from Columbia County has died from the flu. Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins confirms Summer Rockefeller died early Saturday morning at an Atlanta hospital from complications of the flu, possibly swine flu. We have information for those wishing to donate to the family.

Michael Jackson returned to the airwaves Monday with a new song - the first from an upcoming musical documentary featuring the troubled superstar. It is the first new material by Jackson to be released since his sudden death in Los Angeles on June 25.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a Greenwood, SC man died Sunday evening after a crash on I-20. Justin Ryan Heinz, 28, of Greenwood, was pronounced dead at Medical College of Georgia Sunday night around 9:27 p.m.

A soldier at Fort Jackson has died after collapsing during a physical fitness test. The Army says 19-year-old Private Jamal Britt, from Edgewood, MD, died Wednesday evening at Providence Northeast Hospital. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter Robert Kittle, and Joseph Kasko, have more.

All this month, we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness. And while there are beautiful stories of survival and research…there are the stories of the families who are left behind, when the battle is lost. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story of a victim, and the survivors she left behind.

All this month, we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness. And while there are beautiful stories of survival and research…there are the stories of the families who are left behind, when the battle is lost. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story of a victim, and the survivors she left behind.