The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a flood watch for portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina.

It’s a final farewell to one of the CSRA’s greatest bluegrass gospel singers. The Lewis Family held a concert in Lincolnton, Georgia, and for many, this farewell is bittersweet. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has more.

It’s a final farewell to one of the CSRA’s greatest bluegrass gospel singers. The Lewis Family held a concert in Lincolnton, Georgia, and for many, this farewell is bittersweet. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has more.

According to the National Weather Service, a Frost Advisory is in effect from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday for some CSRA counties

We call it the lake, but what’s its name? Lake Thurmond is the official one, unless of course you call it something else. For 20 years, it’s been the great lake name game. It’s “Out There…Somewhere” with News Channel 6’s George Eskola.

It’s time for another stop on WJBF News Channel 6’s “Your Hometown” tour. On Friday, July 10th, we broadcast our 5, 5:30, and 6 p.m. newscasts live from Elijah Clark State Park, in Lincoln County. Those stories about Lake Thurmond and the surrounding communities are now archived online.

A North Carolina police officer has been wounded and a suspect killed during a confrontation after the officer responded to a burglary call. It happened around 3:00 a.m. Monday morning at a home on Dallas Spencer Mountain Road, in Gaston County, west of Charlotte. WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is now investigating this shooting to see if there is a connection to the Cherokee County serial killings.

The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories ahead of storm systems making their way toward the CSRA.

The Green Bay Packers selected former Lincoln County Red Devil Jarius Wynn with the ninth pick of the sixth round (182nd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

Former Laney star Corvey Irvin, former Thomson star Jasper Brinkley and former Lincoln Co. star Jarius Wynn were selected Sunday on the second day of the 2009 NFL Draft.

The State Transportation Board has selected 49 projects from across Georgia as the first installment of hundreds of transportation projects throughout the state that will begin during the coming yeat utlilizing $932 million in federal stimulus funds designed to create and sustain jobs. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Renita Crawford for the latest in this developing story.

According to the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center, several counties in the CSRA are under a Tornado Watch until 1:00 a.m.

Lincoln County Commissioners voted earlier this month to revise the budget. Nearly every department had to cut money for supplies and equipment. The cuts amount to more than $200,000. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Renita Crawford for the story.

Only one high school football team remains standing after Friday night’s Georgia Class-A high school football semifinals.

The construction of a new high school is underway in Lincoln County, which is home to years of state championship football. So where will that tradition continue with a new campus? WJBF News Channel Six’s Paige Tucker reports.