The University of South Carolina football team returned to the Bluff Road practice fields Monday afternoon as they began preparations for Saturday’s regular season finale against the Clemson Tigers.

South Carolina’s play this weekend could
go a long way to determining Clemson’s next head coach.

SLED hotline leads to additional charges against former school administrator, Stephen Coke Eubanks

Two North Augusta neighbors say they haven’t quite ‘dried out’ from Friday’s rains. There are still some water problems bogging down their lives. Count on Joy Howe for the story.

According to Lt. Michael Franks, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) is investigating an armed robbery that occurred Saturday night at Quickie Jacks, 829 Edgefield Road, in North Augusta.

A lot of us would agree, we need the rain. But too much of a good thing is pouring some major problems into the hands of some. Joy Howe went wading Friday and has the wet shoes, and the stories.

Heavy rains have produced some flooding in places around the C.S.R.A. There are reports of flooded basements in some downtown Augusta buildings. And some neighborhoods in Columbia and Aiken counties are also reporting flooding in streets and yards.

Fire fighters battled a major house fire in North Augusta this morning.  The blaze broke out inside a house in the 1800 block of Oriole Avenue just before 9:00 Friday morning. Firefighters called for mutual aid from neighboring fire departments for help in fighting the fire.

South Carolina absentee voters have nearly doubled turnout from 2004 levels.State Election Commission data released Monday shows more than 302,000 people have already voted in South Carolina. In 2004, the state recorded about 161,000 absentee votes.

The rosters for the 2008 SCADA North-South All-Star game were
released Wednesday. The rosters included eight players from CSRA schools.

Razorbacks and Gamecocks now an afternoon matchup

South Carolina lawmakers are once again trying to cut the budget, and to do that, they’re looking at cutting lines at the DMV. It’s still in the works, but soon there may be no more Saturday hours at South Carolina DMV’s. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

Authorities say a lake that borders South
Carolina and Georgia has dropped to an all-time low as the drought
continues.

The South Carolina football team returned to the practice field on Tuesday
afternoon for the first time since last Saturday’s game vs.  LSU. 

A former Aiken County school administrator was arrested Tuesday, on sex crime charges dating back to the 1970’s. A man who says he was molested by Stephen Coke Eubanks, 67, spoke to us Tuesday about another case involving a convicted child molester from the same time period. He is considering bringing a lawsuit against the former North Augusta Planning Commission chairman, Edward Meloan. Meloan was convicted, last October, of molesting Greg Lass, and others, when they were boys back in the 70’s.