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.

It’s the latest scandal rocking Augusta’s Marble Palace. In 2004, Commissioner Betty Beard helped direct a donation from developers of the Maxwell House Apartments to pay for gastric bypass surgery for a city employee. It may be a criminal case, but that worker says it was a case of life and death. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

A new tool in the CSRA is helping patients, especially women, who face potentially life-threatening procedures. Some local surgeons now have an extra hand during surgery… nd it’s not a nurse, it’s a robot. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

A new tool in the CSRA is helping patients, especially women, who face potentially life-threatening procedures. Some local surgeons now have an extra hand during surgery… nd it’s not a nurse, it’s a robot. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

There’s a new tool in the CSRA to help patients; especially women with potentially life-threatening procedures.  Some local surgeons now have a helping hand during surgery.  It’s not a nurse it’s a robot.

Doctors are preparing a 42-year-old woman who was doused with kerosene and set on fire for skin grafts. Elisa Davenport’s brother says surgeons at the Doctors Hospital of Augusta worked Thursday to prepare her for the skin grafts. He says she is in an induced coma.

South Carolina freshman defensive end Ronald Byrd will miss the season with a knee injury. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said Wednesday that Byrd hurt his left knee during a scrimmage this week and would need surgery.

We first told you about the robotic surgical tool called ‘DaVinci’ when it arrived at Doctor’s Hospital, last year. We’ve learned the surgical system is now being used to treat uterine fybroids. They can be painful and, for many women, the only option was a hysterectomy.

We first told you about the robotic surgical tool called ‘DaVinci’ when it arrived at Doctor’s Hospital, last year. We’ve learned the surgical system is now being used to treat uterine fybroids. They can be painful and, for many women, the only option was a hysterectomy.

It’s groundbreaking surgery, and the first of its kind to ever be done in the state of Georgia, and it’s brought new hope to one Augusta family…and their pet. A professor from the veterinary school at the University of Georgia, performed the state’s first ever dog knee replacement surgery on a 12-year-old lab.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

It’s groundbreaking surgery, and the first of its kind to ever be done in the state of Georgia, and it’s brought new hope to one Augusta family…and their pet. A professor from the veterinary school at the University of Georgia, performed the state’s first ever dog knee replacement surgery on a 12-year-old lab.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

John Smoltz took a big step in his return form shoulder surgery, throwing three scoreless innings in his first rehabilitation outing, thursday night, as his Greenville Drive took on the Augusa GreenJackets. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop was at the game and has more.

John Smoltz took a big step in his return form shoulder surgery, throwing three scoreless innings in his first rehabilitation outing, thursday night, as his Greenville Drive took on the Augusa GreenJackets. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop was at the game and has more.

A representative for Usher says the singer’s wife, Tameka Raymond, is recovering after surgery.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer, apparently at an early stage.