The best young spellers in the English language are set competin this week at the Scripps National Spelling Bee – and one of them is a kid from Aiken County.

Augusta Commission members vote to accept Hawthorne Welcher's resignation, leaving the city with another vacancy at the top of a key department.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at an Augusta apartment complex last week.

On May 15, a 16-year-old died after a crash that followed a police chase in Aiken County. Now his 21-year-old brother is dead, too.

The Waynesboro Police Department is looking for a man wanted for questioning in reference to a death ruled as homicide.

Ground was broken ceremonially on Tuesday for a new center on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus to help meet the demand for cybersecurity workers.