AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG)- In response to the Federal budget sequestration furloughs of Department of Defense (DOD) employees at Fort Gordon, the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), in conjunction with local tourism partners, has developed a plan to offer special discounts to DOD employees.

AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG)- A desegregation case filed
against the Richmond County School Board of Education nearly 49 years ago is
still pending a ruling. District Court Judge Dudley Bowen held a hearing in
federal court Monday to determine if this case is still relevant.

"[Richmond County School System]
is not where it was; there might have been a need before," said
Superintendent Dr. Frank Roberson.  

Dr. Roberson is ready to move
past a desegregation case that has been haunting the school system since it was
filed by Robert Acree in 1964.

Aiken County, SC (WFXG)- South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a
fatal car crash that happened on I-20 westbound around 2:30 on Saturday.

Officers said Lashonda Wood of Columbia was driving
a 2006 Dodge with seven passengers when the right rear tire blew out. Wood
overcorrected the vehicle, causing it to flip several times.

Six passengers were transported to Palmetto Health
Hospital where one of the passengers, who was a minor, died.