Augusta GA

FORT GORDON, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - There is a controlled burn Wednesday on Fort Gordon. The burn will be in the central portion of the installation. Smoke is forecast to travel northeast. Area residents and travelers may see or smell smoke in the air throughout the duration of the burn.

The trial of Colt Gray, the teenager accused in the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, will be moved out of Barrow County after a judge ruled that extensive media coverage has made it impossible to seat a fair and impartial jury locally. In an order filed Friday, Barrow County...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced low-interest loans to small businesses and nonprofits affected by the drought that began April 28. The disaster declaration covers Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Edgefield, F

Gavel (TFP File Photo) The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly four years after a young mother vanished from Aiken County, her family received the answer they never wanted. Investigators discovered human remains buried in a remote area of Barnwell County last month. DNA testing confirmed this month that those remains belonged to 30-year-old Krysta

Jeanne-Marie Ashley Boese was arrested on Friday in Columbia County. Deputies say she used nursing licenses that belonged to other people so she could work at two medical companies. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office brought her in after digging into the case for two months. Deputies started looking into this...

A Swiss company is buying a North Augusta pharmaceutical manufacturer. CordenPharma recently announced that it has agreed to acquire AmbioPharm Inc. , a company in Beech Island, S.C., that produces peptides on a contract basis for prescription-drug companies. Neither the financial terms of the deal nor a closing date w

GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF) – Following Tuesday night’s water main break in Grovetown, a boil water advisory has been issued. City officials encourage residents to flush their outside lines first by running the water at outdoor spigots until it runs clear and then running cold water indoors until it starts to run clear as we

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A proposed plea agreement for a former Augusta University faculty member, who is charged with child molestation, was not accepted in court, officials say. District Attorney Jared Williams said Carl Purdy, 66, faces a three-count indictment for child molestation involving two victims under the

NEW ELLENTON, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A week after a man allegedly impersonating law enforcement tried to kidnap a teenage girl in Aiken County, we’re looking at how a truck driver’s quick thinking stopped what could have been a tragedy. Anthony Moore says he spotted what looked like a...