Poison Peach XVII kicks off 2026 with plot twists
Poison Peach Film Festival returns to the Imperial Theatre Jan. 3-4, 2026 with a couple of plot twists. The long-running festival, which began around 2007, includes an unusual line-up for Saturday night. It features an unfinished film, one that was started in 2011 and a fan film. Joanne Greene’s “Perchance...
First Alert Forecast l Lake Wind Advisory Issued Monday As Arctic Chill Rushes into...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An arctic cold front will take temperatures from 10 to 15 degrees warmer than average Sunday to 10 to 15 degrees colder than average by Tuesday morning. Monday morning will start off unseasonably warm with temperatures in the lower to middle 60s, then the front passes...
Richmond County investigates bone discovery by citizen
Augusta, Ga (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 4700 block of Deans Bridge Rd. at approximately 2 p.m. According to PIO Lt. James Kelly, the response was in reference to a person calling in advising they possibly located a human bone. Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office responded along...
Mostly Cloudy and Slightly Cooler Sunday
Sunday Morning Update: After a record breaking day on Saturday with a high of 80 (20 degrees above average and 3 degrees higher than the previous record set in 2015), we will start to see temps cooling down in the final days of 2025. Compared to the wild winter weather in the Midwest and Northeast, our forecast is...
Repack the Backpack event set for Jan. 5, 2026
A day of support, resources and community connection is scheduled Jan. 5. Hosted in partnership with community organizations, including Medical Associates Plus, Augusta. Recreation and Parks Department, SWAT Foundation, Amerigroup, Toys for Tots, Stolkin Temple. No. 22, and M. Austin Jackson Attorney at Law, the...
Uncle of child involved in Best Buy shooting in process of adopting him
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The child involved in the Augusta Best Buy shooting in September is in the process of being adopted by his uncle. David Domingo is the brother of Melissa Domingo, the child’s mother. Melissa, 41, and her mother, Elizabeth Domingo, 79, were allegedly shot and killed...
Athens house fire on Christmas Eve sends resident to burn unit, cause under investigation
A fire on Christmas Eve left an Athens resident in an Augusta burn unit to recover from their injuries.
SCDNR officer was shot at ‘repeatedly,’ agency says
EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources was “repeatedly” shot at early Sunday morning, the agency said. Details about the incident are limited; however, SCDNR said in a brief news release that one of its officers was involved in a shooting incident in...
First Alert Forecast l Record High Temperatures Saturday to Give Way to Arctic Cold...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Saturday’s high temperature at Augusta Regional Airport of 80 degrees shattered the previous record of 77 set in 2015, but winter is set to return to close out the last week of 2025. Clouds will return Sunday, as a backdoor cold front nudges in from...
Authorities seek missing people in multiple counties across CSRA
Theodore Cobb, 70, was last seen Dec. 27 at about 3 p.m. at Piedmont Augusta Hospital on Walton Way.
