Augusta GA

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The first of three days for the Augusta Captains Seafood Festival went on at the Augusta Common on Friday. Live music and inflatables were out for the kids along with the namesake food. Lobster dishes, crawfish, alligator and frozen treats were all available. How has Marty...

HARLEM, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The city of Harlem has been showing Movies Under the Stars every Saturday, with the last one being next weekend. Before the movie, there is kids’ craft time and a matinee screening inside the Laurel and Hardy Museum. One of the organizers talked about the...

When Katie Chubb was pregnant she wanted to have her baby at a birth center, but there was no local option. Now she's trying to open one herself. She has community support, but not from the hospitals.

Augusta's mayor wants the city to get rolling on the river. Standing in front of the city's shabby Boathouse Community Center on Riverfront Drive on Friday, Garnett Johnson announced a proposed redevelopment of Riverwalk Augusta into a Savannah River showpiece to help stoke tourism and economic development. The money...

We’ve all heard the stereotypes about Americans and their eating habits, but unfortunately, the stats back it up. Nearly 42% of U.S. adults are obese, and it’s costing billions each year in medical care and lost productivity. While fast food and ultra-processed snacks are practically everywhere, some parts of the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina officials have confirmed the first Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus cases of 2025, after two horses — one in Jasper County and one in Aiken County — succumbed to the deadly mosquito-borne illness. According to the Clemson University Department of Livestock Poultry...

Lakeside’s Hamilton Coleman has won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the first Augusta native to ever win the event. Blue Star Mothers in Myrtle Beach pack boxes for military service members. Updated: 2 hours ago. Members of the Blue Star Mothers of Coastal Carolina packed hero boxes on...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding a missing teen. 17-year-old Layla Nicolette Eanes was last seen on Sunday at around 7 a.m. on the 3300 Block of Blanchard Road. Eanes left by unknown means. Her clothing description is also unknown. She’s described as 5’05”, 110 lbs. Her...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Temperatures will start to rise Today a few degrees above average. A prolonged, dangerous heat wave is expected over the CSRA this weekend into next week. Today will stay mostly dry, and temperatures will be hotter than what we’ve been dealing with since Wednesday. Highs will...

AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF)- UPDATE | We now know the identity of the victim in the crash. 28-year-old Summer Poole of New Ellenton died in a crash between a sedan and her motorcycle. The Aiken County Coroner tells us she will be autopsied in Newberry. One person is dead after a crash in Aiken County. The […]