Augusta GA

BURNETTOWN, SC. (WJBF) – A state representative calling on Aiken County leaders to take action in the Horse Creek Valley area. This comes after a town hall meeting last week, where people who live in Burnettown and Gloverville shared lots of concerns about the rise in crime and homelessness. State Representative...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Deputies with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office are currently at the scene of a shooting in Augusta. According to officials, two people were hospitalized following a shooting on Tuesday behind the Ramada hotel in an alleyway near 6th and Ellis streets. Authorities are urging the...

GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A South Carolina State Representative is calling for the Aiken County Council to revitalize the areas of Horse Creek Valley and Beech island. Representative Melissa Oremus penned a letter to the Aiken County Council following a town hall October 6. In her letter, Rep. Oremus called...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s assistance locating a missing 17-year-old. According to authorities, Jeanazeyah Rosius, 17 (5’02”/130 lbs.), was last seen leaving on foot from her residence on the 1700 block of Hicks Street on October 14th around 2:00 P.M, and she...

EDGEFIELD, S.C. — For months, employees at the federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina, have been working overtime. At full staff, there are supposed to be roughly 120 officers, but with almost 30 vacancies, staff including nurses, electricians and social workers have been called to take shifts guarding units.

The owners of a Chick-Fil-A in Georgia are apologizing to the Clover Police Department after one officer says he experienced racial discrimination at the restaurant.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– Shaping the next generation of writers is the mission behind a special project that happens on AU’s Summerville campus every summer. Dr. Rebecca Harper is a full professor of literacy at Augusta University. She’s the author of seven books and is the force behind AU’s National Writing Project...

A team from First Baptist Church of Jackson spent a week fixing homes across Aiken County. Their October work brought much-needed repairs to houses through Project BRICK, a free service for those unable to maintain their homes. "The goal is to help people who can't do for themselves, and secondly,...

Augusta Technical College, in partnership with the Downtown Development Authority of Augusta (DDA), officially celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of Accelerate Augusta, the region’s newest small business incubator and microenterprise center. The event was held at the newly renovated I.M. Pei building in...

AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – Halloween is around the corner, and that means the annual hunt for the perfect costume is underway. The Aiken County Family YMCA held a free Halloween costume giveaway Sunday. The community helped families mask the cost of Halloween—one free costume at a time. It’s simple gestures like these...