North Augusta restaurant experiencing Peach Jam for first time
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - With Peach Jam in town, local businesses have a chance to grow. Peach Jam is a chance to see old and new faces. For the opened Bowl Boss, which opened in September, this is a new experience for them. An inmate in Columbia County Detention...
Investigation launched after inmate’s death in Columbia County
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga (WJBF)- An inmate in the Columbia County Detention Center has died. According to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, around 1p.m. Sunday, inmate Catherine Smith was found unresponsive by two of her bunk mates in their cell when they returned from their break. The inmates notified jail staff, who...
‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ starts Monday in Georgia
Slow down, or risk getting a ticket. That’s the warning police are giving when “Operation Showdown” starts next week in five southeastern states, including Georgia. This is the ninth year for the regional week-long speed enforcement and awareness campaign that will run from July 14-20 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,...
GMC Augusta campus shifts to remote learning after lightning strike damages facility
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A college campus in Augusta is temporarily transitioning to remote learning, following a lightning strike that caused significant damage to its facility. According to a press release from Georgia Military College, all in-person classes for the Augusta campus will transition to remote...
‘It’s a great program’: City of Augusta holding cleanup efforts
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Cleanup efforts will happen in Augusta on Saturday through Operation Cleanup. This is a collaboration between the mayor’s office, state court, the solicitor general, the sheriff’s office and the marshal’s office. “We will go to a location in Augusta where trash is basically...
Pedestrian hit on Old Highway One in Richmond County
(WJBF) – One person is recovering after being struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning in Richmond County. Richmond County deputies responded to Old Highway One between Tobacco Road and Deans Bridge Road around 1:13 a.m. Investigators say the pedestrian was walking in the middle of the road when a southbound vehicle...
Second Community Impact Day headed to First Mount Moriah Baptist Church of Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — First Mount Mariah Baptist Church is bringing back its Community Impact Day — and this year, it’s bigger. Organizers are expecting to give away nearly 500 backpacks filled with school supplies, offer health and safety resources, and host a mobile blood drive. Pastor Daniel Foster says it’s all...
One dead in shooting on Windsor Spring Road
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – One person is dead after a shooting incident, early Sunday morning. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls of shots fired on the 4200 block of Windsor Spring Road just before 1:30 a.m. Once there, deputies located one man down, shot at least once. The victim was transported to a...
5 schools in Aiken County receiving needed upgrades
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Five major construction projects, totaling nearly $100 million, are officially moving forward in Aiken County. Three of the projects are in North Augusta, and the other two are at Wagener-Salley High School and J.D. Lever Elementary School. They were all approved by the school board...
Overturned RV blocks traffic on I-20 W
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An overturned RV has blocked traffic in the far left lane of I-20 westbound around mile marker 194. Dispatchers say the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and EMS officials responded to the scene around 4:21 p.m. Authorities on Friday released the name of the suspect in...
