Augusta GA

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A new watchdog report details supply chain failures at the VA Augusta Health Care System that have been blamed for operating room shutdowns, missing medical equipment and waste of supplies. Augusta’s main Department of Veterans Affairs hospital did not reliably track or store basic medical su

AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is asking for public’s help in a 2019 murder investigation. 33-year-old Willie Simmons Jr. was shot and killed in his home on October 6th, 2019. Investigators say someone fired at his residence on the 3100 block of Silver...

Four more law enforcement officers across Georgia are the latest to be arrested in connection with misusing Flock license plate cameras, authorities say.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Golden Harvest Food Bank is receiving $100,000 from the state. The money will stay local, paying for food from local farmers. The funding comes from the state’s Farm to Food Bank program. “There’s one in six people in our service area that are food insecure...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Savannah River Nuclear Solutions is the winner of this year’s Workforce Champion Award. The Workforce Champion Award is recognized by Governor Henry McMaster in partnership with the Department of Employment and Workforce to acknowledge employers who expose students and educators to more career op

(Story courtesy of Junior Achievement of Georgia) Junior Achievement of Georgia has named three area students as part of its third class of Nineteen Under Nineteen: Students to Watch. David Evans, Caycee Hill, and Iris Holberton have been recognized as part of a statewide program celebrating young people who demonstrat

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — More than 80 elementary schools across the area are receiving a financial boost from SRP Federal Credit Union. SRP announced Tuesday that it is investing a combined $207,500 in 82 elementary schools through its Investing in Education initiative. Each school will receive about $2,500. School leader

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Deputies are looking for a woman wanted for questioning in a fire investigation in Augusta. Teresa Delores Davis, 59, is wanted for questioning in a fire that happened on Wednesday on the 500 block of Richmond Hill Road West, deputies say. She is 5 foot 1...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta leaders agreed to bring on a full-time arborist to help manage trees and storm damage. Most of the cost will be covered by a three-year grant. The Augusta Commission voted 8-1 on Tuesday to partner with the University of Georgia Extension Service on the position,...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nineteen days before the alleged incident that led to his arrest, Silas spoke with News 12 about homeless outreach. “I had a brother that was homeless. He died in the woods in a tent. And so when we see things happening, bad things happening to our folks that are living out here on the street