Leaders donate to Izzy Scott Foundation, proclaim Childhood Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Columbia County commissioners approved more than $6,000 to be donated to the Izzy Scott Foundation’s Safe Splash Summit. Izzy Scott lived in Grovetown and drowned during a swimming lesson in Burke County. Since then, his family launched the Izzy Scott Foundation, allowing kids the...
Airport request for city money to recruit new airline deleted from meeting agenda
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It’s something many commissioners want to see, a new direct flight to a major destination out of Augusta Regional Airport, even though the idea did not take off at this meeting. “But I was all in favor it and still am in favor of it moving in that direction,” said Commissioner […]
Arts in the Heart Festival Moves Away From Broad Street Due to Construction Work
Downtown construction has pushed the Arts in the Heart Festival from its usual spot on Broad Street this Sept. 19-21. The festival will still remain in the Augusta Common, but moves towards Reynolds Street and the Savannah River. "They basically just said that we cannot set up on Broad this...
A key architect of Augusta’s traffic program has resigned
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A central figure of Augusta traffic program has resigned. John Ussery, assistant director of Augusta’s Department of Traffic Engineering, is leaving the city position to be closer to family, he told News 12. Paving begins on the closed portion of Broad Street between 15th Street...
Georgia’s forgotten role as the Confederacy’s gunpowder capital
Colonel Rains’ Massive Gunpowder Factory Along Augusta Canal. Augusta’s secret weapon wasn’t guns but gunpowder. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the South had no way to make its own. Colonel George Rains fixed that fast. He built a massive powder works along the Augusta...
Commissioners approve rollback millage rate for Augustans
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta Commission members on Tuesday affirmed their decision to adopt full rollback millage rates. That’s a rate that raises the same amount of taxes as the year before. The motion was approved 10-1 two weeks ago with interim Commissioner Tanya Barnhill-Turnley voting no. “We are...
Gun found at Lucy Craft Laney Comprehensive High School on Tuesday
Parents of students at Lucy Craft Laney Comprehensive High School received a letter notifying them that a gun that was located Tuesday during the "regular morning check-in routine."
The SolFood Kitchen to close Sept. 26
The SolFood Kitchen, a health and wellness restaurant in Augusta, will close its doors this month after five years in business.
Parents learn of weapons, white substance at separate local schools
HARLEM, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Weapons were found on separate campuses in the past few days — including a white powdery substance, according to school officials. A student was found with a gun after Tuesday morning’s routine with the weapon detection system, according to a letter sent home to families.
New restaurant brings Thai cuisine to Walton Way
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - If you’re a fan of Pad Thai, there’s a new spot for you. Tifudi recently opened on Walton Way, bringing Southeast Asian flair to the area. Bruce MacPherson is a graphic designer by trade. He did freelance work for 25 years and owned his own business.
