Augusta GA

Augusta, Georgia – Areas along the Georgia–South Carolina border face a 40% chance of winter storm impacts this weekend, with hazardous travel possible between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Monday as a developing East Coast storm system strengthens. According to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center,...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) Commissioner Don Clark joins us on this edition of The Means Report. He talks about the possibility of data centers coming to Augusta. He also takes a look at the effort to keep the grass cut around town. We cover the big issues in his district, and throughout Richmond County. Join us […]

UPDATE, Jan. 27 at 7:19 p.m. – According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, Valencia Adams was taken into custody Wednesday evening. RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two people alleged connected to an incident on Butler Manor Drive. 37-year-old Tony Williams is...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The principal of Josey High School is now on administrative leave. According to a release from the Richmond County School System, Dr. Derrias Priestly is currently on leave for an undetermined amount of time. At this time Melisa Clark, former principal of Richmond County Technical Magnet...

If you haven't downloaded the Chick-fil-A app, then you are missing out. If you already have the app, be sure to take a look at what's available. All Augusta, Aiken, and Thomson Chick-fil-A locations will be giving away free chicken sandwiches to app users. Guests can redeem their Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich through...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Several health events in Augusta on Tuesday are offering help to those who need medical care. The Department of Public Health mobile clinic will be at Christenberry Fieldhouse on Tuesday. Officials say the clinic makes it easier to receive care for those who don’t have transportation....

A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect for tonight, as the CSRA attempts to thaw out from the ice storm that blanketed the region. While freezing rain had moderate impacts across the area, the worst of the cold hasn't even hit yet. According to the National Weather Service, tonight's lows will be in the teens, and...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- With the cold temperatures set to stay for the next several days, doctors are warning about the risks of frostbite. Frostbite is a burn injury that mainly happens when people are spending long periods of time in below freezing temperatures. Dr. Aaron Hurd, a vascular surgeon at Doctor’s Hospital...

Authorities in Georgia are looking for a man they say dropped off a woman at a hospital in Augusta — after she was already dead — and then left the scene. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Michael Lee Harrelson is wanted for questioning “in reference to a suspicious death” reported on Monday, Jan....

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The North Augusta City Council discussed purchasing land in Riverside Village for a cyber center and revisited the Brick Pond fishing ban during Monday night’s study session. The council worked through plans to buy Riverside Village’s Parcel D land and develop an 80,000-square-foot...