Augusta GA

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Salvation Army of Augusta will open registration next month for its annual Angel Tree program, which helps local families provide Christmas gifts for their children. Online applications open October 5, at 9 a.m. at saangeltree.org/ and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of an Augusta man in a 2020 shooting tied to an alleged gang‑related gun robbery. The high court on Tuesday affirmed the convictions of Jamarius Walker in the shooting death of 19‑year‑old Antonio Geter.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta leaders have narrowed the search to two finalists to direct a newly created city department designed to consolidate grounds maintenance operations. Terrell Simmons and Roger Elijah Garvin were announced this week as the finalists for the position of director of grounds maintenance. An

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Last week Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) was awarded a U.S. DOT grant under the Small Community Air Service Development Program. The airport was given $800,000 for nonstop flights to Chicago’s O’Hare. The proposal has the support of American and United Airlines. The airport is currently served by

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Behind the counter at the Center of Hope, hot meals are served by a cook assistant who knows what it is like to be on the other side of the table. Jeff Wesley used to call the Salvation Army home after car accident changed the trajectory of his life.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - More than a year and a half after a shoplifting incident turned deadly, the DA decided not to prosecute the teenage suspect as an adult. Authorities say convenience store clerk Chong Chon, 74, died from her injuries nearly a month after being pushed down during a shoplifting incident at 3232

Authorities are seeking the man accused of shooting a motel guest along Augusta's Washington Road corridor. Dontrell Maurice Moss, 40, of Thomson, Georgia, was wanted in connection with the shooting, which occurred just after midnight in late August. According to WRDW, the sheriff's office had issued public wanted noti

Friends of the Animal Shelter and the SPCA Albrecht Center have dropped dog adoption fees from Friday through Sept. 30 as part of the nationwide Empty the Shelters event. Space has run out. Both places struggle as more animals arrive and fewer people adopt. FOTAS sits on Wire Road, while...

Augusta University’s School of Public Health will bring local experts and community partners together for a public conversation on addiction and recovery.

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster visited North Augusta on Tuesday to help break ground on a more than $200 million expansion of CordenPharma’s peptide manufacturing campus. It’s a project state and local leaders say will bring high-paying jobs and reinforce the state’s role in...