Augusta GA

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) – On November 8th, Aiken County Deputies responded to 126 Old School Road in Windsor, where witnesses had located a victim of a gunshot wound. The victim was identified as 29-year-old Jamal Richardson, who was pronounced deceased on scene. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office has arrested...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Cars wrapped around May Park Monday morning for the 34th annual James Brown Turkey Giveaway. Golden Harvest Food Bank attended this year’s giveaway and also gave out food. The need was bigger as impacts from the government shutdown linger. As Thanksgiving nears, we’re on your...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) Monty Osteen has dedicated his life to improving Augusta and the CSRA. You can see his influence and impact across the area. Osteen will be honored at the prestigious Dyess Symposium on January 8th at the Augusta Museum of History. Watch our interview and find out what the future could hold for […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The holidays can be tough when you can’t be with family. For many kids in foster care, that’s a reality every year. In Augusta, someone very special is helping ease that pain by providing support and comfort. His name is Sparky. Sparky is more...

A food giveaway was held at the Julian Smith Casino on Monday. Several local churches came together for the event on Nov. 24, just days before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Forest Hills Golf Course, the historic Donald Ross-designed venue operated by Bobby Jones Links and owned by Augusta University, has fully reopened and is thriving once again after extensive damage from Hurricane Helene. The September 26, 2024 storm—unusual in its inland severity—downed more than 1,500 trees across...

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Five suspects charged in connection with a shooting at Oglethorpe Mall over the summer pleaded not guilty Monday during a court hearing. Jonathan Jones, Royce Haynes, Theron Robbins Jr., Jahmil Johnson and Aujawan Hymon Jr. appeared with their attorneys before Chief Judge Morse and entered not guilty...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) Helen Bissell is on a mission. She travels the country to deliver a mission of tolerance. Bissell’s late father Abe Korn spent several years in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Even though it’s been 80-years, Bissell’s passion for peace is strong. Her father was a positive, upbeat man and...

North Augusta Public Safety responded to a disorder during a child custody exchange at Edgewood Square on US 25 Monday evening.

WILSON COUNTY, Kan. (KOAM) - A South Carolina man died, and another driver was injured early this morning, November 24, 2025, after a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 400 northwest of Fredonia.