Augusta GA

Augusta's new downtown arena is slowly taking shape, and while residents are largely being kept to a distance for safety , the coliseum authority will soon offer press members a walk-through to see inside. In the meantime, we were invited to see the progress up close Wednesday, during which project leaders provided som

A lawn worker is in the hospital and an Augusta driver is facing felony charges after a car jumped the curb on Lumpkin Road and kept going, according to Richmond County deputies. The man was taken to Wellstar MCG Health with serious injuries, and investigators later tracked down the vehicle and a suspect. The sheriff's

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - In a letter mailed by MCBS, LLC, a company that provides billing support for health care providers, is notifying some patients connected to Stephen W. Brown & Radiology Associates of Augusta that their personal information may have been impacted by a network security incident. MCBS said...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office are still looking for any information that will lead to answers involving the death of Kayla Wells, 19, and Jeramie Hammonds, 20. The incident happened on July 5th, 2010 on the 2900 block of Glenn Hills Drive. According to he incident report, officers a

Aiken County Sheriff Marty Sawyer held a news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday to offer an update in which he basically outlined what’s been done so far.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in a 2010 murder investigation. Deputies say Kayla Wells, 19, and Jeramie Hammonds, 20, were shot and killed on the 290 block of Glenn Hills Drive on July 5, 2010. According to the incident report, deputies responded...

A late night call about a barricaded man and a possible hostage turned a Quality Inn on Gordon Highway into the scene of a tense standoff early Thursday. For two hours, deputies negotiated with a suspect who threatened to kill them if they tried to force their way in. By 2:30 AM, the situation ended without a single sh

AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Richmond County deputy jailer has been arrested after an internal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving an inmate at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, detention staff discovered a brown fast-food bag containing food remnants i

Forty-year-old Trenton Dukes of Allendale is wanted on active felony warrants, a Screven County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man was taken into custody early Thursday morning after a SWAT situation in Richmond County, according to authorities. Deputies responded to Quality Inn, 2154 Gordon Highway, around 12:30 a.m. for a barricaded suspect and a possible hostage situation. While on scene, the suspect threatened