Augusta GA

After a four year absence, this major Professional Putters Association tournament is back in the Augusta area.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Drivers traveling from South Carolina into Augusta will soon have to find an alternate route as the westbound side of the Sand Bar Ferry Bridge closes for repairs. The closure begins Sunday, October 25, and is expected to last approximately 22 days, weather permitting, according to the South Carolina Department of […]

An entire police force in a city in Georgia has resigned over concerns about the mayor and City Council’s ethics. During a dramatic Milner City Council meeting on Monday, October 19, city manager Tausha Grose announced that she was resigning from the City Council. The news followed Police Chief Lamar Bunn, as well as the […]

AIKEN, SC. (WRDW/WAGT) - Pastor Kurt Johnson is pushing for a homeless court in Aiken County after experiencing homelessness and addiction himself. Johnson is a pastor at Lost Sheep Ministry of SC. “I’d gone down a real bad path and I didn’t want to keep on living,” Johnson said....

GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Georgia Department of Transportation is asking for public feedback on a proposed project to ease congestion and improve safety along Wrightsboro Road. The project will take place between Horizon South Parkway and Jimmie Dyess Parkway. The plan calls for a 45 mph design speed and...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating a missing woman. 61-year-old Janice Latimore was last seen on Wednesday, October 21st, at 9:30pm, leaving her home on the 2800 Block of Glenn Hill Circle. Janice was last seen wearing a light blue tie dye shirt, blue pants, […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has been named the top large law enforcement agency in Georgia for highway safety. The agency took first place in the 501-plus officers category in the 27th Annual Governor’s Challenge Awards, presented Thursday by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It’s a fun Friday for family and friends at the Georgia-Carolina State Fair, and admission is $5! Brad Means is there reporting live and gives us an update on all the security precautions local law enforcement are taking to keep everyone safe. He also interviewed a young livestock competitor, Reagan Reynolds, […]

Savannah River Site is beginning full-scale construction on a new $23.5 billion facility to manufacture triggers for nuclear weapons and create thousands of jobs. The National Nuclear Security Administration recently granted its approval for SRS to complete its Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, according to the site's day-to-day operations contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. Hands-on: New training facility advances plutonium pit production at SRS The facility will make plut

Two workers were airlifted to an Augusta burn center after an electrical fire broke out Thursday morning at a bitcoin mining facility near Soperton, according to Treutlen County Emergency Management Agency Director Just McNure. About a dozen employees were at the facility when the fire began shortly after 10 a.m.,...