Augusta GA

The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety reminds all parents and caregivers to have their child’s car safety seat checked on a regular basis to make sure it is properly installed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has designated Sept. 20-26 as National Child Passenger Safety Week. During this week, pare

North Augusta logged $220 million in new construction value last year. This was the highest year on record for the South Carolina city. City officials issued 34 commercial building permits in 2025, according to the North Augusta Star. That's a record. Most years see between 15 and 20 permits. Commercial construction va

APPLING, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Crash investigators from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office are working to figure out what happened following a violent wreck that includes a motorcycle on Tuesday evening . The crash is in Appling along Nature’s Way. More details are being discovered an a News 12...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Lucy Craft Laney Comprehensive High School is boosting security on campus after multiple fights, Principal Marvin Washington confirmed in a letter sent to parents Tuesday. “The safety and well-being of our students and staff remain our highest priority. To ensure ourschool remains a focused, secur

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta’s tiny home community is growing. Lowe’s is helping install two new pod plazas at Bridge Builder’s tiny home community for young adults aging out of foster care. The Lowe’s team, which helped make the project possible through a $100,000 grant, is now...

Southern Living Barbecue Editor Robert Moss recently released his latest list of the top new barbecue restaurants. This included four in Georgia , two in Augusta. Moss specifically looked at hot spots that are less than two years old and ranked them based on his personal experiences with the food and the overall restau

GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An alligator was found Tuesday at Grovetown Middle School. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed just after noon that it had been called about the incident. The alligator was removed from the school. Principal Blake Stitcher told parents in a note that the alligator was...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Richmond County deputies are asking for help finding a second man they want to question in connection with a homicide on Hines Street earlier this year. Horace Eugene Wesby Jr., 21, is wanted for questioning in the case, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDWWAGT) — A 30-day deadline for property owners at Brook Landing to fix code violations expired Monday, following a 12 On Your Side Investigates report last month on apartment complexes operating without business licenses. City building inspectors gave the property owners the deadline after finding 66 d

EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two workers left Evans McDonald’s in handcuffs after a fight on Tuesday evening. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said that a male employee and two female employees fought in the building before getting separated. Two of the employees were arrested after they were look...