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GRROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Grovetown Middle School student was caught with a knife Monday. Parents were told in a letter that the student was found in possession of a knife after having passed it to three other students while on campus. How murder unfolded and the suspect killed himself...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Some schools in Richmond County had a battle of the bands Sunday. This was the eighth annual event, this time at Butler High School. Eight teams across the Richmond County school system are participating, including ARC, Butler, Cross Creek, Glenn Hills, Heaphzibah, Josey, Westside and Laney.

Have you been contemplating pet adoption, or simply love perusing adorable pets? A myriad of delightful pets are available for adoption at various animal shelters in the vicinity of aiken..

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A local worship center is hosting a community giveaway on Monday morning. The event is located at Abundant Life Worship Center, 2070 Brown Road in Hephzibah. Organizers are handing out free paper products, like diapers, paper towels, toilet paper and Kleenex. The city held a fall...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Mayor Garnett L. Johnson will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. Monday at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion to announce the partial reopening of the Augusta Canal towpath. The reopening is from the headgates to the Interstate 20 bridge. Three people are dead after an alleged...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Youth violence. Some young people are more at risk than others. In part 4 of Saving Our Children, Mary Morrison takes a look at who is most likely to become a victim and she shows us how the Richmond County School System is working to stop violence before it happens. […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Mark your calendars to register, in-person, for a free turkey thanks to the James Brown Family Foundation. You can register this Saturday, November 8th or the following Saturday, November 15th. Head to May Park on 4th street between 9 and 11am. You must bring your state ID and current power bill...

DULUTH, Ga. - The man accused of killing a woman outside her workplace in Duluth is dead, according to police. The Gwinnett County Police Department said Eliajia Whitley, 21, was shot and killed Friday afternoon by her ex-boyfriend, Caprice Hudson, 23. Officers found Whitley in her car with a gunshot wound outside...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating an Aggravated Assault suspect. 40-year-old Dexter Travis Nelson is wanted for an incident that occurred on the 2000 block of Eastland Drive, on November 1st. Authorities say Nelson has family members in Wrens, GA. Any...

ATLANTA, Ga. - As a U.S. District court awaits response from the executive branch on how they plan to at least partially fund SNAP, a Georgia community food bank says they are dealing with “unprecedented” demand. CEO Kyle Waide said they are currently serving around 250,000 families a...