Augusta GA

A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet and John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet schools were named to the College Board’s 2024-2025 Advanced Placement School Honor Roll on Jan. 9. The recognition identifies schools whose Advanced Placement programs deliver strong results and expand college readiness. What’s...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Ahead of this weekend’s expected winter storm, we checked in with county officials across the CSRA to see how they’re preparing. Emergency management officials on Wednesday were in many preparedness meetings. They said they would offer updates once the weather forecast models stabilize....

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An Augusta man was sentenced to life in prison in a sexual abuse case. Brenton Matthew Life, 33, was convicted Friday of charges that included aggravated child molestation and child molestation, according to District Attorney Jared Williams. Judge Jesse Stone sentenced him to life in...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Local shelters are preparing for an influx of guests as people seek refuge from freezing temperatures and a possible ice storm. “One thing we know that we are doing is offering a safe environment, warmth and trying to help people be safe during this time it can be very dangerous,” Chris...

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, Narcotics Division, and Crime Suppression Team executed two search warrants, leading to multiple arrests on Wednesday.

GEORGIA — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office arrested six people Tuesday on drug and weapons charges following a coordinated law enforcement operation at a local hotel. According to the sheriff’s office, members of the SWAT Team, Narcotics Division and Crime Suppression Team executed two search warrants at...

Aiken County authorities on Tuesday arrested a Beech Island teenager for his alleged role in a June 2025 shooting death. The Aiken County Sheriff's Office charged Cornelius Marquel Simpkins Jr., 17, with murder andpossession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, noted a news release. Though the...

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A woman has been sentenced to one year and one month in federal prison for theft of government funds from the Social Security Administration. Officials say Cynthia Delores Holland, 62, of Aiken, improperly obtained her mother’s retirement benefits from the Social Security Administration...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - DNA from an unidentified body found in Louisiana in 1993 is being compared to samples from two Augusta sisters who disappeared 36 years ago, potentially offering the first major break in the cold case. Jeanette and Dannette Millbrook, fraternal twins who were 15 years old, vanished...

EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Columbia County Board of Elections has approved to move forward with some precinct changes. The changes come after Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and two Augusta Christian precincts requested to no longer be used as voting precincts. Now, three precincts will be dissolved and...