First Alert forecast l Big cooldown arrives Thanksgiving Day
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A cold front moved through bringing a shot of polar air for Thanksgiving Day, lasting into the weekend. Below freezing temps in the 20s and low 30s are expected for the start of Friday and Saturday. Make sure you bundle up for any early morning shopping plans!
Annual Turkey Trot 5K draws runners to Citizens Park in Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The annual Turkey Trot 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run was held Thursday morning at Citizens Park. This is the 14th year the event has been held. The race benefits Toys for Tots. Participants are encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys to donate. There is also...
Working for Christ Ministries serves community at Graniteville fire station
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A local ministry partnered with the Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Fire Department for its annual free community Thanksgiving meal. Working for Christ Ministries uses the fire station’s space every year. Cafe 209 and local community groups held their annual Feast in the Streets...
Beyond the scoreboard: CSRA athletes share what they are thankful for
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - For Thanksgiving this year, we asked athletes across the CSRA three simple questions. What are you thankful for? What’s your favorite food? What’s your least favorite food?. Take a look at what they had to say in the video above.
Augusta-Richmond County Welcomes New Emergency Management Director to Lead Local Preparedness
On November 26, 2025, Augusta, Georgia, named Kymber Keaton, M.S. EM, as the new Director of the Augusta-Richmond County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). Keaton was chosen after a multi-stage interview process that included input from public safety officials.
NICU graduate celebrates 18th birthday at hospital where she was born
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A local teen celebrated her 18th birthday Thursday by returning to the Piedmont Augusta Hospital NICU where she spent her first months of her life. Evelynn Stamey was born at 29 weeks gestation and spent 11 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit before going home just three days before...
Man wanted by RCSO for multiple armed robberies, assaults, child molestation
RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man that is wanted for Child Molestation, Armed Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm During a Crime, Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer, and Hit and Run. According to authorities,...
Local shops prepare for busy shopping day with discounts, special events
Small businesses in downtown Augusta are preparing for Small Business Saturday with special deals and events.
Fort Gordon trainees assigned to installation for Thanksgiving receive holiday meal from local church
Each year at Thanksgiving for the past several years, Promise Church in Grovetown brings trainees from Fort Gordon to their campus in Grovetown at 3432 Gordon HWY to be the special guests at their church for a Thanksgiving meal that attempts to make the first-year trainees feel at home while away from home.
Lower gas prices greet CSRA travelers this Thanksgiving Day
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Holiday travel is in full swing as millions of people hit the roads, rails and skies for Thanksgiving – and gas prices are down from a year ago. The U.S. average price is $3.03 a gallon today, down from $3.07 a year ago. Georgia’s average...

















