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Author, retired veteran, and health and fitness professional Dee Dee Legette is passionate about using her past to fuel her purpose. Legette chats with WJBF about her book "Breaking The Cycle of Childhood Trauma" and how sharing her story is helping others in the process.

North Augusta Public Safety is alerting drivers to stay clear of two crash areas.

The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buildings on Aug. 8 apparently tried to enter the campus two days earlier but was turned away by security, according to an internal CDC email. Security video indicates “a very high likelihood” that the 30-year-old shooter — Patrick...

The Lakeview Restaurant is a place where you can get good food and take in some nice scenery.

The Richmond County School System has announced the top finalists for 2026 Teacher of the Year. Riverside Village investor gets federal prison time for wire fraud. Dwayne Davis was indicted by a federal grand jury more than a year ago in connection with a scheme to defraud GEICO of more than $5 million.

ATLANTA, Ga. - A union that represents CDC employees said around 600 employees have been fired. The terminations come less than two weeks after a gunman targeted the CDC on Aug. 8. AFGE Local 2883 said some cuts include employees from the Division of Violence Prevention, which is intended to...

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – This work is the end of the road for those who rode downtown and parked. “I think it’s part of a piece of history that Augusta is going to miss,” said Chris Roberts. Broad Street’s low down parking areas are being taken away after decades of being the place for many […]

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Riverside Village investor has been sentenced in federal court for wire fraud. Dwayne Davis was indicted by a federal grand jury more than a year ago in connection with a scheme to defraud his business partner, Government Employees Insurance Co., also known as GEICO, of more than...

UPDATE, 3:44 P.M. – According to the RCSO, Nathan Lewis, Jr. has been located and arrested for Burglary in the 2nd Degree. RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who is wanted in reference to a burglary. According to authorities, the incident happened on the 800 block...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Six Richmond County School System (RCSS) teachers have been selected as finalists for the Teacher of the Year for 2026. “So many of our 54 school-level Teachers of the Year qualified that we increased the number of finalists from five to six,” said Dr. Melissa Shepard, chief human resources...