‘Beautiful person inside and out’: Community honors shooting victims
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Memorials continue to grow across the CSRA in honor of a mother and daughter shot and killed in the Augusta Best Buy parking lot. Deputies say Melissa Domingo, 41, and her mother, 79-year-old Elizabeth Domingo, were there for a custody exchange when they were shot and killed.
Animal advocates in North Augusta want upgraded animal control facility
North Augusta city leaders are weighing whether to build, expand, or partner with nearby counties to support animals in the city.
12 On Your Side Investigates: Private hospital cuts ties with local detention center
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Your 12 On Your Side investigators have an update involving a private company that provides medical care at jails and prisons in as many as 16 states. Southern Health Partners left Aiken County a couple of years ago; now it’s pulling out of another county.
Broad Street businesses want say in plan to add parking spaces
Broad Street business owners are excited about the street scape project, but are concerned about what the design is doing to parking.
Man dies in Augusta after fire, explosion at Lake Murray
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. - One person died after a fire and explosion at a campground near Lake Murray last week. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said 50-year-old Jeffrey Morris Williamson, of Blythewood, died as a result of a Sept. 9 fire at the Acapulco Campground in Leesville. He’d been taken to...
Augusta Senior Citizens Council reopens after federal funding is restored
Doors are open again at Augusta Senior Citizens Council, a local organization that helps senior citizens, after federal funding was restored.
Sixth-grader in trouble over threats at Evans Middle School
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An Evans Middle School student is in trouble over a threat, parents were told Monday. The sixth-grade student “made comments of a threatening nature against students in the classroom,” the principal, Dr. Michael Carraway, wrote in a letter to parents. The student is being...
Five Below to open in Augusta Exchange location Sept. 19
A Five Below store is coming to Augusta, and it's set to open in just a few days.
Monday Forecast off to a fantastic start
Monday Forecast: High pressure rules today providing us with lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 80s. Low pressure off the SC & NC coast will provide us with a few more clouds for Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the middle to upper 80s. Not much change in the forecast for the rest of the week with highs in...
Walk benefiting Cancer Support Services held in Augusta
The Saint John United Methodist Church had to leave after the hurricane because a tree fell on the building, heavily damaging their roof. Richmond County Sheriff’s Office found a body along Riverbend Road that had washed ashore. 30th annual Hispanic festival held in Augusta. Updated: 5 hours ago. The...