‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ starts Monday in Georgia
Slow down, or risk getting a ticket. That’s the warning police are giving when “Operation Showdown” starts next week in five southeastern states, including Georgia. This is the ninth year for the regional week-long speed enforcement and awareness campaign that will run from July 14-20 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,...
GMC Augusta campus shifts to remote learning after lightning strike damages facility
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A college campus in Augusta is temporarily transitioning to remote learning, following a lightning strike that caused significant damage to its facility. According to a press release from Georgia Military College, all in-person classes for the Augusta campus will transition to remote...
‘It’s a great program’: City of Augusta holding cleanup efforts
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Cleanup efforts will happen in Augusta on Saturday through Operation Cleanup. This is a collaboration between the mayor’s office, state court, the solicitor general, the sheriff’s office and the marshal’s office. “We will go to a location in Augusta where trash is basically...
Pedestrian hit on Old Highway One in Richmond County
(WJBF) – One person is recovering after being struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning in Richmond County. Richmond County deputies responded to Old Highway One between Tobacco Road and Deans Bridge Road around 1:13 a.m. Investigators say the pedestrian was walking in the middle of the road when a southbound vehicle...
Second Community Impact Day headed to First Mount Moriah Baptist Church of Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — First Mount Mariah Baptist Church is bringing back its Community Impact Day — and this year, it’s bigger. Organizers are expecting to give away nearly 500 backpacks filled with school supplies, offer health and safety resources, and host a mobile blood drive. Pastor Daniel Foster says it’s all...
One dead in shooting on Windsor Spring Road
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – One person is dead after a shooting incident, early Sunday morning. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls of shots fired on the 4200 block of Windsor Spring Road just before 1:30 a.m. Once there, deputies located one man down, shot at least once. The victim was transported to a...
5 schools in Aiken County receiving needed upgrades
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Five major construction projects, totaling nearly $100 million, are officially moving forward in Aiken County. Three of the projects are in North Augusta, and the other two are at Wagener-Salley High School and J.D. Lever Elementary School. They were all approved by the school board...
Overturned RV blocks traffic on I-20 W
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An overturned RV has blocked traffic in the far left lane of I-20 westbound around mile marker 194. Dispatchers say the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and EMS officials responded to the scene around 4:21 p.m. Authorities on Friday released the name of the suspect in...
Woman arrested in Aiken County after chasing people with knife, authorities say
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A woman was arrested in Aiken County on Saturday after she chased people with a knife, officials say. Deputies say Aiken County Sheriff’s Office responded to Five Notch Road during the 5 p.m. hour after North Augusta Department of Public Safety received a call about the incident.
1 person killed in overnight shooting in Richmond County
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - One man is dead following a shooting incident in Richmond County, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a call regarding a shooting that happened in the 4200 block of Windsor Spring Road around 1:20 a.m. Sunday.
