Acclaimed youth choir to perform ‘Behold the Star’ at Augusta University
The acclaimed youth choir will perform this Saturday, December 13 at Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University.
RCSS announces 2025-2026 district Spelling Bee winners
Forty-one students in the Richmond County School System participated in this year's elementary and middle school spelling bee competitions on Friday, with top students advancing to the regional spelling bee.
Sweet Annie’s: Three friends, three stores, one community
Sweet Annie's: Three friends, three stores, one community.
Crash involving motorcycle on I-20 backs up traffic in S.C. for hours
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A multi-vehicle crash on I-20 westbound in Aiken County backed up traffic Friday evening. Officials said the crash occurred around mile marker 13 between a motorcycle and a white sedan. The conditions of the people involved in the accident are unknown. Augusta University students walked the...
Homeless Vietnam veteran honored with dignified funeral
AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- Friday, a local homeless Vietnam veteran was laid to rest after being killed in an accident in October. 67-year-old Lester Padgett Jr. died on October 7 after being hit by a car. He didn’t have any living family and faced a pauper’s burial, until a friend decided that as a veteran, he […]
Savannah woman attacked with acid, recovering at Augusta burn center
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A woman is recovering in Augusta after being attacked with acid earlier this week in Savannah. Around 8:16 p.m. Wednesday, she was walking around Forsyth Park and a man hiding in the shadows near Whitaker Street suddenly came out and attacked her with an unknown chemical. The...
Authorities respond to crash involving ambulance and unmarked RCSO car in Augusta
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office responded to the intersection of Washington Road and Woodbine Road in reference to a crash on Friday.
Man arrested after barricading himself in Burke County home
Gregory Ivey was taken into custody after deputies responded to a home on Hadden Pond Road around 6:50 p.m.
Augusta Residents: Winter Weather Preparedness Tips and Local Resources from Emergency Management Agency
The Augusta-Richmond County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has released winter weather preparedness tips and local resources. The guidance was issued on December 11, 2025. It is intended to help Augusta, Georgia residents prepare for colder months.
Mississippi family sees Fort Gordon Fisher House as a ‘home away from home’
Calvin Woodfork had never heard of the Fisher House until his family needed it. “It’s been a godsend,” said Woodfork, a Navy retiree and the guardian of his 10-year-old grandson, Aaron Hunter. “This is like our home. If anything changes, I notice.”. Aaron was only 13 months...

















