Augusta GA

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Six Richmond County School System (RCSS) eighth grade students have been selected as 2025-2026 REACH Scholars. According to RCSS administrators, the six students who have been selected are: Each scholar will receive a minimum $10,000 scholarship to attend a University System of Georgia...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Richmond County School System hosted a food distribution on Thursday to help students and their families have food resources while school meals are not available during the holiday. Volunteers at the monthly food distribution noticed high demand, with cars lining up as early as 6:30 a.m....

Railroad improvements will close part of a busy downtown street. From 6 a.m. Dec. 16 to about noon Dec. 18, a short piece of Laney-Walker Boulevard, between Fifth Street and Peters Road, will be closed to regular traffic while crews working for rail company CSX install a switch at the Laney-Walker railroad...

GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Parents in Grovetown were notified Thursday of two separate incidents that raised the concerns of administrators. Parents were told in a letter from Grovetown Middle School Principal Blake Stitcher that “a report has been made concerning a student making an inappropriate comment of a...

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Return to Bethlehem began Wednesday in downtown North Augusta, with Grace United Methodist Church hosting the event along Georgia Avenue. The event officially started at 6:30 p.m. Extra traffic and road closures are expected as the event gets underway. In 2023, commissioners approved...

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) made a $5,000 donation to Golden Harvest Food Bank, aiding local families struggling with food insecurity. The contribution will support Golden Harvest Food Bank’s efforts to serve communities in South Carolina and Georgia by sourcing nutritious food...

A Christmas tradition is back in the CSRA. The "Singing Christmas Tree" is opening at the Abilene Baptist Church for the 47th year.

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) — A program at Aiken County’s Detention Center is helping inmates battling opioid addiction prepare for life after release. The recovery and re-entry program is now fully operational and expanding to help more people, according to jail officials. “We can’t arrest ourselves out of this...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The city of Augusta has activated warming shelters to ensure the safety and well-being of residents during the extreme cold. According to the city of Augusta, the pick-up locations are: According to the city of Augusta, the drop-off locations are:

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Coroner’s Office responded to reports of a dead body near an Augusta FedEx on Tuesday. Coroner Mark Bowen says he responded to the 2000 block of International Boulevard for a deceased man around 3 p.m. Bowen says the man was found inside...