Augusta GA

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has issued a statement after a video has been circulating social media of a woman’s arrest. Deputies say they responded to 3481 Wrightsboro Road after employees requested assistance with a disruptive woman on June 19. According to the sheriff’s...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing man. 31-year-old Marcus Alford was last seen June 14th on the 3600 block of London Blvd., off of Barton Chapel Rd. Authorities did not have a description of his clothing but did say he suffers from Schizophrenia and Sociopathy. Anyone

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 32-year-old man. On Wednesday, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Tyrule DaMario Tillman at a home on the 3000 block of Strickland Court. The Richmond County Sheriff’s

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Burke County business owner Daniel Blount Cates has been released from federal prison, where he was supposed to spend more than three years. He was discharged Tuesday under a “good conduct” release, according to officials. He spent about a year in prison. He was...

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This week's Augusta event lineup includes something for everyone, from large-scale festivals to intimate community gatherings. The 16th annual Augusta Pride Festival kicks off Pride Weekend with music and vendors at its new fairgrounds home. Music lovers can catch the third annual Build the Band, a charity showdown ben

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Aiken County deputies set up a perimeter and searched for two suspects following an armed robbery on Monterey Drive, officials said. The alleged robbery was reported on Wednesday evening in the 900 block of Monterey Drive, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies set up the perimeter...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Richmond County Sheriff Eugene Brantley will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon on multiple topics. The news conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the sheriff’s headquarters, 400 Walton Way. News 12 will be there, and we plan to stream it right here. The topics...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – One person has died after a crash on Washington Road in Columbia County. Crews responded Wednesday to the scene of the fatal crash at the intersection of Washington Road and Throughbred Lane in Evans, near the Mullins Crossing shopping center. During clean up and investigation, the Columbi

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man turned himself into jail Tuesday morning in connection to a crash that killed a 46-year-old woman in May. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, Joshua Haines, 43, was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center and charged with felony DUI resulting in death and driving without a