Augusta GA

A live look at the vigil at Evans Towne Center Boulevard features prayer, candle lights and more. Arts in the Heart in downtown Augusta continues throughout weekend. Five music stages. More than 150 art vendors. Dozens of cultural food stations. It’s time for one of Augusta’s biggest festivals.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - High pressure strengthens through Tuesday, so rain chances will be very slim with high temperatures staying above average around 90 degrees each day. A trough of low pressure in the jet stream builds in over the eastern U.S. by Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - bringing a...

Tropical Storm Gabrielle- The center of Tropical Storm Gabrielle was located near latitude 24.3 North, longitude 58.1 West. Gabrielle is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. A turn toward the north-northwest is forecast on Sunday, followed by a turn...

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. — The Aiken County Coroner's Office is investigating the death of an infant found on Friday afternoon. Coroner Darryl Ables said his office was called to the 600 block of Augusta Road in Warrenville, where four-month-old Natalie Vesley had died. Authorities said that, around 4:45 p.m., the Aiken...

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - American Red Cross volunteers are assisting four families whose homes, located in Market Street Station Apartments on Calderwood Drive in Aiken, were damaged by a fire Sunday afternoon. They are helping seven people by providing financial assistance for immediate needs such as food, clothing...

OCONEE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two people in South Carolina are facing multiple charges of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The agency stated that they charged Joshua Emanuel Lamar Latimer, 30, and Destiny Shay Dionne, 24, with two counts each of unlawful conduct...

WALTHOURVILLE — A federal judge in Augusta has set a Sept. 23 arraignment for six of eight House of Prayer Christian Church leaders accused of fleecing their flock. Attorneys for all eight defendants have until Sept. 24 to respond to the government’s request to waive a speedy trial based on the volume of evidence in...

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Three people were arrested for more than 700 grams of fentanyl after a joint investigation by local and federal authorities in Aiken County, officials said. Authorities arrested Jerome Green, 57, Maxine Greene, 56, and Winnie M. Carrol, 59 on charges of trafficking fentanyl. On...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Have you recently received a text message claiming to be from a lottery winner offering to share their jackpot fortune with you?. If you have, chances are it’s a scam, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Experts recommend you do not respond. Consumer Investigator Caroline...

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF)- One person is dead after a single vehicle accident in North Augusta Saturday night. The North Augusta Department of Public Safety was called out around 9:15 p.m. to a crash on I-520 at I-20. The vehicle was taking the exit onto I-20 heading towards Augusta and ran off the right side […]