Augusta GA

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Richmond County Sheriff’s Office went to the 2600 block of Gloucester Drive for a home invasion on June 24. The victim said she arrived home early that morning, and when she went passed her kitchen area, a white male wearing a black hoodie, black jeans and blue shoes jumped out and grabbed...

After complaints from some park goers, city leaders throwing a change up at Diamond Lakes to slow down traffic.

This Fourth of July, some local veterans are finding freedom — not with fireworks, but on the water.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Richmond County students will return to the classroom without a named permanent school superintendent. School board members began the process of replacing the former school superintendent months ago, but behind closed doors, they are divided on their top pick. The future of after-school and...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - As Independence Day celebrations ramp up, local doctors are sounding the alarm over a troubling rise in fireworkS-related injuries. New data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a 52% increase in fireworks injuries and deaths compared to the previous year. Many of those...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - After originally being arrested in Burke County, a suspect is now in Richmond County custody in connection with a broad-daylight murder that shocked an Augusta neighborhood. De’Narian Cobb, 25, of Waynesboro, is charged in connection with the Nov. 21 shooting death of Chavious Kimmerlin,...

The Georgia Department of Public Transportation is notifying drivers that lane closures will begin on Bobby Jones Expressway after the holiday weekend.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to keep an eye out for a missing man. Travis Davis was last seen at around 4:00 P.M. on July 2nd. He was last seen leaving his personal care home on the 2200 block of Sullivan Road, on foot. Travis was wearing […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Millen man was sentenced to decades in prison and life on probation after being found guilty in Augusta of sexually assaulting a child with Down syndrome. Uriah Alexander Grant, 45, was convicted of aggravated sexual battery and cruelty to children in the first degree in...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded to Gordon Highway at Jimmie Dyess Parkway to assist Ft. Gordon Public Safety officials with a suspicious package. They arrived on the scene about 10 am. Motorists in the area were diverted as a safety precaution. NewsChannel 6 has learned...