Augusta GA

GEORGIA — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office arrested six people Tuesday on drug and weapons charges following a coordinated law enforcement operation at a local hotel. According to the sheriff’s office, members of the SWAT Team, Narcotics Division and Crime Suppression Team executed two search warrants at...

Aiken County authorities on Tuesday arrested a Beech Island teenager for his alleged role in a June 2025 shooting death. The Aiken County Sheriff's Office charged Cornelius Marquel Simpkins Jr., 17, with murder andpossession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, noted a news release. Though the...

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A woman has been sentenced to one year and one month in federal prison for theft of government funds from the Social Security Administration. Officials say Cynthia Delores Holland, 62, of Aiken, improperly obtained her mother’s retirement benefits from the Social Security Administration...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - DNA from an unidentified body found in Louisiana in 1993 is being compared to samples from two Augusta sisters who disappeared 36 years ago, potentially offering the first major break in the cold case. Jeanette and Dannette Millbrook, fraternal twins who were 15 years old, vanished...

EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Columbia County Board of Elections has approved to move forward with some precinct changes. The changes come after Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and two Augusta Christian precincts requested to no longer be used as voting precincts. Now, three precincts will be dissolved and...

Wednesday Forecast: AM temps are in the upper teens and low 20s this morning with a clear sky. Clouds begin increasing today with highs in the upper 50s. Mostly cloudy with increasing chances for rain Thursday and Friday with warmer than average highs in the low to mid 60s. A VIPIR 6 Alert Day has been issued for...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) is notifying consumers of a voluntary recall initiated by a Waynesboro supermarket involving ground beef.

Augusta University's nursing program has been named one of the top psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner programs in Georgia by RegisteredNursing.org. AU's program ranked fourth in the state behind Georgia College & State, Emory, and Mercer universities, according to a news release from...

WARRENVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A suspect has been arrested in the June 2025 shooting death of an 18-year-old. Aiken County deputies say 17-year-old Cornelius Simpkins was arrested on Tuesday. He charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Simpkins’ charges stem from the shooting death of...

Traffic was backed up for miles on westbound Interstate 20 after a tractor-trailer wreck left a mobile home on its side in the median.