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A semi truck was filmed getting creamed by an oncoming train from multiple angles in Georgia late last week. The tractor trailer got stuck at the railroad crossing at Old Wrightsboro Road and Katherine Street in Grovetown, Georgia. No one was hurt in the crash, but the incident was filmed from multiple angles by...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Richmond County investigators are searching for a suspect after a traffic stop turned violent. Deputies say they pulled a person over on the 5700 block of Deans Bridge Road at Magnolia, south of Church Street, when the man exited the vehicle, dropped a gun, picked it up, and fled into […]

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Tuesday night, around 8:15 pm, Columbia County Deputies were called to the I-20 Eastbound on ramp for a collision. Authorities say a motorcycle, driven by 29-year-old Tyler Ray Dunham of Grovetown, was traveling north on Jimmy Dyess Parkway approaching the intersection when a Jeep turned...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta Transit on Wednesday unveiled its new electric buses. They were all funded with federal grant money approved for the agency in recent years. The City of Augusta is confronting a budget crisis nearly twice as severe as initially projected. The five clean-energy, battery-powered buses...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Georgia college professor returning home from visiting her family was shot and killed by her roommate in what authorities are calling a tragic case of mistaken identity. Deputies with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office are currently at the scene of a shooting in Augusta. Erica Anderson,...

HARLEM, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - North Harlem Elementary School parents were told Wednesday that the Columbia County School District is investigating a threatening video. Administrators said the video was created off campus by a student, Principal Melissa Culpepper said in a letter to parents. Students and parents addressed...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A former Burke County deputy has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Alfonzo Williams. Ex-deputy, Tanner Baughman, is working to clear his name after he claims the sheriff did not follow the law. Baughman filed the lawsuit on Sept. 4, claiming the lawsuit “arises from Baughman’s refusal...

Dr. Eve’s Polish War Service and Augusta Professorship. Dr. Paul Fitzsimmons Eve left Georgia in 1829 to learn from Europe’s top surgeons. Then history stepped in. While in Paris, he jumped into the French revolt, but soon joined Polish forces fighting Russian rule. As a field surgeon in...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is currently on the scene of a shooting. Authorities say they are currently at approximately 6th and Ellis Street behind the Ramada in an alleyway where the shooting has happened. Authorities say two victims have been transported to the hospital. This...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - October is “Cyber Security Awareness Month” when the Department of Homeland Security warns Americans about the worst scams that threaten our money, our privacy, and our peace of mind. And in 2025, one scam stands above them all as both terrifying and costing people...