If shutdown ends, Delta expects a quick rebound to normalcy
ATLANTA, Ga. - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday if the partial government shutdown ends Wednesday, the company’s flights will be “back to normal by the weekend.”. Bastian made the comments on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”. That’s good for fliers out of Augusta...
Fort Gordon’s Eisenhower Army Medical Center could face near-shutdown
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Sen. John Ossoff is demanding answers from military health officials about reported plans to reduce services at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. In a letter to the Defense Health Agency, Ossoff asked about potential cuts that could include closing inpatient, emergency room and operating room...
Paine College earns grant from Reinvestment Fund’s HBCU Brilliance Initiative
Reinvestment Fund, a national Community Development Financial Institution, announced Wednesday that Paine College and 10 other Historically Black Colleges and Universities are among the first to benefit from a new grant program.
Burke Co. investigators continue search for missing mother 4 years later
Four years after Portia Nesbitt disappeared, Burke County investigators are ramping up efforts to find out what happened.
Waynesboro Police Department looking for information in shooting case
The Waynesboro Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday afternoon.
Local volunteers help Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Search and recovery efforts continue in Jamaica two weeks after Hurricane Melissa struck the island. Officials are reporting at least 45 people killed and expect the death toll to rise as they reach other affected areas. Despite the federal government shutdown, volunteers across the United...
Greenbrier High student in trouble over threat, principal says
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Greenbrier High School student is in trouble over threatening comments Wednesday, according to administrators. Parents were told of the incident in a letter from Principal Chip Fulmer. The student made a “comment of a threatening nature against other students” in the afternoon, Fulmer...
20-year-old driver sentenced for 2024 prom night crash that killed 2 teens
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A 20-year-old Georgia man was sentenced Monday in connection with the April 2024 prom night crash on I-40 that killed two teenagers and seriously injured two others. William Tyson Neumann, from Augusta, Ga., pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of...
Growing Columbia County church plans November dedication
Columbia County's newest church already is asking for room to expand. The organizers of the Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Mission church in Martinez are asking county planners' permission to erect a storage building on the church campus. The single-story, 1,500-square-foot building would be near the rear of the property...
Shelter expands capacity as temps drop, serving as county’s only homeless facility
The Salvation Army of Aiken is preparing to house additional people as cold temperatures prompt more individuals to seek shelter from the elements.
