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Police find missing 16-year-old within hours in Grovetown
GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Grovetown Police Department has found a missing 16-year-old. Emmanuel Bowen, of Sierra Lane, was last seen at 7:10 a.m. on Friday. Around 9:30 p.m., officials say Bowen returned home and is safe.
Latest Augusta shooting leaves 1 person hospitalized
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - One person has been taken to the hospital on Friday night after a shooting at Fox Trace in Augusta, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office confirms. The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to Fox Trace in reference to shots fired with one person down at 9:43 p.m.
As weather warms up, watch out for alligators on the prowl
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (WTOC) - Warmer weather means alligators are crawling around the region. While the reptiles tend to mind their own business, it’s important to take caution around them. With gator mating season underway, you may see more of the reptiles outside of the water. Wildlife specialists say...
Coroner identifies Augusta pedestrian killed by car
The Richmond County Coroner's Office recently released the name of a 22-year-old woman who died Wednesday after being hit a car. Dominique A. Abraham, 22, of Augusta, was crossing on the 3500 block of Windsor Spring Road when she was struck by a southbound vehicle, according to a news release from the coroner's office.
Crashes kill pedestrian in Augusta, driver in Burke County
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Traffic accidents on Wednesday were deadly in both Augusta and Burke County. Other wrecks Thursday caused traffic problems in Edgefield County and Aiken. In Burke County. A driver, identified as Trevor James Michael Prevatt, 27 years old, from Temple, Ga., was thrown out of the vehicle...
'All clear' issued at Eisenhower Medical Center after threatening call forces lockdown
Eisenhower Army Medical Center has issued an "All Clear" after a threatening call spawned a "Code Black" Thursday morning. As of 11:50 a.m., the Code Black was lifted and the hospital reopened to patients. ...
Slab replacement to close lanes of I-20 between McDuffie, Columbia Counties
(WJBF) – An upcoming roadwork project is set to cause some lane closures on the interstate this month. DOT will be removing and replacing concrete slabs on I-20 Westbound from the exits for Harlem (Exit 183 at Appling Harlem Road) in Columbia County and Thomson (Exit 175 at Cobbham Road) in McDuffie County. Construction will […]
Biblical, obnoxious or meditative, cicadas swarm the CSRA
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Emerging cicadas are so loud with their mating cries, it may seem like they’re disturbing the peace – but don’t call the cops. Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are emerging from underground in the eastern U.S. this month. The broods emerging are on 13- or 17-year cycles.
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