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Plane crashes near Daniel Field in Augusta, pilot identified
AUGUSTA (WJBF) – One person is dead after a plane crash in a neighborhood in Augusta. We can confirm that it happened at 2802 Hillcrest Avenue and that is was a private Beach Bonanza plane. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says a single engine plane took off from Daniel...
Apartment fatal shooting victim identified as 14-year-old Evans boy
The Richmond County Coroner's Office has named the Murphey Middle School student who was shot and killed Tuesday night at Cedarwood Apartments in Augusta. Anthony Harrison, 14, of Evans, was shot at least once and pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the coroner's office. Just before 8 p.m., Richmond...
Criminal history of 24-year-old convicted felon charged in Augusta Mall shooting
Court records in Richmond and Columbia counties show the 24-year-old woman arrested Monday for allegedly opening fire and shooting one person inside of Dillard's at Augusta Mall has an extensive criminal history and is a convicted felon. One person was shot inside the Dillard's store just after 1:40 p.m. Sunday....
Parent gets into altercation with Columbia County school bus driver
In a letter to parents, the Grovetown Elementary School Principal says a parent got on a school bus without permission. The letter says the incident involved a brief physical altercation between the parent and the substitute bus driver. Grovetown Police responded to the scene, along with Columbia County School administration and school district police. The principal says no students on the bus were injured and a second bus safely transported them to school.
Richmond County seniors take a trip down memory lane
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - It’s graduation season, and on Thursday, graduating seniors from across Richmond County were welcomed back to Copeland Elementary School for the third annual Senior Walk event. For many, this was the first time in more than six years that they’d stepped back inside that building....
Separate crashes cause traffic, injuries in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Three separate crashes cause injuries and traffic problems this week throughout the CSRA. Columbia County government officials say on Thursday around 8:30 am. there was an accident on Columbia Road at Wendover Way blocking lanes. The road will be closed at South Belair Road and Columbia...
Here's where a senior care home wants to build 155 Augusta-area cottages and apartments
A Columbia County senior home wants to build 155 apartments and cottages off Furys Ferry Road but needs the county’s permission first. Thrive Senior Living’s campus is nestled between the Westhampton and Brookfield subdivisions. Its entrance sign fronts Furys Ferry. Developers had eyed the property since 2015 to...
Health inspections: See which Augusta restaurant scored 59 and why
The Georgia Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section, conducts regular restaurant inspections to help keep residents and visitors safe. The following is a list of restaurants in Richmond and Columbia counties that have been inspected between April 19 and 25, accompanied by their scores and, in some cases, the health infractions that lowered those scores.
Bond denied for suspect in Grovetown slaying of woman, son
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Bond was denied Tuesday for the suspect in a house fire in Grovetown that became a double-homicide investigation. Investigators believe 47-year-old Denise Boswell and her 6-year-old son were stabbed and their home set on fire by 32-year-old Donald Beck. We sat down with Grovetown Police Chief...
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