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MCCORMICK, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A group of citizens with the SCELP have sued McCormick County over its decision to approve rezoning of land to make way for a 678-acre data center not far from downtown McCormick. The original vote happened Sept. 10 and the lawsuit was filed Nov. 6. They...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A major shift thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean is already underway, and it could influence what we experience this winter across the Central Savannah River Area. El Niño is strengthening, and a strong to very strong event is likely to continue through much...
At this South Carolina bakery, work has been known to start in the middle of the night. While most of Abbeville is still asleep, the bakers can already be at work on sourdough and pound cakes. The sourdough reportedly comes from a starter kept going for decades. Then there’s a...
UPDATE, 11:26am – As of this update, traffic is flowing at the state line. NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF) – Traffic at the Georgia-Carolina state line is at a crawl following a crash. According to South Carolina Department of Transportation’s (SCDOT) website, the right westbound lane (coming into Augusta) is shut down. The site says traffic […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - Flu activity is rising across the CSRA, prompting at least two schools to send students home for several days and filling local clinics as Thanksgiving approaches. South Carolina reported widespread flu activity for the week of Oct. 25-31, the latest figures available in the state report....
South Carolina has lost another longtime neighborhood grocery store, following a separate Piggly Wiggly closing announcement in Myrtle Beach in October. The Piggly Wiggly at 1160 South Main Street in…
GROVETWON, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Wellstar Health System is expanding care options in Columbia County with a new Medical Office Building and an on-site Infusion Center at Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center in Grovetown. The health system will host a ribbon cutting for the four-story, 92,000-square-foot Medical Office Building, located next...
AIKEN — An internet provider new to South Carolina recently began making its services available in Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell counties. Cogeco Communications Inc. is the parent of welo, which is offering the following high-speed home connectivity plans to celebrate its official launch in the Palmetto State:. • 300...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The national average price of gas is now below $4 a gallon, but it’s been there for a while in the two-state region. Thursday’s national average is $3.91 per gallon, but Georgia’s average is $3.40, and South Carolina’s is $3.56. Drivers in...
Within a 50-mile radius of Greenwood lie approximately 100 Revolutionary War battlefields and skirmish sites — many of them little known or still waiting to reveal their secrets. That remarkable concentration of Revolutionary War history was among the discoveries shared by historian and battlefield preservationist Durant Ashmore during a...
