Graham Lee

1 week ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – There is an emphasis on road safety following Saturday morning’s tanker crash. The crash and resulting fire caused part of the Vaucluse Road bridge to collapse and closed part of I-20. The South Carolina Department of Transportation has since removed what was left of that bridge and reopened the interstate. While the accidents aren’t related, it’s now the second tanker crash in Aiken County in the span of a month.

2 weeks ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF) – After being known as Fort Eisenhower for less than two years, the Augusta military base will be known as Fort Gordon once again. President Donald Trump announced plans Tuesday to rename seven military bases across the country. Along with Fort Eisenhower, others included in that list are Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Lee, Fort Polk, Fort Rucker, and Fort A.P. Hill. Fort Liberty was also changed names back to Fort Bragg just 4 months ago.

2 weeks ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – A prominent figure in the Augusta community has died. Born in July 1936 in LaGrange, North Carolina, Christine Miller-Betts began what would become a life of service and hard work. While she had many roles, Betts was best known for serving as the first executive director for the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History for 26 years.

2 weeks ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Storm cleanup continues around the CSRA more than eight months since Hurricane Helene hit our area. Local tree companies are staying busy cutting the last fallen trees and removing those that are at risk of falling. Driving through Augusta neighborhoods, you’re still seeing trees in yards and root balls that have yet to be cut—and tree companies like Removify are taking notice. “You know, 8 months later, and we still have uprooted stumps that have not been taken care of yet.

3 weeks ago | thecrimson.com | Shawn A. Boehmer |Graham Lee

Harvard’s class of 1975 made its way onto a campus newly shaped by the student activism of the previous decade. The Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War catalyzed student organizing — a change reflected in the increasingly political environment of the Phillips Brooks House Association. “This is a particularly politically active period for students on campus — and who can blame them for wanting to speak up and be out on the street?” said Douglas M. Schmidt ’76, PBHA president from 1975 to 1976.