Liz Owens
Senior Investigative Reporter at WRDW-TV (Augusta, GA)
Investigative Reporter
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1 week ago |
wrdw.com | Liz Owens
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly half of Augusta Richmond County rents and the average rent is now about $1,500 a month. That’s more than $250 more than the average cost for rent here last year. Marshals served more than 8,200 renters in Richmond County with eviction paperwork last year, and so far this year, more than 2,600. 12 On Your Side Investigates sat through dispossessory hearings to learn more about evictions in Richmond County. The hearings take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Liz Owens |Will Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A protective order and an alert to law enforcement shed light on the state of mind of the man who opened fire on Columbia County deputies over the weekend, killing one and seriously injuring another. And the documents show authorities were well aware of the danger posed by James Blake Montgomery. Deputies stopped him in an RV Saturday evening on Interstate 20 to serve a temporary protective order that included a mandate to turn over all his guns.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Liz Owens |Will Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A divorce filing and alert to law enforcement shed light on the state of mind of the man who opened fire on Columbia County deputies over the weekend, killing one and seriously injuring another. And the documents show authorities were well aware of the danger posed by James Blake Montgomery. Deputies stopped him in an RV Saturday evening on Interstate 20 to serve a temporary protective order that included a mandate to turn over all his guns.
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2 weeks ago |
walb.com | Liz Owens
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 61-year-old man died on Saturday, just one week after he was shot in downtown Augusta. Tracy Waddell, 61, of Edgefield, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, according to his family. “Mom and I stayed with him until his last moment, and I know he’s at peace,” said his daughter, Brianna. Waddell was an organ donor, and April is Donate Life Month.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Liz Owens
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Tracy Waddell, 61, of Edgefield, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, a little over a week after he was shot in downtown Augusta, according to his family. “Mom and I stayed with him until his last moment, and I know he’s at peace,” said his daughter, Brianna. Waddell was an organ donor, and April is Donate Life Month. Brianna and her fiancé, Jacob, had spent much of the past week by his side in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.
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