Liz Owens

1 week ago | wrdw.com | Liz Owens

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Who doesn’t love a good graduation surprise? On Friday, as one Laney high schooler received a diploma, she also got not one or two but three hugs from people she didn’t think could make it. It’s no secret Augusta has a legacy of service to one’s country,But what is a secret - are the three service women behind the curtain at Lucy Laney High School’s graduation. Liz: “She got to know they’re here.” Mom: “No, she actually don’t.”Mom: “They left their phone’s location on.

1 week ago | wrdw.com | Liz Owens

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - It’s now been eight months since Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit South Carolina and Georgia, and we’re still far from recovered. Hurricane season, however, won’t wait for us. In fact, it starts on June 1. The state of South Carolina has received more than $150 million in aid from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Hurricane Helene recovery – and part of it could be used for preventing the same disaster we just went through.

2 weeks ago | wrdw.com | Liz Owens

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - With the old James Brown Arena gone, we’re learning its bigger and better replacement may not share the same name. Leaders were pretty excited earlier this week to show off plans for the new arena. It will tower 10 stories tall, hosting about 100 events a year from musical and family productions to hockey games. It will offer a variety of premium options, and visitors can take in local flavors with some concessions featuring Augustans’ favorite restaurants.

2 weeks ago | wrdw.com | Steve Byerly |Liz Owens

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The FBI confirms that it’s been at the Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building this week. The agency said special agents have been at the building “conducting law enforcement activities.”The FBI isn’t saying what that law enforcement operation might be. We do know, however, that the city has caught the federal government’s attention in recent weeks after more than $6 million in grant money wasn’t repaid in a timely manner after it wasn’t spent, as required by law.

2 weeks ago | wrdw.com | Liz Owens

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - With the old James Brown Arena gone, we’re learning its bigger and better replacement may not share the same name. When officials offered a preview earlier this week, they told us not to use the name James Brown Arena. The naming rights are up in the air, they said. When many of us voted on the sales tax that will build the new arena, many of us assumed the new arena would be the new James Brown Arena.