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4 days ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly |Hallie Turner
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Now that we’ve lived through one of the worst-case hurricane scenarios for the CSRA with Helene last September, you’d think we’d be ready for whatever comes our way this season. Since officials know exactly what could happen, the need for a playbook should be obvious, right?
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5 days ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly |Hallie Turner
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins, experts are sounding the alarm over potential vulnerabilities in Georgia and other states, warning that federal budget cuts could curb preparation and response efforts. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting an above-average season, with more than a dozen named storms expected — several of which could bring significant damage.
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5 days ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly |Hallie Turner
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Now that we’ve lived through one of the worst-case hurricane scenarios for the CSRA with Helene last September, you’d think we’d be ready for whatever comes our way this season. Because they know exactly what could happen, the need for a playbook should be obvious, right?
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2 weeks ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - With the old James Brown Arena gone, local officials are free to give its replacement the same name, according to the company that owns the rights to the Godfather of Soul‘s legacy. In fact, the company said it’s “appalled” local officials would consider jettisoning the name of a favorite son just to sell off naming rights for the new arena.
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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.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Steve Byerly
including when he worked as a deputy at Augusta Prep . Blue flags have popped up across the CSRA in honor of him, along with an impromptu memorial along Interstate 20 near Belair Road, where he was killed by an RV driver deputies had stopped to serve with a temporary protective order. The driver, James Blake Montgomery, was building pipe bombs and converting guns to full automatic operation.
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1 month ago | 
walb.com | Steve Byerly
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Slain Columbia County Deputy Brandon Sikes was remembered at his funeral as one of the brave men standing between good and evil – a man for whom “it was always about moving in silence and making a difference to protect his family.”Potentially thousands of law enforcement officers and dignitaries from across the state came to the service at the Columbia County Performing Arts Center for the lawman who was shot dead April 26 by a driver who deputies had stopped on I-20.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly |Liz Owens
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A top Augusta official was taken off the job after the city had to repay more than $6 million in unspent grant money that was supposed to help people pay their rent if they faced eviction. And the city is going to conduct an audit to check for other problems. News of Housing and Community Development Director Hawthorne Welcher’s suspension emerged after Augusta Commission members voted to return the money – plus interest.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | Steve Byerly
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Attention, Whataburger fans of the CSRA: There are now two locations of the cult-favorite fast-food restaurant less than an hour away. The Texas-based chain just opened a location at 5440 Platt Springs Road in Lexington, S.C. – 57 minutes from Augusta, according to Google Maps. That comes on the heels of the February opening of one at 888 S. Lake Drive in Lexington – just off Interstate 20 and only 53 minutes from Augusta.
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1 month ago | 
walb.com | Will Rioux |Steve Byerly
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Known as the mad scientist of golf, Bryson DeChambeau has developed a big fan base. And while a lot of them are young people drawn to his YouTube channel, they come in all ages. He now seems truly humble and more mature than he once came across as. Of all the golfers at the Masters, he makes sure to sign all the autographs he can for the under-16 crowd that gathers at the practice range to interact with their golf idols.
