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1 week ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Safety in downtown Augusta has been a hot-button issue spanning multiple law enforcement administrations. From shootings on Broad Street in broad daylight to late-night fights turned deadly, downtown business owners are pleading for change. A heat map of shootings and homicides in downtown Augusta from 2019 to 2025 shows how widespread these incidents are. We worked to learn what’s behind these marks and how often violent crime is really happening in downtown Augusta.
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1 week ago | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Are you obsessed with watching crime documentaries or true crime series? Well, one local couple is taking their experiences and sharing them with the world. Neil and Melissa Gordon just struck a deal with Amazon Prime Video to launch their new docu-series called “Trial Watchers.”It’s a five-episode series that is now available for anyone to watch. Richmond County inmates graduate from job training programSeveral inmates at the Charles B.
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1 week ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
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2 weeks ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit that had been filed against him by a former employee. Mediation was held last Friday in the case involving allegations by Brenda Johnson. Attorneys on both sides came to an agreement and worked out a settlement after a seven- to eight-hour meeting.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Flooding on Cedar Creek Road may look really bad to some of you at home, but this is not shocking to families who live on the Aiken County road. It’s like clockwork every time it rains. You can see the road completely washed away. The carved-out sections on each side of the dirt road are waist-deep. This has been an issue 12 On Your Side Investigates uncovered in August of last year. 28-year-old Dylan Turner died while staying at a home on Cedar Creek Road.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - 12 on your side investigates digs deeper into automated speed cameras in Georgia school zones. While we’ve been digging, lawmakers have been debating. Two house bills regulating these cameras failed to make it to the governor’s desk, and could be revived during the next legislative session. We have been working to get answers for families who’ve received a citation from these cameras, and say the speed cameras aren’t always accurate.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A system that’s supposed to get help to you faster but instead is causing calls to go unanswered and delays with deadly outcomes for taxpayers in Richmond County. For the past six months, the I-TEAM has been investigating Augusta’s 911 dispatching for fire stations across Richmond County. It’s raising the question: How do you know if first responders will show up when it’s you and your family calling for help?
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Hundreds of political figures are in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. Among them is Scott Cooper from Edgefield County, representing South Carolina. He was there last night when former President Donald Trump made his first public appearance after being shot. “We’re grateful and just having him there was an inspiration and seeing that he is well. He was very moved being there,” said Cooper.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - For months, the news has been peppered with shooting after shooting in Richmond County. And everyday people in everyday places are becoming victims. On Thursday, gunfire erupted at Augusta Mall, injuring one person and sending shoppers fleeing. And that’s not the only shooting there. A shooting there in April injured one person, and a person was killed in a shooting there in 2020.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - More than two months ago, our I-Team first uncovered a pattern or problems with Augusta 911′s dispatch system and the Augusta Fire Department. On Tuesday, this issue was supposed to be brought up in legal. It’s behind closed doors in executive session, where we have no idea what’s talked about. Still, the I-TEAM may have found what the potential issue is.
