WJBF-TV (Augusta, GA)

WJBF NewsChannel 6 began its journey in 1953 as an ABC affiliate located in Augusta, Georgia. The station is part of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Over the years, WJBF-TV has received the notable "Station of the Year" title from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters multiple times—in 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, and 2003. This award highlights the station's commitment to high-quality broadcasting and community service. Additionally, WJBF.com was honored with the "Best Georgia Website – Division II" award by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters in 2014, recognizing its excellence in delivering digital news and serving the community.

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VIPIR 6 ALERT DAY WEDNESDAY: Extreme Heat Followed by Severe Storms

3 days ago | wjbf.com | Jenna Petracci

Tuesday evening update:We have issued a VIPIR 6 Alert Day for Wednesday due to the threat of severe weather (and extreme heat!). Just like today, the heat will be on for our Wednesday afternoon! High temperatures will be in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees. The entire CSRA will be under a heat advisory again from 1-8pm for the heat index up to 108. An upper level low will bring a round of showers and storms between 5pm-2am Wednesday evening (worst of it between 6-11pm).
Doctors share tips to beat CSRA heat, as Augusta leaders look at day centers as solution

4 days ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – With hot temperatures in the forecast over the next few days, you need to use caution if you’re going outside. Local doctors and city leaders say it’s important to keep a few things in mind as you’re heading outside. “We’re experiencing some hot summers, and I think this is probably going to be one of the hottest summers on record according to the research,” said District 1 Commissioner Jordan Johnson.
Augusta University President Russell Keen updates us on life on and off campus

4 days ago | wjbf.com | Brad Means

Weather AlertHeat Advisory: Aiken County, Allendale County, Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Burke County, Edgefield County, Emanuel County, …
Free health care to help local farm workers

4 days ago | wjbf.com | Brad Means

by: Brad Means Posted: Jun 23, 2025 / 03:29 PM EDT Updated: Jun 23, 2025 / 03:29 PM EDT AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) Augusta University is gearing up for the annual Costa Layman Health Fair. The event helps farm workers get health screenings. Healthcare professionals and medical students take part. It’s a chance for these workers to have a medical visit that might not otherwise happen.
South Carolina DMV will begin mailing driver’s licenses and ID cards this fall. Here’s what to know

4 days ago | wjbf.com | Sophie Brams

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — Starting this fall, South Carolina will no longer issue same-day driver’s licenses and identification cards, mailing them instead to streamline the process and enhance security features. The Department of Motor Vehicles is redesigning licenses, beginner’s permits, and ID cards to be made from stronger materials and include advanced security elements that make them more tamper-resistant.
7am Tropical Update for Monday, June 23, 2025

4 days ago | wjbf.com | John Lynn

Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL90):Satellite images indicate that disorganized showers andthunderstorms are displaced to the east of an area of low pressurelocated about 600 miles east of Bermuda. Environmental conditionsare still marginally favorable for further development, and anincrease in thunderstorm activity could result in the formation of ashort-lived tropical depression today.
Monday forecast continues with more heat and humidity

4 days ago | wjbf.com | John Lynn

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Army Corps of Engineers secures funding for storm cleanup at Clarks Hill Lake

5 days ago | wjbf.com | Graham Lee

CLARKS HILL, SC. (WJBF)- It is now officially summer, which means many of you will be going to the lake. The Corps of Engineers is still working to clean up storm damage from the hurricane, but now they’re getting some extra help. Last month, they took us on a tour of the grounds here at Clarks Hill Lake. There’s still work to do, but they’ve now secured important funding to speed up the process.
NFL coaches, former Augusta-area football stars team up to host football clinic at Lakeside

1 week ago | wjbf.com | Gabriel Stovall

EVANS, Ga. (WJBF) — For a few hours, a hot summer day in June felt like a high school football Friday at Lakeside High School. Over 100 1st through 8th graders flooded the Lakeside football field Friday night in the first Gridiron Greatness Football Clinic. A one-day clinic put on by former Augusta-area football stars and current NFL coaches Brian Bratton and Brandon Lynch. The two were former rivals in high school, Bratton playing for Lakeside and Lynch for Hephzibah.
Tiger Woods in Augusta, tours new nine-hole course development at The Patch

1 week ago | wjbf.com | Mike Lepp

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods was in Augusta Friday. He was getting an up-close look at work to build The Loop at The Patch, a nine-hole course that is part of the Patch renovation announced by The Masters Tournament back in 2023. Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley joined Woods for the tour. The nine-hole course is being designed by Tiger’s golf architecture team and is expected to open next April.