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Aiken County Animal Shelter Hosts Annual Clear The Shelter Event
This Saturday, Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) and the Aiken County Animal Shelter will host their annual Clear The Shelter Day. The event is an effort to help find homes for the many animals housed at the shelter, which is at full capacity. Clear The Shelter In Aiken. Clear...
Best friends with Down syndrome begin college at USC Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two besties are on the quest for a good school year at USC Aiken. Aug. 21 was the first day of school for Juliana ‘’Jules’' Gray and Ava Shabahrami. They are both diagnosed with Down Syndrome and are enrolled in the USCA-Life 2-year...
They mean it when they say 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over'
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Motorists in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia should take to heart the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign that law enforcement is running through Labor Day, September 2, this year. Law enforcement agencies in these three states are coordinating efforts in the days leading up to this year's holiday weekend to conduct safety checkpoints aimed at keeping drunk and drugged drivers off the roads.
South Carolina Man Buys $1 Million Powerball Ticket In Florida
TAMPA, Florida – The Florida Lottery announced that Floyd Horner, Jr., of Tega Cay, South Carolina, claimed a $1 million prize from the POWERBALL drawing held on February 1, 2023, at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office. The winning POWERBALL ticket matched all five white ball numbers but did...
5 SC universities receive nearly $4M in funding
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. - The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) is giving nearly four million dollars to five state colleges and universities. The schools selected by the S.C.R.A Academic Collaboration Team are Clemson, South Carolina, The Medical University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina, and the College of Charleston. The funding is to help promote the innovative research these schools are conducting.
Juvenile detained over online threat to A.R. Johnson
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of a social media post, advising that A.R. Johnson Magnet School would be the target of a school shooting, authorities said Friday. On Thursday, authorities say they were made aware of a social media post, advising that...
SC health officials stress importance of lifesaving vaccine legislators twice rejected
COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s public health agency is encouraging parents to protect their children from half a dozen types of cancer with a vaccine that lawmakers spent a decade debating before agreeing to even allow its promotion. To mark National Immunization Awareness Month, state health officials are focusing on the lifesaving capabilities of the HPV […]
Switching channels: CW Network will have a new home in Augusta; here's where
A commercial broadcast TV network is changing Augusta affiliates. Nexstar Media Group, the company that owns station WJBF-TV, announced Aug. 22 that Augusta's Channel 6 will join four other Nexstar stations in supporting the Nexstar-owned CW Network on their digital subchannels. When U.S. terrestrial TV broadasting switched from analog to all-digital in 2009, many...
SC man pulled over for going twice the speed limit arrested for what was found in car, deputies say
SUMTER, S.C. — A Sumter, South Carolina, man was pulled over for driving twice the speed limit, but it was what was found in his car that led to serious charges, Sumter County deputies said. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office said a deputy saw Anthony Dwayne Pringle Jr. driving...
Mass chicken dumping discovered in Edisto River raises biohazard concerns in South Carolina
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. — The Edisto Riverkeeper said he received a call Monday night from a resident about what appeared to be trash in the river. What he found was unexpected. "I realized that it wasn’t just a normal littering call,” Hugo Krispyn said. Krispyn, the Edisto Riverkeeper,...
A growing problem quietly spreads across South Carolina yards
COLUMBIA, S.C. — After a very wet August, some residents across the Midlands are experiencing increased pests that could damage their trees and yards. Caroline Harmon with Ledford’s Pest Control said that anytime a storm with a lot of moisture passes through, it leaves perfect breeding conditions for insects such as mosquitos and Palmetto bugs.
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