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Darci Strickland announces she's leaving to start new life chapter after 27 years at WLTX
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today is bittersweet for us at WLTX as News19’s Darci Strickland, the award-winning journalist who’s spent decades serving the viewers of the Midlands, has announced she is leaving to start a new chapter in her life after 27 years on our air. Strickland, who...
HER GLORY: Local hair salon helps women with alopecia
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A local hair salon aims to help women with hair loss regain their confidence. Her Glory owner Tiffany Combs opened her uptown salon in 2017, inspired by a client she worked with in cosmetology school. “When I started out early in my career, I had one client come to me that […]
Distant thunderstorms “Roll” out an amazing cloud phenomenon across Pine Mountain, Ga.
Pine Mountain, Ga. (WRBL)-Roll clouds and shelf clouds are similar but in this case the cloud structure rolling across Pine Mountain, Georgia was not attached to the thunderstorm, which makes this a roll cloud. A shelf cloud would either be attached or on the leading edge of a thunderstorm. They...
41-year-old shot, killed early Thursday in Augusta
AUGUSTA (WJBF) – Thursday morning just after midnight, Richmond County Deputies responded to the 700 block of East Chapman Street in reference to a suspicious situation. Upon arrival, they found a man who had been shot at least once. The victim, identified as 41-year-old Willie Lee Gordon, was transported to a local hospital for treatment, […]
Georgia officials reverse course on blocking state funds for AP African American Studies Program
On Wednesday, Dr. Richard Woods had chosen not to approve state funding for the AP course, designed by the College Board and test-piloted in Georgia, but left the door open for school districts to individually fund it on their own.
Grovetown man sentenced to prison in wire fraud scheme
GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Columbia County man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme to sell expensive computer equipment to more than 40 customers, according to officials. Steven Drawdy, 40, of Grovetown was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire...
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