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Results: Augusta-area high school football scoreboard for Week 1
The early morning summer workouts and practices in the Georgia heat have been leading up to this week. It's the first high school football Friday night in Augusta. The dress rehearsals are over. The scores matter and, while many teams are still figuring out what they have, this is the first week of a nearly four-month march to the state championship games in December. ...
Do you know what the water from your tap goes through? It's all about keeping it clean
In an effort to highlight the importance of having access to clean water, August is designated as National Water Quality Month. Having access to safe water is vital to the health and well-being of most species, experts say. ...
Teens learn to make a budget and stick to it – here’s how
Rent or mortgage, food, healthcare, taxes – life is expensive. A new program from Junior Achievement is helping teens get practical, hands-on experience in tacking their finances with life lessons that hit home. Casey Pash, President and CEO of Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina, said JA Finance Park Mobile, Junior Achievement’s capstone program for personal finance and career exploration, gives students in grades 9 – 12 an in-class curriculum and an interactive pop-up city to help...
Sustain SC joins USC Moore School to connect sustainability to business
Sustain SC has entered a new partnership with the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business to promote sustainability and workforce and economic development throughout South Carolina...
3 killed killed in crash after fleeing traffic stop on Deans Bridge Road
RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Three people are dead after a fatal crash in Richmond County. On Friday, August 16, a Blythe Police Officer attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle at 7:53 p.m. The driver of the vehicle then reportedly fled onto Deans Bridge Road near Etterlee Road, crossing into oncoming traffic where he […]
Four-run first sets the tone as GreenJackets beat Woodpeckers Aug. 15
NORTH AUGUSTA – A four-run first inning gave the GreenJackets a lead they would never relinquish as they held firm through the ninth for a 6-4 win, their second in three days against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers. Fayetteville took an early lead in the top of the first against Rayven...
Golden Harvest celebrates opening of Produce Rescue Center Aug. 15
Before the ribbon could be cut Thursday on Golden Harvest Food Bank’s new produce reclamation center, it had already been utilized as the space officials hoped it would one day become. “When we dreamt of this space, we imagined a facility of true collaboration. We knew that it could...
Local group opens center to help kids with autism
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A local organization is expanding its services for families with children who have autism. ABLE Kids held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new Broad Street location. The program helps with early intervention to prepare children for school. Healing with horses is what one local rescue is...
What we know about Thomson mayor’s sudden arrest
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - On Wednesday, Thomson Mayor Benji Cranford was escorted out of a city council executive session in handcuffs, and is now, charged with a felony. Cranford quickly bonded out of jail. His bond was set at $5,000. But 24 hours later, several questions remain unanswered. Cranford is...
#STRecruiting: 2026 North Augusta OT Malcolm Gaston lands his second P4 offer
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About half of SC’s 3rd to 8th graders can read on grade level. Math scores are worse.
COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, according to test scores released Friday. State education officials hope to improve scores with a new $10 million program to hire math tutors, improve training and pay for resources. A similar program has helped […]
17,000 Workers at AT&T Southeast Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
ATLANTA, Ga. (WSAV)—Communications Workers of America (CWA) employed by AT&T Southeast are on strike to protest labor practices committed by management during negotiations for a new union contract according to their press release. The strike will involve over 17,000 technicians, customer service representatives and others who install, maintain and support AT&T’s residential and business wireline […]
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