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Basketball tournament to honor gun violence victims
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — A ‘Stop the Gun Violence’ basketball tournament will honor victims on Sunday, July 7 at the Warren Road Community Center. It’s from 1-7 p.m. with mentoring, counseling, and community leaders. The tournament starts at 1:30 p.m. The event in memory of Kevin Coatney, Jr. The 20-year-old was shot and killed outside […]
Visitors take on the James Brown Historic Tours
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - A bus full of visitors on the James Brown Historic Tour Saturday. Visitors got a firsthand look at the childhood of one of Augusta's legends. "We are the only riding tour in Augusta of historic entertainment of any sort. You get to see the whole span of Mr. Brown's life as it pertains to Augusta from the highest of the highs to the lowest of the lows," said Kiki Cofer, the tour director.
Appeal filed by former Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias rejected
GEORGIA (WJBF) – An appeal filed by former Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias has been rejected by a federal appeals court. According to officials, the opinion was filed on Friday by the US Court of Appeals for the Southern District. Sias is currently serving a 30-month sentence which began on August 21st, 2023 and was reduced […]
Richmond Co. Sheriff's Office searching for endangered 31-year-old
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - The Richmond County Sheriff's office needs your help locating Tony Robinson. The 31-year-old was last seen on July 3rd on the 1300 Block of Greene Street in Augusta. Robinson is known to frequent the Salvation Army Center of Hope and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Anyone with...
Merietta Floyd of Turbeville has been named to the Spring 2024 President’s List at the University of South Carolina Sumter
Merietta Floyd of Turbeville, SC was among more than 50 students who made the President’s List in the Spring 2024 semester. To reach this high academic achievement, students must maintain a grade point average of 4.00 earned on a minimum of 12 credited semester hours at the end of the previous semester.
4-star South Carolina football target makes college commitment
In the world of recruiting, some prospect battles come down to the wire, and no one but the recruit seems to know where he will end up by the time announcement day comes. Others, though, seem pretty straightforward. The latter was the case on Friday when it came time for South Carolina football target JaDon Blair to make his college decision public.
Former Fireflies pitcher makes MLB debut
The man who closed out the first Columbia Fireflies game at Segra Park is now pitching in the big leagues. Walter Pennington’s made his MLB debut for the Kansas City Royals Friday night against the Colorado Rockies. Pennington entered the game in a jam and stranded two inherited runners while recording a pair of outs, including his first strikeout.
Priority 4-star target names South Carolina football on list of favorites
The South Carolina football program has two commitments in the class of 2026 (the number dropped from three recently when 4-star quarterback Landon Duckworth backed off of his Gamecock pledge). 4-star linebacker Rodney Colton and in-star offensive lineman Anthony Baxter are the two future Gamecocks already in the class, but USC has made moves to put themselves in solid position with multiple other prospects in the '26 cycle.
IN PHOTOS: South Carolina QB commitment Cutter Woods
Cutter Woods flipped from Wake Forest to South Carolina last month. Three-star quarterback Cutter Woods flipped his commitment from Wake Forest to South Carolina last month, following an official visit to Columbia. The Gamecocks offered a few days before the official visit while he was on campus with his teammates from Westside High School for a 7-on-7 tournament.
Richland County pet owners could be seeing some changes
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — Richland County is closer to passing an update to the county's pet ordinances. The council gave it a second reading this past Tuesday, which means that if they vote in favor of it one more time, it will become law. Some of the main changes...
Mainieri: 'I think we're going to be really competitive'
New South Carolina baseball coach Paul Mainieri made it clear that he wasn't going to take over a program in rebuild mode. The situation with the Gamecocks felt right to him, he says, and a part of the reason is that there's a foundation in place to build upon. That...
Former South Carolina basketball star gets new professional contract
Earlier this week, three former South Carolina basketball stars (A'ja Wilson, Aliyah Boston, and Allisha Gray) were selected to participate in the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. The trio of stars were three of ten Gamecock alums in the league (along with Kamilla Cardoso, Tiffany Mitchell, Ty Harris, Zia Cooke, Victaria Saxton, Laeticia Amihere, and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan), but that changed on Friday.
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