Augusta News

Columbia County authorities say a tractor trailer was involved in a serious accident on I-20 westbound.

American soldiers can hump 60-pound packs through the broiling desert, kill for their country and die for it, but they can't always vote for their commander in chief.

Deputy Ronnie Collins was fired from the Augusta Richmond County Sheriff's Office for not being "truthful" during the interview process.

You have a good reason to break a plate on purpose this weekend. The 19th annual Greek Festival is going on through Sunday.

AUGUSTA, GA: Edmund A. Booth, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced that Linda O. Burch, age 44, of Midville, Georgia entered a plea of guilty today in U.S. District Court ...

Augusta Richmond County leaders are working to cut back on health-care costs. Commissioner Joe Bowles is suggesting a self insurance policy.

The WJBF News Channel 6 Crime Tracker covers Day 2 of a massive manhunt for a teenage murder suspect.

Travis Barker is "grateful" to be alive after surviving the Sept. 19 jet crash that claimed the lives of four others.

Richmond County investgators are still looking for a murder suspect. Investigators spent the entire day looking for a teenager accused of killing a man during a home invasion, last week.

AUGUSTA, Ga.- A daughter wants answers from an Augusta funeral home that she says destroyed her father's body.

AUGUSTA, Ga.- Richmond County deputies are searching for a teen they say is wanted for killing Jazreel Hammond on Royal Street last week.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after an accident, Monday afternoon. It happened on Mike Padgett Highway, in Augusta.

The Augusta woman credited with helping end accused courthouse gunman Brian Nichols' shooting spree took the stand Monday.

Sherry Scott walked into Augusta Oncology Associates one Friday morning in August for her first chemotherapy treatment.

A Sunday afternoon shooting has sent one man to the hospital. The shooting happened around 2:00 p.m., on Shalimar Drive, which is off of Richmond Hill Road near Dean's Bridge Road.

"We heard a pop, and then a second pop," said Vivian. Vivian Shook will never forget what she heard and saw on Friday afternoon.

He resigned from the Augusta commission because of controversy about where he lives.

An apparent domestic dispute led to a shooting in south Augusta this afternoon. Investigators with the Richmond County Sheriffs Office say a man shot a women in the leg during an argument.

Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority member Keith Brown was arrested earlier this week after failing to heed a deputy's order to stop stalking his estranged wife, according to a sheriff's office report.

In a WJBF-TV News Channel 6 Medical Report: Confusion and controversy over flu shots.