
Non-profit looks to give funding to Augusta Animal Services to help control stray cat population
Best Friends Animal Society's senior manager Carrie Ducote says cats are more likely to leave Augusta's animal shelter dead than alive. The non-profit organization plans to help relieve some of the strain on Augusta Animal Services.
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The Augusta Dream Center helped girls feel like true princesses. The event is called "Cinderella day". Girls received all their prom needs from shoes to dresses, and accessories for free.

Augusta Regional Airport hosted the second annual 5k Run the Runway event. This is a sanctioned race designed s a fundraiser for the Augusta-based nonprofit, Operation teammate.

Investigators with the Waynesboro Police Department have arrested one adult and two juveniles in connection with an aggravated assault from September 11, 2022.

Heads up, drivers! Traffic will shift onto the new I-20W bridge over the Savannah River Sunday night.

The Richmond County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that left one man injured Friday evening. It happened in the 700 block of East Chapman Street.

Women in Philanthropy celebrates 16 years of service at spring luncheon.

Irish-American Heritage Society hosts 2023 St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Augusta EMS subcommittee holds first meeting with designated ambulance provider

Burke County Sheriff's Office has received a $100,000 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative grant with the aim to increase the capacity and resources available to rural law enforcement.

The Columbia County School District is excited to host the inaugural Forecast Your Future Career Day on Mar. 21, 2023, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Grovetown Elementary School.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Thursday the arrest of a twenty-two-year-old man on eleven charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.

Best Friends Animal Society's senior manager Carrie Ducote says cats are more likely to leave Augusta's animal shelter dead than alive. The non-profit organization plans to help relieve some of the strain on Augusta Animal Services.

Old Waynesboro Rd. at the Richmond County / Burke County line over McBean Creek will be closed beginning on Monday, Mar. 20, 2023.

The Coroner's Office says Aiken County Sheriff's Office Deputies were called to Kitchings Road near Old Barnwell Road Tuesday afternoon shortly after 1:00 p.m.

A woman was found dead Wednesday night, after a report of shots fired led deputies to the scene of an alleged homicide.

Some consider Lessie Price a trailblazer as she was the first African American woman to serve on Aiken's City Council in 1987, She served on the council for 36 years.

Half a million dollars in SPLOST funding has been allocated to Augusta's Boathouse, but that amount will only begin to address some of its issues.

Paine College in Augusta celebrated Growing Paine Day during its Religious Emphasis Assembly Wednesday.

Scheffler said he would serve steak and cheeseburger sliders with family-styled side dishes.

First on FOX54: Through a Freedom of Information Act request, FOX54 has learned Redwood Housing, the owner of the Bon Air Apartments, was not selected for tax credits to help renovate the property.

Harlem Middle School officials discovered Wednesday that a student had the knife out in class.

A teacher in Blue Ridge Elementary's severe special education pre-k class discovered a firearm in a student's bag

Ray Bauer Vaughters of Aiken has been arrested for DUI and leaving the scene of a crash after he reportedly crashed his truck through a wall on Whiskey Rd.

Kenneth Smith of Warrenville has been arrested and accused of possessing child sexual abuse material.

A heads up for drivers in Columbia County. There will be a temporary land closure with a lane shift at 599 S. Old Belair Road

Police say they responded there around 11:15 Tuesday evening. Upon investigation, they say two vehicles had damage after at least 16 rounds were fired into them.

The Richmond County Coroner's Office is investigating after a woman was found dead inside her home.
The Coroner's Office says they responded to the call on the 1200 block of Derby lane at 8 pm on Mar. 14.

Spring may look like it has sprung, but a freeze warning is in effect right now in our area. A local peach farmer says he's optimistic that his farm will still produce a good crop.

The Richmond County Coroner's Office is investigating three deaths. Two victims were found in the same home on Maryland Ave. A fifty-one-year-old woman was found on Derby lane. The cases are not connected

AUGUSTA, Ga (WFXG) - The fourth-seed USC Aiken takes on the third-seed Lincoln memorial in the Sweet 16, fighting to see who will make it into the Elite 8 and win the regional final. Aiken fans came back out to support their Pacers as they watch them make