Augusta, GA
Augusta Army veteran gets life-changing bathroom renovation
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It was a joyous reunion on Wednesday between Sgt. Charles Linwood and his wife, and the Quint-Essential Designs team.
Until a month ago, the 70-year-old Army veteran was having trouble moving around his bathroom in his wheelchair.
“It took a lot of strength just to do that, just to get into the bathroom,” Sgt. Linwood said. “Taking a shower was difficult because I always had to depend on her to be there to help me.”
“The bathroom was just horrendous,” said Sgt. Linwood’s wife, Sarah. “Because his balance is off so bad, when I tried to get him in and out the tub, sometimes he’d fall or fall on me, and both of us was hurting.”
This led Sarah to contact homes for veterans, a nonprofit organization that renovates disabled veterans’ homes.
“They responded which was amazing,” Sarah said. “I couldn’t believe it when I first got the email.”
Homes for Veterans then asked Quint-Essential Designs, an Augusta-based general contracting company, to remodel the bathroom to make it ADA compliant.
“There’s a lot of vets in the Augusta area, especially on this side of town, down in this area,” said Quinton Sowell, the co-owner of Quint-Essential Designs. “My dad, he’s a twenty year vet, we remodeled his bathroom to make it more accessible. So we like helping the vets out.”
Donations funded the almost $28,000 project, giving Sgt. Linwood back his freedom without costing him a dime.
“Everything that Homes for Veterans do for us is very appreciated. I definitely appreciate it because I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t have did this by myself,” he said.
Quint-Essential Designs plans to help Sgt. Linwood and his wife with other remodeling projects in the future. To learn more about Homes for Veterans, click here.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The second annual Juneteenth trail ride took place on Old Waynesboro Road in Augusta on Saturday.
The event featured trail rides with horses and ATVs, a mechanical bull contest and music.
People shopped at vendors, and there was entertainment for kids, including a petting zoo, inflatables and games.
“It’s really a privilege just to be able to have the opportunity to share my space, to share my area, and to share for an event with so much value, to give back to my community and a place to celebrate,” said Davon Wallace, chief of operations at Crimson Hills.
Wallace said they will be hosting more events, with a haunted trail coming in October.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has made multiple arrests in a deadly shooting that left one teenager dead and another injured early Saturday morning.
According to deputies, the incident happened June 20, at approximately 12:50 a.m. in the 200 block of Warren Road, where authorities responded to reports of shots fired involving two gunshot victims.
When deputies arrived, they located two 18-year-old men from Augusta.
Officials identified the victims as Eric Markquis Bartley Miller and Joseph Lamar Thomas.
Investigators say Miller sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thomas was also found with at least one gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under active investigation.
As of Saturday afternoon, three teenage suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
18-year-old Dmihjay Collins, 17-year-old Tayshaun Thomas, and 17-year-old Joseph Thomas have all been arrested and charged with Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of Machine Guns. They are all currently being held at the Webster Detention Center.
A fourth teenager, 17-year-old Reante Byrd was also arrested, but investigators have not linked him to the murder case. Byrd has been charged with Possession of a Pistol or Revolver by a Person Under the Age of 18. He is also being held in the Webster Detention Center.
No further details in the investigation have been released.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Students showcased drones they built during a two-week summer camp at Augusta Regional Airport on Friday.
12 junior and high school students attended the camp, where they learned to fly and build drones designed to help others.
Anderson Puryear, a student, said the camp focused on delivering small medical supplies.
“It was focused on delivering small medical supplies like an EPI pen or glucose packet for like diabetics and for people with allergies in need in the real world that could obviously help save lives, and if people are like in a place in a boat or like in the desert or in the forest where they can’t easily access those supplies it can save their lives,” Puryear said.
The airport partnered with Georgia Tech, state troopers and the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Department for the Air Edu Summer Camp.
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