Augusta, GA
Augusta Commission approves more than $1.1 million in new street lighting purchases
There was at least one bright spot in Tuesday’s Augusta Commission meeting.
Multiple purchases were unanimously approved which will bring new lights to different streets in the area. Here is what’s coming:
New lighting on Grand Boulevard between 15th and Turpin streets, which is about half-a-mile long and is near Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. According to the agenda, it was discovered during routine maintenance that this street lighting system is no longer safe to operate, is beyond its serviceable life and can no longer be repaired. The entire system will need to be replaced along Grand.
New solar lighting with poles on Windsor Spring Road between Meadowbrook Drive and Crosscreek Road, which is about a mile long and is in the Hephzibah area. Addressing this was a direction by the commission given to Augusta Engineering on Sept. 5.
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New solar lighting on Wrightsboro Road between North Leg Road and Highland Avenue, which is about 2 miles long running along Augusta University’s Forest Hills campus and Daniel Field Airport. This is part of a major rebuild of this section of Wrightsboro.
New lighting on Jimmie Dyess Parkway between Wrightsboro and 2,500 feet south of the Richmond County line, which is in the Belair area. Funding for this was approved in January.
All of these purchases come out to about $1.18 million combined. The funds will come from a combination of Augusta’s street lighting operations fund, the American Rescue Plan, and SPLOST 6.
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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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The 10th annual Juneteenth Augusta Festival brought families to the Augusta Fairgrounds on Friday despite the muggy heat.
Cultural and community-focused events, live music performances and food trucks were available at the celebration.
Tonia Hill, attending the Juneteenth celebration, said she loves the holiday and is supporting the community, though she acknowledged the weather conditions.
“I love Juneteenth. And I’m supporting everybody. It’s hot. It’s hot. It’s hot,” Hill said.
The festival runs until 10 p.m.
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