Augusta flights canceled, delayed amid cuts from shutdown

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November 10, 2025

Augusta flights canceled, delayed amid cuts from shutdown

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta Regional Airport is seeing a handful of flight cancellations and delays as major airports are dealing with mandated air traffic cuts due to the federal shutdown.

Affected Augusta flights include ones bound to or from Atlanta and Charlotte, which face major problems due to the cancellations.

At Augusta Regional, Delta Flight 4172 from Atlanta was canceled Sunday. It was due to arrive at 2:19 p.m. Its return flight to Atlanta, originally set for 2:59 p.m., was also canceled.

Also canceled was American Airlines Flight 5913 from Charlotte, which had been scheduled to arrive at 7:56 p.m.

Departing American Airlines Flight 6070 to Charlotte was also canceled. It had been set to leave at 8:21 p.m.

Delta Flight 2537 from Atlanta is delayed. Its scheduled arrival time was 5:20 p.m., but now it’s expected to arrive at 6:11 p.m.

Also delayed is the departure of Delta Flight 2537. Originally scheduled to leave Augusta at 6:05 p.m., that departure is now expected at 6:53 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, Delta Flight 2710 to Atlanta was delayed for about 2½ hours, finally leaving at 12:22 p.m.

To check flight status at Augusta Regional, visit flyags.com/travelers/find-a-flight/arrivals-and-departures/.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – which many Augusta fliers pass through either to change planes or to embark – is dealing with many more delays and cancellations.

On Saturday, the world’s busiest airport saw 640 delays and 350 cancellations.

The longest reported delay on Saturday in Atlanta was nearly 14½ hours.

Saturday was the second day flights were reduced by 4%, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that number could spike to 20% around Thanksgiving if the government shutdown does not end soon.

On Sunday, more than 175 flights have already been canceled.

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Steven Kendrick kicks off campaign for Augusta Mayor

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1 day ago

November 9, 2025

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Steven Kendrick kicks off campaign for Augusta Mayor

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – While we just had election day on Tuesday, some politicians are already thinking about the 2026 election.

The Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner for Richmond County, Steven Kendrick, is running for mayor once again.

He kicked off his campaign Saturday, saying the city needs to better manage its money and talked about how to reduce violence in the city.

“We’ve got to pour more into making sure we model well for our youth. Believe it or not, I believe our government has a role in making sure youth development is important. So, we’re going to set the right standards,” said Kendrick.

Kendrick is running against the current Mayor Garnett Johnson in 2026.

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Obituary for Valorie P. Davis at Williams Funeral Home, Inc.

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2 days ago

November 8, 2025

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Obituary for Valorie P. Davis at Williams Funeral Home, Inc.

Ms. Valorie P. Davis entered into rest on Thursday, November 6, 2025. Funeral service will be held on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Greater Mt. Canaan Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Westover Memorial Park. Survivors are her daughter, Valeasia Kris Walker son, John C. Leah Davis,

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State’s aggressive seat belt ticket campaign coming to Augusta

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3 days ago

November 7, 2025

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State’s aggressive seat belt ticket campaign coming to Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign will run from Nov. 22-30 as many families will start their holiday travel the weekend prior to Thanksgiving.

Beginning Monday, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is launching a separate initiative with local law enforcement agencies to enforce the state’s seat belt and child passenger safety laws prior to the start of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel periods.

The state “Click It or Ticket” safety bus will stop in Augusta on Wednesday to support Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic units.

The 2024 Georgia front seat day-time seat belt survey found only 88% of motorists in the state were wearing seat belts.

Preliminary state crash data showed 70% of the people killed in passenger vehicle crashes in Georgia during the 2024 78-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period were not wearing seat belts.

According to federal data, 60% of the people killed in traffic crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend over a five-year period (2019-2023) were not wearing a seat belt.

Federal crash data also showed two out of every three people killed in pickup truck crashes in Georgia from 2019-2023 were not wearing a seat belt even though wearing a seat belt in the front seat of a pickup reduces the risk of a fatal injury in a crash by 60%.

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