Augusta, GA
Augusta National gives update after 'catastrophic and historic' hurricane
The area surrounding Augusta National was hit hard by Hurricane Helene.
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Augusta National said it is “assessing the effects” of Hurricane Helene but that the club is focused on the local community less than a day after the Category 4 storm battered much of the South, including Augusta, Ga.
The club’s chairman, Fred Ridley, released a short statement on social media addressing the “catastrophic and historic” storm on Saturday morning after Helene tore through the region, bringing strong winds and severe coastal flooding and leaving 225,000 Augustans without power.
“Our Augusta community has suffered catastrophic and historic impact from Hurricane Helene,” Ridley said in a statement. “We currently are assessing the effects at Augusta National Golf Club.”
“In the meantime our focus and efforts are foremost with our staff, neighbors and business owners in Augusta,” Ridley said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them as well as everyone throughout Georgia and the Southeast who have been affected.”
The Masters host is just one of thousands of businesses and homes across the eastern seaboard that fell within Helene’s path on Thursday and Friday. The Category 4 storm is the most powerful hurricane to strike the United States in some time, bringing sustained winds upwards of 140 mph and killing at least 44 people throughout the South. Augusta, Ga. was in the center of the storm’s path, leaving many within the golf world to speculate on the club and surrounding area’s safety and well-being.
A photo posted to the popular aerial imaging site Eureka Earth on Friday afternoon appeared to show damage to dozens of trees in one of the club’s many perimeter parking lots, used for tournament patrons. No information has been shared about damages sustained within club gates, or to its golf course.
Augusta National is no stranger to the wrath of Mother Nature. A powerful ice storm struck down the club’s famed Eisenhower Tree in the winter of 2015, and a subsequent thunderstorm during the 2023 Masters sent a pair of trees tumbling over the 17th tee. No injuries were sustained in either event.
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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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