AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – WJBF NewsChannel 6’s Brad Means brings a live report from the Georgia-Carolina State Fair on Hale Street in Augusta on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

Located at 4th and Hale Street, gates open at 5 p.m., tonight, and will go until 11 p.m.

Thursday is Coca-Cola night! Bring an empty can of Sprite, Diet Coke or Coke Zero for $7 admission to the fair. The cans will be recycled to benefit the Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation.

General admission is $10, and children ages 5 and under get in for free. You can ride unlimited rides for $30. Anyone 17 or under must be accompanied by an adult. Military personnel (retired or active) have free admission and parking with ID each day of the fair.

This year marks the 101st time the Augusta Exchange Club is hosting the event.

The event lasts until Oct. 26th.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new sports complex, the Alvin and Yvette Harris Sports Performance Center.

The facility is located at Christenberry Fieldhouse and will provide student-athletes access to a new training space designed to improve their athletic performance.

A student athlete said the facility has been helpful for team building and training.

“Just to be able to have the ability to spend with teammates and actually uplift them and have space to do that,” said Chapman Barnett, junior, men’s golf team. “There are certain exercises that we weren’t able to do in there. Having all the new equipment and new stuff has just been unbelievable.”

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Kids in the Augusta community participated in an early trick-or-treating experience Tuesday evening at the Robert Howard Community Center.

The trunk-or-treat event featured festive decorations and goodies for trick-or-treaters.

Local business owners helped create the experience for those in the community.

“When we do things like this, we give the kids in our community something to look forward to every year, people to look forward to, things that they can tell their parents about. Parents can come out, meet us, talk to us,” said Ashley Young, the owner of Foremost Home Care. “Getting outside your door and seeing each other face to face instead of social media and stuff,” she continued.

Other Halloween events are scheduled throughout the CSRA, including the Jack-O-lantern Jubilee this weekend. SRP Park will host a movie night on Wednesday, October 22.

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