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Details released about Augusta administrator finalists

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2 years ago

January 16, 2024

Details released about Augusta administrator finalists

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A week after learning the names of the finalists for the Augusta city administrator post, we’re finding out more about them.

On Jan. 8, Mayor Garnett Johnson released the names of three finalists. One of them has since dropped out, leaving two in the running.

On Monday, officials released cover letters and resumes submitted by the two remaining finalists, Tameka N. Allen and Richard D. Chess.

Allen has built much of her career in Augusta, serving in a variety of roles, including interim city administrator in 2014. She’s currently chief information officer for the city.

Chess touts a more than 30-year career in local government, including in Florida, Arizona and Georgia. He’s currently assistant general manager of the Transportation Administration in Broward County, Fla.

Read their resumes:

Robert J. Sivick is the candidate who withdrew his name from consideration.

And absent from the list was current interim City Administrator Takiyah Douse, who’s served in the role twice as long as the man whose exit led to the opening.

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One dead following a shooting in Richmond County

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10 hours ago

March 28, 2026

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One dead following a shooting in Richmond County

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Coroner’s Office said a person has died after a shooting on Division Street Saturday afternoon.

Officials say the shooting happened at the 2100 block around 4 p.m.

The victim was shot at least one time and taken to Wellstar MCG, where he later died, the coroner’s office says.

The sheriff’s office also went to Division Street at approximately 4 p.m. in reference to the incident, deputies say.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

No further information is available at this time.

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23 hours ago

March 28, 2026

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Augusta’s Turpin neighborhood to get affordable homes with $1.85M federal grant

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1 day ago

March 27, 2026

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Augusta’s Turpin neighborhood to get affordable homes with .85M federal grant

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The historic Turpin neighborhood will soon welcome more affordable homes after Augusta Habitat for Humanity was awarded $1.85 million in federal funding this week.

The grant will fund the construction of at least 12 homes in the area.

“Habitat for Humanity applied for federal funding, and they were awarded the funding,” said District 2 Commissioner Stacy Pulliam.

Reviving a historic community

The Turpin neighborhood was once home to professionals, including educators, doctors, and lawyers.

“These big professionals that lived mostly over this way,” one resident said of the neighborhood’s history.

Pulliam described the area’s former prominence as “its grand days of glory, when it was the place.”

The project brings together city organizers and community partners through the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing, or GICH.

“We have so many partners. We have the Housing Authority on board. We have a representative from the Hub on board,” Pulliam said. “There’s so many great partners at the table that’s helping pull all of this together.”

Federal support and future plans

The project received backing from Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

Habitat for Humanity, with support from GICH, focused its application on Turpin Hill intentionally, as officials say the community had been needing to be addressed for years.

With Habitat for Humanity continuing to advocate for more funds, Pulliam said their motivation could lead to additional housing development in the future.

“We keep going and going and going,” she said. “Now we can do 20. Now we can do multifamily. So it’s fueling our fire to get more housing, but not just housing, to clean up the area.”

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