Augusta, GA
Downtown Augusta businesses prep for New Year’s Eve celebrations
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The CSRA and especially downtown have been preparing for New Year’s Eve, hoping to see more people and business to start off the new year strong.
They are getting ready for the night ahead and even celebrating a little early.
“Oh it’s fun,” said Kathy Nave, Skateland of Augusta owner. “It’s a lot of fun having all the families here and their siblings.”
Skateland of Augusta has been busy preparing for a family-friendly New Year’s by having an event for the kids early in the day and one for everyone later at night.
“The younger children are falling asleep and they want to be involved in the adult stuff,” said Nave. “It’s midnight, it’s New Year’s, so we decided about three years ago, that we should have a balloon drop just for little kids.”
But Nave says the fun doesn’t stop there.
“We have a balloon drop at midnight,” she said. “We’ll countdown with the big ball dropping.”
They aren’t the only ones who have spent the day preparing for the new year.
“Blowing up balloons, getting confetti all set up ready for the big ball drop, having everything set up,” said Dustin Keyes, bar manager at Dirty Boots.
They are making sure they’re ready for anything.
“Any night that we work, we never hope to be slow,” said Keyes. “So we’re always prepared to be super busy and just as busy as we can be.”
Hoping it’s busy, and that it stays that way into the new year.
“It seems like ever since we’ve been down here, it’s definitely grown and blown up a little bit, especially with this bar,” said Keyes. “We have two others right now going on, so who knows what the future will hold.”
There are only a few hours left of 2024 and these businesses say to come celebrate with them.
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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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