Augusta, GA

Downtown bars gear up for early New Year’s Eve celebrations

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5 months ago

January 1, 2024

Downtown bars gear up for early New Year’s Eve celebrations

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Sunday alcohol sales are off the table for Augusta bars thanks to a Georgia law limiting sales to just one Sunday a year.

However, our local businesses are getting creative.

Commissioners say it was a quick decision to pick the Super Bowl but hope to change that for businesses on Broad Street and across Richmond County next year.

For now, it’s about staying positive going into the weekend.

While the effort for collective bar owners’ downtown is to change the city’s current ordinance on Sunday sales next year, they’re still trying to turn things around this weekend.

General Manager Chris McCarthy is gearing up Joe’s Underground for New Year’s Eve’s Eve.

He’s planning on live music, champagne, and even a countdown if customers want it, hoping people will still come out a day early to bring in 2024.

“I don’t particularly give a crap if we’re open for Super Bowl Sunday or not for the Super Bowl. But St. Patty’s Day is one of the biggest days for us in the year and would put us in the black for three months. Cinco de Mayo is huge for us,” said McCarthy.

Local liquor stores like Stevens Creek Wine and Spirits are starting to see their customers hit the shelves early ahead of the big weekend.

The manager says some are stocking up on their home supply with nowhere to go on the night of December 31.

“Some customers come in with sad faces, and when they go, they have smile faces,” said manager Noor Singh.

The commission plans to try and reverse their decision on the 2024 Sunday sales being on Super Bowl Sunday their first meeting of the year.

In the meantime, bars are raising a toast to New Years Eves Eve.

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Missing woman last seen on Crosscreek Road in south Augusta

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6 hours ago

May 19, 2024

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Missing woman last seen on Crosscreek Road in south Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 39-year-old woman last seen in south Augusta. .

The sheriff’s office says Amanda Nicole Morris was last seen on Saturday at 2480 Crosscreek Road.

Authorities say Morris was last seen wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans, and may possibly be driving a black 2008 Chevrolet Silverado with a Georgia tag of SDL5020.

Anyone with information is asked to contact any on-duty investigator with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, 706-821-1080 or 706-821-1020.

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Woman and infant found dead in Augusta home

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May 19, 2024

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Woman and infant found dead in Augusta home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a deceased woman and infant found on Chase Creek Court.

On Saturday at 4:15 p.m., deputies responded to the 1600 block of Chase Creek Court to investigate a report of deceased people.

Upon arrival, deputies found an adult female and male infant deceased inside the residence.

The home is in the McCoy’s Creek neighborhood, a subdivision of mostly two-story vinyl-sided homes built in the past few years.

The neighborhood is adjacent to Grovetown but is actually in the Augusta city limits.

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Volunteers help clean up Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta

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May 19, 2024

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Volunteers help clean up Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Organizers of a Magnolia Cemetery cleanup say hundreds of people showed up all ages to help clean up the historic site.

From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, volunteers showed up with brooms, shovels and other supplies to help. The land houses five Jewish cemeteries and a Greek cemetery along with a Masonic lodge and several church sections.

“It’s such a peaceful place,” said Kevin de l’Aigle. “It’s such a place of solace in this crazy world we live in. It’s a great place to come and just find some peace and walk around among the beautiful grounds. For me, I’ve been coming here since I was a kid, so it’s more like a park. I mean, all my ancestors, my dad’s buried here. But for me, it’s just like I get a sense of peace here that I don’t get anywhere else.”

And recently, a woman from Boston donated $25,000 to the cemetery.

The Magnolia Cemetery is home to a crepe Myrtle that’s said to be the oldest tree in the state of Georgia.

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