Augusta, GA
Downtown businesses join together for Buddy Week
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – In downtown Augusta, Buddy Week is being hosted by Downtown Soul City.
This weeklong celebration is going on until Saturday to celebrate community and friendship between local businesses.
It’s a chance for you to get a closer look behind the scenes of your favorite places working together.
On Saturday, 18 businesses will have something special for you for National Best Friend Day.
“We’re really promoting Buddy Week to bring in a best friend. You can get a free four-ounce sugar scrub. Then if you go to Laziza’s and purchase something from them, you get a side of feta fries for free,” said Madisyn Figuroa, manager of Augusta Candle Co.
See the full list of Buddy businesses below:
- Buona Caffe and Vance’s Bakery Bar
- Urban K9 and New Moon Café
- Mod Ink and Tip Top Taps
- FIELD Botanicals and Humanitree House
- Grantski Records and Tacocat
- Morris Museum Store and Boll Weevil
- The Book Tavern and Nacho Mamas
- Tiffinie Bleu Bridal and Craft & Vine
To see the weekly specials, click here.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The South Augusta YMCA will not renew its lease at the Tobacco Road location, the Y confirmed.
The shopping center is being sold, and the current lease ends in October.
The Y has not announced a final day at the current location. Officials said they plan to announce that date and next steps for South Augusta later this month.
The YMCA said it still plans to serve South Augusta after the lease expires.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A man who was previously wanted for questioning in an Augusta deadly shooting has now been charged with murder in the case, according to authorities.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says Kemfton Quewanaki Kenon, 27, was arrested on Friday in connection to the shooting death of Khyla Rodriguez, of Augusta.
Kenon is booked into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center and charged with murder and possession of a firearm during a crime, according to jail bookings.
Rodriguez, 25, was found dead after deputies received a call about a shooting on May 15 at 1:11 a.m. on Cameron Drive.
The Richmond County Coroner’s Office said Rodriguez was pronounced dead at 2:27 a.m.
Kenon was previously wanted for questioning in the case and was located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. He was interviewed and arrested on an unrelated warrant.
Deputies were also interviewed two other subjects in the case. They were not arrested in the case.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – People who live in South Augusta are raising concerns about the future of the Family Y on Tobacco Road.
Officials say the facility has been operating at a loss for years, and have had a low number of memberships. The location also has a new owner. The cost of the lease is too high and the facility is also in need of renovations, which are said to be costly.
“The reality is we couldn’t afford the current lease that we were in,” said Catie McCauley, president and CEO of Family Y of Greater Augusta. “Over the last 10 years we’ve been subsidizing this lot. So we got to look at a model that we can sustain for the next several generations not just the next couple years.”
The location is set to close in October, but officials say they are working with community members and contractors for a new building that they can move into and are committed to staying in South Augusta.
Photojournalist credit: Gary Hipps
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