Augusta, GA
Drug Take Back Day: How to safely dispose of unused medications
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was established to provide a safe, effective way to get rid of prescription drugs. (MGN/weisspaarz.com/CC BY-SA 2.0)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) –
Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and many organizations across the CSRA are hosting events, so residents can safely dispose of their unwanted and unused medications.
Rates of prescription drug abuse continue to rise across the United States. The number of drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids in 2021 was nearly five times the number in 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Drug Take Back Day was established to provide a safe, effective way to get rid of prescription drugs, raise awareness of drug abuse, and prevent drug misuse at home.
Community members in the CSRA can take their medicines to various locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- CVS: 1520 Walton Way
- CVS: 2902 Peach Orchard Rd.
- Kroger: 2801 Washington Rd.
- Sheriff’s Office Substation: 650-A Ronald Reagan Dr.
- Kroger: 435 Lewiston Rd.
- Parks Pharmacy North Augusta: 437 Georgia Ave.
- North Augusta Public Safety Headquarters: 444 E. Buena Vista Ave.
- Aiken County Sheriff’s Office: 420 Hampton Ave. NE.
- Burnettown Police Department: 3187 Augusta Rd.
Residents can drop off medicines from 10 a.m. to noon at the following location:
- Sheriff’s Office: 225 Hwy. 24 S.
Officials say don’t bring any liquids or needles. Click here for more information on Drug Take Back Day and to find a location near you.
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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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