Augusta, GA
Group sews quilts to give back to Augusta community
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A new quilting ministry at Warren Church in Augusta called “Sewing Hope” is aiming to give back to the community.
“We’re just keeping busy,” said Nina Springer, who helped get this started.
These ladies aren’t just keeping themselves busy. Their sewing machines and irons are staying busy too.
“We just decided that we wanted to do something in order to serve others,” said Springer.
She has a background in quilting and she wanted to get a group together.
“We get a lot done for the few of us that are working,” she said.
Right now, they’re trying to fill a request for 100 baby quilts.
They donate their work to non-profits like Project Linus and Cancer Support Services.
“There are so many needs out there, and so many people that need encouragement to receive these blankets or quilts,” said Springer.
The group spends hours together every week. Springer says it’s worth volunteering their time.
“We know that we are going to be giving someone a gift, because no one has to pay for any of these, and giving gifts is always more fulfilling than just receiving something,” she said.
The group meets at Warren Church on Thursday mornings at 9 a.m.
They told us anyone can join them.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.
He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.
The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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