Augusta, GA
Kroc Center brings together community members, authors at literacy event
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – You and your family can celebrate reading and learning during the Kroc Center’s Literacy Nigh on Tuesday.
The event will take place from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center, 1833 Broad Street.
It is free for all ages.
Literacy Night is part of the Kroc Center’s literacy initiative and will bring together local partners, educators and authors for families in the CSRA.
“Literacy is foundational to everything we do — from education and employment to confidence and connection,” said Randall Collins, Director of Operations at the Kroc Center of Augusta.
The event is presented in partnership with the Jessye Norman School of the Arts, RISE Augusta, Richmond County Library and Dr. Paulette P. Harris Literacy Center at Augusta University.
At the event, attendees experience:
- Community literacy resources
- Local author readings
- Games with prizes
- Free books
- Crafts and hands-on literacy activities
- Take-home learning resources
- Pizza for attendees

“This Literacy Night is about removing barriers, bringing families together, and creating a welcoming space where reading and learning feel accessible and fun for everyone,” said Collins.
Registration is available online at AugustaKroc.org. Walk-ins are welcome.
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Augusta, GA
Georgia governor candidate Olu Brown campaigns in Augusta
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
Augusta Prep student arrested over picture of LEGO gun, threat he called a joke
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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