Augusta, GA

Match Day 2024: MCG students learn their residency sites

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2 years ago

March 18, 2024

Match Day 2024: MCG students learn their residency sites

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – Dozens of students from the Medical College of Georgia found out where they are going for their residency on Friday.

For some, it’s the start of a dream come true, and for others, it’s a full-circle moment.

“I am so excited,” said one student.

This white envelope may not mean much to you.

But for 244 fourth-year medical students at the Medical College of Georgia, “I’m feeling great. It’s Match Day,” said one student.

The envelope marks a long-standing tradition. One with a costume and the key to unlock their medical future.

“It’s so nerve racking, but I am so amazed by this school and this campus and they prepared me for this,” said the student.

For some, match day marks a dream come true, but for others like David Wolff, it’s a full-circle moment.

“When I started medical school, I thought I wanted to be an ophthalmologist. I had an eye injury as a kid, that’s taken a lot of vision out of my left eye,” he said.

Wolff says he was on a dove hunt with his father and several others when he caught a pellet to the left eye.

After seeing the impact his dad, who was also a doctor, made on their community, Wolff says his future was a no-brainer.

“He did pulmonology, critical care and sleep medicine. That was a huge influence in my life, seeing what it looks like to be a physician and what that commitment means. That was something that I really want to try and emulate in my life,” said Wolff.

For the class of 2024, medical school came with a lot of ups and downs due to COVID, but for Wolff, he gained a wife and lost his father after his battle with cancer.

“He passed, and my third year of medical school. I was actually on an ophthalmology rotation at a time and there were a few things that really impacted me kind of within the hospital and being home. But I came back shortly after his funeral and went back to working in a hospital,” said Wolff.

But Wolff says he feels his father the most being in the hospital. And as of Friday at 12 p.m., that’s exactly where he will be.

“I love you. I am so proud of you, and your dad is too,” said Wolff’s mom.

MCG says as of Match Day, 100% of their graduates have a residency position.

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Historic Masters landmark purchased and renovated by local resident

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May 9, 2026

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Georgia governor candidate Olu Brown campaigns in Augusta

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22 hours ago

May 9, 2026

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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 Prep student arrested over picture of LEGO gun, threat he called a joke

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May 8, 2026

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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.