Augusta, GA
Monster trucks coming to Augusta over the weekend
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – It’s going to get loud at the James Brown Arena over the weekend.
You can expect flips, tricks and more.
“With the caliber of trucks that are here, I don’t think Augusta has seen this caliber, high-notch monster trucks in a long time,” said announcer Jason Ellins.
He’s looking forward to a couple of big shows.
“We’ve got six big monster trucks, we’ve got quad racing, we’ve got pit bike racing, we’ve got something for everyone,” he said.
With construction on a new James Brown Arena starting soon, this will be the last monster truck show here for a few years.
Diver Cameron Tweedy said: “Pretty bittersweet. I was actually here last year and didn’t have the best of luck, but I’m excited to be back here this year. Things might get a little slappy, and if you don’t know what that means you’re gonna have to find out for yourself.”
Tweedy didn’t further elaborate on what “slappy” means, and we’re still not sure what it means. But, we do know he loves driving a monster truck.
“You have to go into a different mindset every time you’re in there. You have 1,500 horsepower behind you, 10,000 pounds underneath you, and you’ve just got to hold on for the ride,” he said.
He showed our Will Volk his ride. It’s a climb through the side to the driver’s seat, where he has lots of things.
“The most important feature is my Taylor Swift air freshener,” he said. “That’s my good luck charm.”
They also have trucks you can ride in. Volk rode in the back of one for a preview.
The tour is ready to bring noise to this arena one last time.
There are two shows at the James Brown Arena on Saturday. The first one is at 1:30 p.m. The second one is at 7:30 p.m.
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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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