AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – On Tuesday night, the City of Augusta leaders including Mayor Garnett Johnson provided updates on Hurricane Helene recovery.

Mayor Johnson says if you need help cleaning your property, you can call 311. Crews will be here until February to help.

Commissioner Sean Frantom says there will be no debris pickup from Dec. 22 until Jan. 2.

Frantom says Eisenhower Park is being phased out for a debris site. He also says the city is working with telecom companies to pick up wires.

The city will be sending a letter to have all non-utilized wires removed by Jan. 10.

Officials also say starting Jan. 1 you will pay credit card fees on water bills.

On Wednesday night, the mayor and commissioners are hosting another Helene recovery town hall meeting.

There will be a reception for commissioners at 5 p.m. and then the town hall meeting at the municipal building from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Augusta men’s basketball will welcome fifth graders from Columbia County schools for the Columbia County Education Day Game, which also serves as the Jaguars’ Peach Belt Conference opener. The Jaguars will face USC Beaufort for another special 11:00 a.m. tipoff.

WRDW and its affiliate Peachtree Sports Network will air the game on Wednesday. This will mark the second game televised by Peachtree Sports Network, which also aired the Paine College game. Peachtree Sports Network can be found in the Augusta area on Xfinitiy, Channel 23 and 252, and Direct TV Channel 27. Wow! Channel 7 and over the air at 12.3. Gray Television, owner of WRDW-TV, also owns Peachtree Sports Network, a regional sports network in Georgia. 

**Seating is extremely limited and most will be reserved for Columbia County students. Standing room is available for additional spectators.**
Please note that the main entrance (Gate 1) will be closed for the duration of the basketball season. Fans are asked to use Gate 3 to enter the arena.

TICKET INFO

• $10 – General Admission
• $5 – Children (Ages 7-17), non-AU students, senior citizens (65 & over), and military personnel with valid ID
• FREE w/ ID – AU students, faculty, staff
• FREE – Kids 6 years & under

 
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — A National Guard solider appeared in federal court Monday charged with murder in a weekend shooting that left a man dead and triggered a lockdown at a Georgia military base.

Natravien Landry, 25, made an initial court appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Augusta, according to U.S. District Court records. He’s charged with a killing Saturday morning at a home on Fort Eisenhower, where Landry served in a Georgia National Guard transportation unit.

Commanders at Fort Eisenhower, home to the U.S. Army Cyber Command, ordered a two-hour lockdown because of the shooting. Afterward they gave few details, saying a person had been arrested in an “isolated” fatal shooting at the Army post adjoining Augusta.

An Army investigator’s affidavit filed in court gave further details.

Landry was on duty Saturday and was taking a break when he went to the on-base home of a former girlfriend, and he confronted and fatally shot another man who had spent the night there, according to the affidavit.

Fort Eisenhower officials have not released the victim’s name. He was identified only by initials in the investigator’s affidavit.

David Stewart, listed in court records as Landry’s attorney, did not immediately return phone and email messages Monday.

Landry fled in a car and was arrested later Saturday by sheriff’s deputies in Meriwether County, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) from the base. The affidavit said Landry threw a 9mm handgun from the car’s window after being pulled over and admitted to the shooting when questioned by an Army investigator.