Augusta, GA
Retail clothing giant Primark opening first Georgia store in Augusta Mall
An international clothing retailer is opening its first Georgia store in Augusta.
Primark Ltd., headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has signed a lease agreement for space in Augusta Mall, the company announced Tuesday.
Primark U.S. President Kevin Tulip delivered the news in Las Vegas at Shoptalk 2025, an annual trade event for retail businesses. Primark also plans store openings in Greenville, S.C., and Arlington, Texas.
“These expansions reflect our commitment to bringing Primark’s unique combination of style, quality and affordability to even more shoppers in the U.S,” Tulip said.
The retail chain emphasizes fashionable clothes at competitively discounted prices, as well as home furnishings and beauty care products.
Primark operates 450 stores in 17 countries. Its first store in Dublin in 1969 opened under the name Penneys, and the 38 stores in Ireland today still carry that name. Elsewhere in the world, where JCPenney still holds the rights to the Penneys name, the stores are Primarks.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – State Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II is holding a news conference to highlight what he sees as potential harm to Georgia families and workers caused by freezes and cuts to federal clean energy efficiency funding.
Programs like the Weatherization Assistance Program and Solar for All, which help lower utility bills and support job training, have been frozen or face cuts by the current administration, he says.
The Augusta Democrat says these cuts are putting home energy upgrades, savings and jobs on hold across the CSRA.
Jones and other speakers during the noon news conference Wednesday at the Augusta-Richmond County main library will call on Georgia’s congressional delegation to protect these investments and ensure residents are not left behind as energy costs continue to rise.
In addition to Jones, others appearing at the news conference will include Nicole Lee of Be Smart Home Solutions, Lisa Robinson of the CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority and Paige Brockmeyer, a registered nurse who’s also with the Augusta Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A research team at Augusta University is receiving more than $4 million dollars to do cardiovascular research.
The team, led by Dr. Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, will study the risk factors for cardiovascular and kidney diseases and how they impact women.
The research is part of a larger, $15 million, project titled Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome: Heterogeneity in Women.
According to the Healthy Georgia Report, produced by AU’s School of Public Health, Georgia has the 23rd highest rate of obesity in the United States.
38.3% of women in Georgia, and 37.5% of people living in rural areas, suffer from obesity.
Teams from Massachusetts General Hospital and The Ohio State University were also chosen.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta man is facing charges after a shooting incident on the 3600 block of Madrid Drive N on Sunday.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says 30-year-old Mark Johnson was arrested in connection to the incident.
Deputies say upon arrival, they located Johnson in the backyard of the home as he was leaving the house.
According to the incident report, deputies found a male victim with a gunshot wound in the hallway of the home.
Deputies say a witness on the scene was kneeling over the victim and holding a towel on the victim’s chest.
The witness told deputies Johnson shot the victim in the chest due to an argument, according to the report.
The report states the circuit breaker to the home was located in the victim’s room.
The witness told deputies the victim was intoxicated and had been turning multiple switches on and off. Johnson became upset and confronted the victim while he was in the hallway, according to the report.
The witness stated she was sitting in the living room when she heard a loud noise and saw the victim fall to the floor, deputies say.
The victim was transported to Doctors Hospital for his injuries.
Johnson is facing charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during a crime, according to jail reports.
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