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State of the Black Family conference held at Augusta church

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2 months ago

February 8, 2026

State of the Black Family conference held at Augusta church

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Antioch Baptist Church hosted resources and conversations Saturday morning during the State of the Black Family conference.

The annual conference provides resources and solutions to issues that black families are facing.

The organizers said the event is an opportunity for the community to speak about things to strengthen the community.

They say the conference is a time for people to come together and breathe.

“Like when I think about this conference, as long as it’s a pause for a second, there is so much going around in general. But the moment to be able to pause and be a minority group, and as people in general to be able to sit and talk about, ‘Hey, this is what’s going on,’ and being able to pause and have that dialogue. So it’s important to all of us because it’s strengthened if the black family or minority families are strengthened, it helps the whole community as a whole, and we all can breathe,” said Carmen Lejune Coleman.

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Local group holds 4th annual walk against autism

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4 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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Local group holds 4th annual walk against autism

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – April is Autism Awareness Month, and one local group raised awareness with a walk in Augusta on Sunday.

The fourth annual autism walk was hosted by Moving Over Mountains Against autism at Lake Olmstead Park.

All proceeds from the walk support autism awareness initiatives.

We spoke with the CEO and founder of the group, Deidre Roberson, who said this year they are dedicating the walk to their photographer, who died recently.

Roberson told us what she looks forward to the most.

“I look most forward to seeing the different people every year. We always meet different people, new people, and they come from all over the CSRA, so Washington, Wilkes, Carolina,” she said.

There were also several vendors providing resources to families.

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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17 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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