Augusta, GA
State’s aggressive seat belt ticket campaign coming to Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign will run from Nov. 22-30 as many families will start their holiday travel the weekend prior to Thanksgiving.
Beginning Monday, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is launching a separate initiative with local law enforcement agencies to enforce the state’s seat belt and child passenger safety laws prior to the start of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel periods.
The state “Click It or Ticket” safety bus will stop in Augusta on Wednesday to support Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic units.
The 2024 Georgia front seat day-time seat belt survey found only 88% of motorists in the state were wearing seat belts.
Preliminary state crash data showed 70% of the people killed in passenger vehicle crashes in Georgia during the 2024 78-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period were not wearing seat belts.
According to federal data, 60% of the people killed in traffic crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend over a five-year period (2019-2023) were not wearing a seat belt.
Federal crash data also showed two out of every three people killed in pickup truck crashes in Georgia from 2019-2023 were not wearing a seat belt even though wearing a seat belt in the front seat of a pickup reduces the risk of a fatal injury in a crash by 60%.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– The Augusta Symphony Orchestra has two holiday concerts coming up soon: “Sounds of the Season” and “Holiday Spectacular.”
Maestro Dirk Meyer is Music Director of the symphony. He joins Jennie to talk about the show and the big collaboration with other arts groups.
“Sounds of the Season” is a fantastic holiday show featuring The Augusta Players, The Augusta Choral Society, Colton Ballet, and local vocalist, Russell Joel Brown. This is part of the symphony’s Pops! Series at the Miller Theater on Thursday, December 4th at 7:30 PM.
“Holiday Spectacular” is the first concert in ASO’s two-concert Family Concert Series. (The series focuses on introducing children and families to the orchestra.) This particular concert will feature all of your favorite holiday hits and a certain man in red might make a special appearance! This concert will be at the Miller Theater on Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 PM.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Georgia Deputy State Revenue Commissioner Chester Cook spoke to the Rotary Club of Augusta on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
Cook talked about the push to eliminate the state income tax. He said his department is not involved in those discussions, but they are paying close attention to the topic.
“We’re as interested as others as well, just tracking legislation to see what’s going to come out,” cook said. “We would likely be, whatever that looks like, the collector or not-collector of the tax revenue.”
Cook said large revenues have helped Georgia to provide taxpayer rebates and tax credits.
Photojournalist credit: Gary Hipps
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Augusta Fire Department responded to Augusta National Golf Club for a fire Monday morning.
It was a generator fire, according to Richmond County dispatchers.
It was reported at 11:10 a.m. and crews were still at the scene as of 11:33 a.m.
Witnesses reported a large amount of smoke.
One viewer shared this video with News 12:
Aside from the generator itself, a key concern would presumably be ingnition of the diesel fuel that could be on hand.
The location appeared to be across from about 2600 Washington Road.
By 11:45 a.m., News 12 crews couldn’t see any smoke from Washington Road.
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