Students caught with real gun, toy guns, knife at 3 local schools

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2 years ago

May 23, 2024

Students caught with real gun, toy guns, knife at 3 local schools

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Students at two Augusta schools were caught with weapons in separate incidents, and students were caught with toy guns at a Columbia County school.

At Glenn Hills High School on Tuesday, administrators learned a student may have had a gun on campus.

Richmond County School System police found the student, and a weapon was discovered, according to a letter to parents.

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The incident will be addressed by school district police and the code of student conduct and discipline, parents were told.

Meanwhile at McBean Elementary School, a student brought a kitchen knife to class and showed it to other students on Wednesday. Another student notified the teacher, who confiscated the item.

The incident was addressed based on the code of student conduct and discipline, parents were told.

At Grovetown High School on Wednesday, two students were caught using toy guns.

The toys were found in the students’ backpacks after administrators learned of a brief disturbance in the 600 hallway of the building before the school day started.

The students are being held accountable according to the code of conduct and have been criminally charged, according to the Columbia County School District.

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Local group holds 4th annual walk against autism

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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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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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