Augusta, GA
Wrestling at Augusta fairgrounds is a hit in some circles
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – If you step in the wrestling ring at the Georgia-Carolina State Fairgrounds, get ready for some big hits.
“I saw them slamming each other around and I was like, ‘Ahhh, I want to do this,’” wrestler Gracie Flores said.
Another wrestler, Duke Maddox, said: “I’ve always loved wrestling since I was in middle school. I’ve always wanted to do it, and I found a way to do it.”
CSRA Championship Wrestling gives regular people in the community a chance to become local wrestling stars.
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For this group, community is important.
They use their events, like the one they’re holding this weekend, to give back.
“Part of the proceeds are going to help a family who lost their son,” said Micheal Saint, a wrestler.
Mike Ellison helps promote the group.
IF YOU GO:
- If you want to see the action, the event is at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia-Carolina State Fairgrounds, 308 Hale St. in Augusta.
“We feel that’s our calling, to try to bless somebody the way we’ve been blessed,” Ellison said.
News 12′s Will Volk has a reputation for trying new things for stories.
He put some thought into it and asked the wrestlers what to expect.
“It hurts. A lot,” Maddox said. “Your back’s gonna be hurting tomorrow, you’re gonna be sore.”
Cassius King said: “Just expect to, I guess, be taking some ibuprofen or Tylenol when you get home.”
Flores had some similar advice.
“Take an ice bath, take some Tylenol,” Flores said.
Volk decided to sit this one out.
But if you’re willing to jump right in, that means you really love it.
“I have a passion for it, so I kind of just suck it up and go with it,” Maddox said.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.
He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.
The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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