AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – 2022 has been busy as ever for information. FOX54 coated all of it, listed here are a few of the tales that had everybody speaking.

The 12 months began with tragedy. Simply eight days into 2022 and 8-year-old Arbie Anthony was shot and killed in a drive-by capturing in south Augusta. 

“We was simply out right here doing the identical factor we’re doing each day,” her father Arthur mentioned on the time. 

Days later, shock-waves had been despatched by means of the Augusta municipal constructing. Metropolis Administrator Odie Donald despatched a late-night resignation to metropolis leaders. 

“I’m simply shocked, shocked,” Commissioner Catherine Smith-McKnight mentioned the day after receiving Donald’s resignation. 

Donald received a brand new place in Atlanta with its new Mayor Andre Dickens. 

It was the live performance that by no means was. XPR Augusta, a collection of live shows that includes large names to city for Masters week, ended up not coming after points with the revitalization of the Lake Olmstead Stadium. 

“We love Tiger,” patrons instructed FOX54. “We’re glad he’s right here!”

Tiger’s return got here after many questioned if he’d ever be capable to play golf once more after a automobile accident in Los Angeles. 

Golf equipment weren’t the one factor swinging in Augusta this 12 months. A combat between Enterprise Proprietor Dayon Walker and Mayor Professional-Tem Bobby Williams outdoors the fee chambers. 

“He got here into my house, in my face, and mentioned to me ‘you are a punk, I am from Cedar Avenue,’” Walker instructed FOX54 on the time. 

The combat to develop into Augusta’s subsequent Mayor wasn’t as bodily. The race did go right into a runoff although between former Tax Commissioner Steven Kendrick and enterprise proprietor Garnett Johnson. 

The trial spanned nearly every week and the jury discovered Sias responsible of the fees. 

“It’s what it’s. I believe it was honest. We will probably be getting ready to take care of this from this level ahead,” Sias mentioned minutes after the decision was learn. 

Sias and his authorized crew are interesting the jury’s resolution. 

Tragedy continued into the autumn when the mother and father of 6-month-old Samson Scott had been charged after the kid was discovered unresponsive inside a Watkins Avenue house.

The case raised the eyebrows of many after information broke that the mother and father had been charged within the 2021 dying of their different little one, Travis Scott. Paperwork we obtained confirmed the mother and father allegedly turned Travis’ ventilator off a number of instances, in opposition to medical orders.

District Lawyer Jared Williams declined to prosecute the 2021 case simply days earlier than Samson’s dying. 

2022 was a giant 12 months in politics, with the eyes of the nation turning to Georgia for the midterm elections.

Within the race for Governor, incumbent Brian Kemp beat Stacey Abrams. Within the race for the Senate, incumbent Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock beat Herschel Walker after a hotly contested race that was determined in a December runoff. 

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