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Bedbugs trigger classroom cleaning at Hephzibah High
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (139+ words) HEPHZIBAH, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Students were kept out of two classrooms at Hephzibah High School after a possible case of bedbugs, parents were told this week. Principal Chris Nabahe told parents the school staff identified potential exposure to bedbugs on…...
Plans move forward for student housing near Augusta Universityâs Summerville campus
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (345+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta commissioners voted to approve rezoning for a potential student housing project in the historic Sandhills community, replacing several vacant lots with units for students near Augusta University's Summerville campus. Veronica Bogans, who has lived in…...
Plans move forward for student housing near Augusta University’s Summerville campus
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (345+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta commissioners voted to approve rezoning for a potential student housing project in the historic Sandhills community, replacing several vacant lots with units for students near Augusta University's Summerville campus. Veronica Bogans, who has lived in…...
Plans move forward to replace vacant lots with units near Augusta University’s Summerville campus
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (90+ words) Plans move forward to replace vacant lots with units near Augusta University's Summerville campus'WRDW Plans move forward to replace vacant lots with units near Augusta University's Summerville campus Local, regional leaders mourn civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Georgia Army veteran…...
Burke County parents, students to address school board over GPA calculation error
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (143+ words) WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Parents and students attended Tuesday's 5 p.m. school board meeting to address a decision that could impact student GPAs. The board unanimously approved co-valedictorians for the class of 2026 at the meeting. The S.C. P.O.S.T is requesting documents from Burke…...
Longtime Barnwell Primary School aide dies, officials say
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (80+ words) BARNWELL, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Barnwell Primary School announced on Tuesday that one of its employees has died. According to the school's website, Sherry Bodiford was an aide at the school. School officials say Bodiford was an employee at the school for…...
How poor vision could be sabotaging Georgia students’ reading skills
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (67+ words) How poor vision could be sabotaging Georgia students" reading skills'WRDW How poor vision could be sabotaging Georgia students" reading skills Wilmington police officer injured in crash, truck driver charged Brunswick County Schools to discuss possible changes to virtual academy Suspect…...
SAFETY ALERT: S.C. may require digital maps of colleges, universities
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (507+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - In the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, colleges and universities across the nation saw an uptick in reported shooters on campus. Some of them were hoax "swatting" calls like one the University of South got within…...
4th Clemson fraternity on probation after hazing investigation
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (134+ words) CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson University now has another fraternity on probation for hazing after a fourth was added to the list. According to Clemson's Organizational Conduct Cases report, Delta Chi was the only organization under investigation from fall 2025. Repeated incidents at the…...
Schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Lifetouch, Jeffrey Epstein
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (383+ words) Black led the company in 2019, when funds managed by Apollo bought Lifetouch's parent company, Shutterfly. The $2.7 billion deal closed in September 2019 " a month after Epstein's death by suicide behind bars as he awaited trial over allegations from federal prosecutors that…...