Jeremy Turnage
Digital Content Manager
Augusta, GA
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Jeremy Turnage is the digital content manager of WRDW/WAGT and has been in that role since February 2019.
Jeremy comes to Augusta, GA via Columbia, SC where he spent nearly a decade at WIS News 10 in various digital content roles. He has covered three presidential elections, numerous hurricanes, the Dylann Roof trial, the removal of the Confederate flag from the State House grounds, and countless University of South Carolina football games.
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Parents in Richmond County can be on the lookout for Georgia Milestone scores. The district says they’ll be sending them home with students tomorrow.
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To stop serving alcohol or adult entertainment. It’s the choice strip clubs in downtown Augusta now face after a new court ruling.
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Clinging to life, an Augusta woman dials 911 but we uncovered video that shows for more than 15 minutes firefighters never tried to get inside to save her.
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Aiken County School Board called a special meeting Tuesday as they deal with the loss of two students and one staff who recently died.
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Alvin Mason was voted in as the temporary replacement for suspended District 4 Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias. He was sworn in right away.
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It’s 75 feet tall and stands right in the heart of downtown Augusta. Conversations picking up once again about the fate of the Confederate monument.
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The I-Team uncovers another incident of a crime on school grounds in Columbia County not being reported to the sheriff’s office.
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Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended federally indicted Sammie Sias from his position on the Augusta Commission, based on a panel's recommendation.
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Parents want to know why law enforcement was not informed of two potential threats in Columbia County schools.
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A 13-year-old Greenbrier Middle School student is facing felony terroristic threat charges after sending a violent and graphic text about shooting another student.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has granted an extension to Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias’ review panel with a deadline of Sept. 8.
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After an uptick in complaints about panhandling, some Augusta city leaders are trying to put an end to it. But that may be easier said than done.
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After threatening to sue Burke County over budgetary issues, Sheriff Alfonzo William got his wish to have full control over his agency’s budget.
Monday is the last day for a panel to decide whether Sammie Sias should keep his seat on the Augusta Commission.
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Hundreds of local families now have more time to avoid eviction. The CDC issued a new moratorium banning evictions through Oct. 3.
Augusta Commissioner Sammie Sias has has posted $5,000 bond under the counts he faces in federal court.
Commissioner Sammie Sias didn’t say anything as he walked into federal court with his attorneys, facing two counts.
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Facing federal charges, Sammie Sias must pay $5,000 in bond money by Monday and abide by several conditions set by the court.
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City leaders met to iron out some of the questions they had about the results of an internal audit into the mayor’s spending.
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The results are in for an internal audit investigating the Augusta mayor’s credit card spending. It comes after our I-Team started asking questions about how the money spent was being tracked.
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News 12 has gotten an advance copy of the Augusta mayor’s internal audit results. Learn what the audit found.
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Drug overdose deaths skyrocketed nationwide during the pandemic. The I-Team analyzed deaths in Georgia and South Carolina and found the story is even worse.
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Today during the Augusta commission meeting the city administrator announced a new credit card policy is ready. It comes after concerns over the mayor’s credit card spending shed light on the fact Augusta did not have a policy in place at all.
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Sammie Sias’ future hangs in the balance tonight. The district 4 commissioner could lose his seat and his freedom for up to 20 years if convicted.
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The owners of a raided Augusta restaurant will close it after the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office sought punishment following a raid by deputies.
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We told you earlier this month Augusta commissioners would be hearing about the allegations against Southbound Smokehouse. That will happen this Thursday.
Punishment is sought for a restaurant deputies raided a couple of weeks ago on suspicion it was serving alcohol to minors and operating as an unlicensed dance club.
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Georgia’s elections chief has released a statement after Rudy Giuliani’s law license was suspended in New York.
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Although the judge who put on hold the split-up of the August Judicial Circuit has been removed from a legal case fighting the move, the split still won’t take effect July 1 as originally planned.
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Garrett Lemont Lyles Jr., 31, was fatally stabbed multiple times at McCormick Correctional Institution with what is believed to be a homemade weapon.
Judge Gail Tusan was removed over questions of conflict of interest because an assistant attorney general representing the governor in the lawsuit also represents Tusan in a civil case.
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We’re more than a year out from the next statewide election in Georgia. But already we’re seeing local groups get ready.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said 101,789 obsolete and outdated voter files are being removed from Georgia’s voter registration rolls to ensure the state’s voter files are up to date.
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The I-TEAM tracks $70,000 in 18 months in unchecked spending on Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis’ credit card. Taxpayers paid every bill.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted interviews and looked over evidence discovered in the drowning deaths of 37-year-old E.J. Kirk and 34-year-old Eynn Wilson.
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Columbia County employees will be getting a pay raise after county commissioners voted in favor of making the minimum pay $15 an hour.
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Augusta city leaders are moving forward with plans to better keep track of how our elected officials are using plastic to spend your tax dollars.
A temporary restraining order means Columbia County may not be getting its own court system — at least not as soon as planned.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is working to appoint a new treasurer today in Allendale County.
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Bond was denied Friday for the suspect in a quadruple shooting last month that left two women dead, including the suspect’s pregnant sister.
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A local contractor is in deep water after our I-Team uncovers more reports of unfinished pools. Multiple families say they paid big bucks only to be left with a big mess.
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A South Carolina senator is asking the governor to remove the Allendale County treasurer from office. This comes after our I-Team spent months investigating financial problems in the county from the school district not receiving state money to county employee payroll taxes being paid.
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Authorities identified the homicide victim whose decomposing remains were found late last week in a bag outside a Hancock County home.
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Soon after a body was found in Hancock County, authorities learned their suspect was already in jail on unrelated charges.
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Georgia’s chief justice again renewed the judicial emergency declaration issued more than a year ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he’s prepared for this to be the last.
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On Tuesday, Rhett Riviere, 67, was charged with sex/voyeurism, violating place of privacy, views, photographs, records or films-first offense, according to arrest records.
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After two people were found dead at an Evans home, we looked back at a previous visit there by deputies.
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There are still a lot of questions to answer about what exactly happened where Olivia Ford and Kerry White were found dead in Evans.
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The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder convictions and life sentences for several defendants in CSRA cases.
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We’re coming off one of of the busiest boating weekends of the year. Georgia Department of Natural Resources says between Clark’s Hill, Oconee Sinclair and Jackson Lakes only four incidents were reported.