Good morning, Augusta.

More than 100 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions employees completed 26 projects as part of United Way’s Project Serve at nine local nonprofits (including the Boys and Girls Club), installing fencing and moving equipment to support community maintenance needs.

Lakeside High School held a Sept.

3 ribbon cutting to unveil a new performing arts wing with a 500-seat theater, a renovated administration area, and a 2,130-seat gymnasium as part of a 10-year building plan begun in 2022.

On Tuesday, Sept. 1, SRP Federal Credit Union donated $2,500 to each of 83 elementary schools at SRP Park in North Augusta as part of its Investing in Education initiative.

Schools will use the funds for classroom supplies, technology, or student programs.

Lakeside High School finished a major campus transformation after more than three years of construction with temporary walls and shifting traffic patterns (including a dirt pile nicknamed 'Mount Lakeside').

Students and staff now benefit from updated facilities on campus.

Scientists report a developing super El Niño is strengthening in the Pacific and is expected to bring atypical fall & winter weather to Georgia, possibly with wetter conditions in some areas similar to past events.

The pattern may also reduce Atlantic hurricane activity later in the season.

Georgia Agriculture confirmed the invasive pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei) in Decatur County near Tallahassee, where the bug damages warm-season grasses and spreads quickly on equipment.

Farmers are advised to clean tools and clothing to slow its progress.

The Augusta Lynx Hockey team, an NHL and AHL affiliate in the ECHL, will debut in the new arena (currently under construction on the site of the demolished James Brown Arena) in October 2027, bringing minor-league hockey action to Augusta.

Augusta University volleyball team rallied from two sets down to beat Lee University in five sets on Friday, Sept.

4 at Christenberry Fieldhouse during the AU/USC Aiken Invitational. The Jaguars now prepare to face Carson-Newman at 1:30 p.m. today and Shorter University at 6:30 p.m.

Augusta-area high school football games were tracked by a live scoreboard on Sept.

4, 2026. Richmond Academy (2-0) and Westside (2-0) engaged in a high-scoring shootout as matchups with North Augusta, Greenwood, and others delivered competitive action.