Category Archives: Local News

Court documents say a Tennessee teacher charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old student and driving her to California had planned to take the girl to Mexico and took a boat from San Diego on a test run.

The Troup County School System is implementing new school bus security cameras to protect students entering and exiting school buses. 

The Ralston Towers in Uptown Columbus is declared unsafe after several fire code violations.

The Columbus Space Programs FIRST Robotics team 4188 will travel to Houston, Texas for the FIRST World Championship of the National Robotics Competition.

The Columbus Police Department has arrested and charged a man on felony rape charges.

The accused is a college football player who is expected to be taken in the first round of Thursday’s NFL Draft.

The incident took place on March 26, 2016. It started when officers stopped a car they said was wanted in connection with a string of larcenies.

Gov. Nathan Deal will sign a bill Tuesday increasing fees for hunting and fishing licenses.

A suspect in a November 2016 carjacking in Columbus received his bond information.

 A Columbus man charged in a News Year’s Day rape case pleaded not guilty in court Monday to four lesser charges and his original rape charge was dropped.