Category Archives: Local News

Just days ahead of election day in Columbus, News Leader 9 is giving viewers a closer look at candidates running for mayor. 

A murder investigation in Columbus is over before it can truly begin. 

Snakes, alligators, and deer are some of the most common wildlife you’ll find across the Chattahoochee Valley. 

A group of senior citizens in the Chattahoochee Valley are a little more aware of how not to become a victim of a scam.

A simple invention is the brainchild of a Georgia man who saw firsthand, both parents and children struggling to move inside the halls and rooms of hospitals.  

Pops Barnes is seeking his fourth term on Columbus City Council and says he’s learned a lot since that first election twelve years ago.  

Police have identified the suspect wanted in a shooting at a gas station in Myrtle Beach that was caught on camera by a Twitter user.

The Spencer Greenwave have a new head football coach, as Justin Newman was named to take over the program on Wednesday. 

Columbus Police Department Officer Haley Dykes was seen throwing a football around with local children in one of the Columbus neighborhoods.

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