Category Archives: Local News

It’s every mother’s worst nightmare. On Thursday, April 12, Shawn Winkler shot himself in the head in the garage of his Leland family home. He died three days later at 30 years old.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday and with that comes the closing of some government offices you should know about.

The Richmond Police Department released body camera and surveillance camera footage on Friday of the shooting death of Marcus-David Peters.

A woman who was raped by a security guard when she was a teenager has been awarded a $1 billion verdict against the rapist’s employer.

One of the nation’s largest and oldest Caterpillar dealers is opening its doors in Opelika. 

Holiday travel for Memorial Day weekend is underway and officials say now starts the deadliest time for roads and waterways across the country.

A meeting was held Thursday regarding plans for the historic Claflin School in Columbus.

A military non-profit in the Columbus area is getting a helping hand – or feet – from people who are running across Georgia.

One seat was left empty at Kendrick High School’s graduation Thursday evening in memory of a student who died last year. 

A former NAACP leader in Washington state whose life unraveled after she was outed as a white woman pretending to be black has been charged with welfare fraud.