Category Archives: Local News

A wildfire that claimed the lives of 14 people in Gatlinburg and Sevier County started as two teenagers playing with matches, according to Knoxville News Sentinel. 

The United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley is in the final stretch of its donations campaign as they hosted the final meeting of the year Friday.

A 2-year-old, two-legged Chihuahua that is the face of advocacy for dogS with disabilities has made it into the official book of pop culture oddities.  

A Columbus couple were arrested on child cruelty charges Thursday night. 

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has signed an executive order Friday, ordering that flags at the state capitol lowered to half-staff in honor and memory of two officers killed in the line of duty. 

A second arrest has been made in the murder of a Columbus man on Nov. 15.  

A well-known teen rapper has been arrested in connection to a shooting that was part of a series of violent events that happened roughly one month ago in a Baton Rouge neighborhood.  

Newly-released 911 tapes reveal the frightening moments that a woman called 911 when 32-year-old Minquell Lembrick shot two police officers outside of her home. 

Funeral arrangements for slain Americus Police Officer Nicholas Smarr were announced Friday.  

More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever.