Category Archives: Local News

It’s almost that time of the year as the annual ‘Toys for Tots’ drive is kicking off in Columbus.

Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be performing routine property line inspections in the West Point Lake area within in the next two weeks. 

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two burglary suspects seen on a home’s surveillance video. 

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be Friday, Sept. 22 in Uptown Columbus. 

The two men arrested at the scene suffered scrapes and bruises.

Two nights a week, a group of volunteers from local churches do what they’ve been doing for two years now: going to where the homeless are, handing out food, hugs and more in Columbus.

Tremaine Taylor, 18, was shot in the stomach on the 400 block of Henson Drive August 31.

After two attempted kidnappings in two days in Columbus, police are asking for the public’s help in finding the two suspects responsible.

A gas station worker took her gun from her pocket, cocked it, and shot it, hitting a robbery suspect. 

Courtrooms at the Columbus Government Center are shutting down on a rotating basis for the next several weeks according to Superior Court Chief Judge Gil McBride.