Category Archives: Local News

Columbus State University students are teaming up with Safehouse Ministries in hopes of opening an outpatient service program to combat substance abuse among other things.

High school graduations in Muscogee County begin in May, and News Leader 9 is partnering with the Muscogee County School District to live stream the graduations. 

Columbus police have arrested and charged a man with rape. 

Columbus police have arrested and charged a man with child molestation. Courtney Thomas, 35, was arrested on Monday, April 17 by CPD’s Special Victims Unit. 

Police are investigating an alleged assault reported near a local college’s campus. The victim told police they were sitting in their car when a man approached them. 

The Auburn Police Department is asking for the assistance of Auburn University students, faculty, staff, as well as Auburn citizens ahead of alt-right speaker Richard Spencer.

The subject of a nationwide manhunt turned up at a McDonald’s drive-through Tuesday and shot himself in the head less than an hour later.

Columbus police have confirmed a shooting at Andrews Court Apartments on Cusseta Road. 

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The search for Steve Stephens is over. According to Pennsylvania State Police Steve Stephens was found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in white Ford Fusion on Buffalo Road.