Category Archives: Local News

A Columbus couple is on the lookout for a police officer because they have something very important to tell him – thank you. Yolanda Arnold and her husband went to Home Depot Saturday morning to buy some

Dogs are truly a man’s best friend. It was an emotional day for a combat soldier and his military working dog separated for several months. News Leader 9 Irisha Jones was at the special event in Pine

On National Autism Awareness Day Autism Hope Center hosted their first ever Light It Up Blue Columbus Walk and 5k at Woodruff Park. Following nearly two straight days of rain the Chattahoochee was still in a state

Columbus police have made arrest in connection to the deadly accident that killed 50-year-old Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Morgan. 26-year-old Justin Prohaska was arrested in the 500 block of 10th Street on Friday, April, 1 at 8

The Coweta County Coroner’s office has confirmed that three Columbus residents have died following a crash on I-85 near exit 56 on Friday April 1. There was a total of seven people who occupied a Ford Expedition

The city’s first walking food tour, Columbus Eats Food Tours, stops by five local eateries every Saturday for lunch. Columbus Eats owner Shannon Zimmerman joined News Leader Nine Saturday morning to talk about the new food tour, which debuted March

After months away, it’s home sweet home for approximately 40 soldiers. Unit 463rd Medical Detachment is now home after 9 months of deployment in Kuwait. The unit has a double mission of providing animal care for military

According to Alabama State Troopers, a two-vehicle crash at 340 p.m. Friday, April 1, claimed the life of a Phenix City teen. Rameshe Gabrielle Weaver, 18, was killed when the 2007 Buick Lacrosse she was driving collided

Warrior Outreach is hosting it’s 3rd annual Operation Song this weekend in Columbus. The event pairs professional songwriters with selected veterans, active duty military and their families to help them tell their stories through song. 

The third annual Cougarthon was held Friday night at CSU. It’s a 12-hour dance marathon event held in the school’s recreation center from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., and the goal is to raise money for the