Category Archives: Local News

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A Columbus man was arrested and charged with criminal gang activity, burglary and other charges on Tuesday, May 10. According to police, 24-year-old Davon Wallace had several pictures on his Facebook page claiming to

A Cincinnati Police Officer responded to an unusual distress call while sitting in his cruiser Monday.

News Leader 9’s Barbara Gauthier is traveling to Washington, DC to attend first lady Michelle Obama’s last first luncheon in Washington, DC, and you can keep an eye on her travel itinerary right here on WTVM.com. 

The Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Columbus Career Center will help Mando America recruit up to 20 manufacturing workers for its Hogansville plant. The company manufactures steering, brake, and suspension systems for the automotive industry.  

Columbus Water Works will be working with contractor Layne Inliner, LLC to install a new pipe on a sanitary sewer line that runs through Lakebottom Park.  

By 2050, according to a British study, the global death toll from antibiotic-resistant infections could skyrocket to 10 million a year. Today, much of the blame is put on the meat industry. Every year, cattle ranchers use

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A Columbus man accused of killing his fiancé has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Vashon Walker, 25, shot and killed Jessica Osborne in June of 2014, according to police.

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A woman is wanted in Phenix City after escaping from police on Tuesday, May 10 following a traffic stop on a stolen vehicle. When the officer approached the vehicle the driver of vehicle fled the

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A group of parents of students at St. Patrick’s School in Phenix City hosted a walkout Wednesday morning. The group says it was in protest of the school closing down. The decision to close

A Mississippi mayor may have had his prayers answered – and his haters shaking their heads – following a public service announcement about his city’s pothole problem.