Category Archives: Local News

With summer here, people are heading to Florida and Alabama beaches. On Tuesday, a Columbus man died after being caught in a riptide in the Gulf of Mexico. As more people cool off at a pool or by the beach,

A family desperate for answers is speaking out about two Columbus teens missing for nearly a month.  Police say 18-year-old James Cole and 18-year-old Sierra von der Heide were last seen near the County Line Road area

Getting too close to microscopic jellyfish larvae could ruin an upcoming beach vacation this summer as the warning about sea lice continues to spread.  

A judge has dropped a second-degree murder charge against the driver an SUV that plunged 200 feet off a Maui cliff. The crash killed the driver’s twin sister.

Just like it had so many times this postseason, the Auburn softball team found itself in need of a comeback in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series against Oklahoma. But the Tigers ran out of

Taylors Candy says that consumers who have Stuckey’s bags of Sunflower Kernels in certain 5.5 ounce bags should not eat the contents and should either return the packages to the places of purchase for refunds or discard

An 81-year-old woman died of her injuries on Wednesday after she was struck by a flying tow hitch while traveling in the westbound lanes of South Loop 289.

Demetrice Scott was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to rape and aggravated assault from a five week crime spree that included the 2012 murder of a Columbus barbershop owner.  

At this moment Rankin County officials are searching for two suspects involved in an accident and one man has been shot.

Columbus pastor Ann Hardman may face opposition for the Superior Court Clerk’s job during the General Election in November.  Michael Garner, a longtime attorney in Columbus, said he decided less than a week ago to attempt to