Category Archives: Local News

With recent news reports about the ongoing Zika virus outbreaks in dozens of countries in the Caribbean and South and Central America, there is a warning that people in the Chattahoochee Valley may be at higher risk of

It’s been four days since the fatal shooting of a man inside of a Columbus Mall, and police need your help locating the person responsible.  Columbus police continue to search for the man who opened fire inside

The 14-year-old girl who was the victim of a hit-and-run on Sunday night has died.  Arie Phillips died at 7:16 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Muscogee County Coroner. Her body will not be sent for an

Columbus city leaders are considering more funding options for the Aquatic Center to avoid ending city-run programs, which the mayor considers good progress. 

There is still a big crowd on the third day of the national Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in downtown Atlanta.  It opened with a congressional forum that included US Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia. 

A family held prayer outside of Midtown Medical Center Wednesday afternoon for hit and run victim Arie Phillips,14, who has been in a coma since Sunday night when she was hit by an unidentified person in a

A car wreck claimed the life of 50-year-old Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Morgan on Tuesday, March 29. Morgan, the command sergeant major of 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, was driving west toward Phenix City on U.S. Highway

As school is winding down, a Columbus business owner is doing his part to encourage students to stay in the books. Reading Four Wheels is an incentive program at Blanchard Elementary School that has students turning the pages

There are scary-looking photos but, thankfully, no injuries after a log truck collided with a Tuskegee police officers’ patrol car Wednesday afternoon.

Big changes are in the works for multiple roads around Columbus, and construction headaches could get worse as peak season is just around the corner. On fresh asphalt, cars can now go both ways on 10th street