Category Archives: Local News

He was the best friend and bodyguard to professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, who was his co-star on "Rob & Big."

With Congress addressing multiple bills on Capitol Hill, Muscogee County’s U.S representative spent some time talking to his constituents.

Georgia residents who eat out at Chipotle on Wednesday will have the opportunity to donate to a good cause. 

Donna Tompkins is one of only two female sheriffs in Georgia. Tompkins was elected December 2016, beating two-term incumbent John Darr.

Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed a bill allowing parents to transfer legal authority for a child to a family member or an outside agency, urging lawmakers instead to focus on comprehensive changes to the state’s foster care…

Country music star Alan Jackson is selling his northern Georgia home for $6.4 million.

Historic Columbus launches its largest grant program yet. Grants ranging from $10,000-100,000 will be awarded to projects that will preserve, rehabilitate, restore, or increase accessibility to historic properties in the Muscogee County area.

Lynn Thrailkill, a fourth-grade teacher at Rosemont Elementary in Troup County, was named a recipient of the 180-educator award.

A total of 30 active duty and retired military members along with mid-shipmen from Auburn University’s NROTC set out on a four-day march from Auburn to Navarre, Florida.

A Columbus man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a murder from 2013.