Category Archives: Local News

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly accident after a vehicle drove off a boat landing at Leesburg Landing, west of Centre.

Thicke is perhaps best known for his role as TV dad Jason Seaver in the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains.

It can be a daunting task, but a unit at the Columbus Police Department is being recognized for their efforts to put those who prey on children behind bars. In the last three months, the Special Victims

One Phenix City teacher is immersing her students into cultures from around the world. Jacinta Thomas, who teaches Pre-K at Ridgecrest Elementary School, had her kids participate in this project for the second year in a row.  

A Harahan man was arrested Monday for coercing a teen into oral sex in exchange for helping her financially troubled family, according to a news release from the Kenner Police Department.   

With cybersecurity concerns like this growing, Columbus State University is also seeing growing interest in its new cybersecurity major, which just wrapped up its first semester. 

The Columbus Police Department’s Special Victims Unit has arrested a Columbus man on multiple charges, including child molestation and rape.  Mikhail Allen Benjamin, 27, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m.  He is charged with

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nick Tullier has become known around the country as one of the six officers injured during an ambush shooting on July 17 in Baton Rouge. 

A vehicle pin-in at the Georgia-Alabama line has slowed traffic down on 4th Street.  

Phenix City police arrested Russell Cope, 27, and Chaquetta Farmer, 31, of Phenix City in connection to a shooting from Dec. 2. According to police, Farmer reported her car stolen in Phenix City, and at 10:50 p.m. a