Category Archives: Local News

Several crews are on the scene of a large fire in St. Helena Parish that has destroyed the home of the father of actor, director and comedian Tyler Perry, according to officials.

The corporate office of Redbox has released a statement after a Columbus man was scammed at a Redbox at a Circle K on South Lumpkin Road. 

Columbus, GA (WTVM) – As two people recover from a weekend shooting at a concert, a local nightclub may have to lock its doors. Shots rang out early Sunday morning, and hundreds of concertgoers at Club Medallion

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – News Leader 9 is speaking exclusively with the driver involved in what Columbus police are reporting as an alleged hit and run accident involving a three-year-old child.

A Columbus apartment fire has damaged  several units and left a number of people with no place to live. Twenty units were heavily damaged at Sherwood Arms Apartment on Sunday, March 12. The fire started in unit

A woman from Hollywood, Alabama is accused of sex crimes against the underage father of her unborn child.

The Texas legislation states an emission by a man made outside of a vagina or medical facility would be "an act against an unborn child and failing to preserve the sanctity of life."

Columbus police are investigating a shooting at Club Medallion that took place early Saturday morning. 

A substitute teacher at a Lexington 2 high school was so intoxicated that she threw up on the floor of the classroom and had to be taken to Lexington Medical Center, according to an incident report.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office says SWAT is responding at a trailer park near the scene of a hit-and-run that killed two South Carolina Department of Transportation workers Monday morning.