Category Archives: Local News

With the pressure of high school sports weighing on the shoulders of athletes more than ever, officials are hanging up the whistle due to the verbal abuses of parents.

A 24-year Burger King employee won $46,000 in a wrongful termination lawsuit.

Columbus State University officials and members of the community are recognizing black history. On Thursday, six speakers presented readings and interpretations of works by African-American authors. 

Traffic is backed up on I-185 Northbound between Exits 6 and 7 following a car crash. 

Services for 54-year-old Terry Bailey and his wife, 57-year-old Pamela, of Center, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Pentecostal Church, 1229 Southview Circle in Center. Their funeral will be preceded by visitation from

Approximately 500 new troops will move to the Columbus area by October 2017.

A Columbus man accused of murdering his son made his first court appearance Thursday, Feb. 16. Nathaniel Ghant III remains behind bars in the Muscogee County Jail after pleading not guilty to the murder of his 4-year-old

Fort Benning will be conducting a prescribed burn within the A-6 and N-8 training areas on Thursday, Feb. 16.  The wind is predicted to be from the West and will keep smoke away from sensitive areas. Wind

Many students within the Muscogee County School District have gone days, maybe months, without receiving a hot meal because of unpaid lunch accounts. To help eliminate their debt, several members of the community are making donations and

A man with connections to a white supremacy group was arrested in Myrtle Beach Wednesday after purchasing a gun from an undercover FBI agent, apparently intending to commit an attack “in the spirit of Dylann Roof.”