Category Archives: Local News

North Charleston community leaders are reacting after they say a store employee assaulted a 12-year-old boy.

With school out for the summer, children are looking forward to a summer of fun. We have some tips to keep your kids safe while they are home on summer break.

A panel of Georgia lawmakers plans to study the effect of drivers who are distracted by cell phones and other technology.

More than 160 coyotes have been killed in Georgia since the state’s "coyote challenge" for hunters and trappers began in April.

Columbus police are investigating after a woman’s car was stolen by two men at a Veterans Parkway gas station. 

LaGrange police are searching for two black males after the robbed a woman at gunpoint outside her apartment building early Sunday morning.

Starting Monday June 5, a section of Waterford Road will be closed to all traffic.  The closure will allow a contractor to make improvements to an existing bridge.

One person is dead following a police chase in Phenix City Saturday night, the Russell County Coroner’s Officer confirms.

AUBURN, AL (WTVM) – Former Auburn University President Emeritus, Dr. James E. Martin, has passed away. Dr. Martin, 84, died on Saturday, June 3. Martin was the university’s 40th president and presided over the school from 1984

News Leader 9 is live on the scene in Phenix City after receiving reports of a large police presence along 13th Street. Stay tuned to WTVM for the latest developments on this breaking story.