Category Archives: Local News

A high ranking Georgia politician paid a visit to Columbus.Senator Johnny Isakson served as the keynote speaker at the Columbus Board of Realtors’ Luncheon on Wednesday.

A high ranking Georgia politician paid a visit to Columbus.Senator Johnny Isakson served as the keynote speaker at the Columbus Board of Realtors’ Luncheon on Wednesday.

Two teachers at a school in the Lowcountry are in hot water after making a 1st grade student remove tissue from a toilet with feces in it, and he had to do it with his bare hands. The

The Opelika Police Department received a complaint concerning a phone scam on Wed. April 1.Someone complained about receiving a phone call that claimed to be an investigator with Opelika Municipal Court. 

The Opelika Police Department received a complaint concerning a phone scam on Wed. April 1.Someone complained about receiving a phone call that claimed to be an investigator with Opelika Municipal Court. 

Eight residents from both Alabama and Georgia have pleaded guilty for their roles in a stolen identity refund fraud case.

A Funeral service was held today for Reginald Pugh, the former Urban League president and husband to Mayor Pro-Tem Evelyn Turner Pugh.Reginald Pugh died of a cardiac event Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital. The sanctuary was full

If you see smoke in the area, don’t be alarmed because there is a prescribed burn scheduled Wednesday.The Fort Benning Management Branch is conducting prescribed burns in the AA-4 training area. 

A building located on U.S. 280 and Lee Road 456 was reported up in flames on Wednesday.

A group of people from the Portland and Boise areas are collaborating to create a groundbreaking solution to a timeless problem: Providing growing children in developing countries with shoes that fit.