Category Archives: Local News

The Sugar Bert National Boxing Championship will be calling Columbus home for the first time. The four day event is expected to bring more than 600 boxers and boosting the local economy by $400,000. 

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs has created a task force to review the 2018 International Building Code.

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – It’s been two years since Marcus Bowden was found shot to death along Cusseta Road in Columbus, but the man suspected of firing the fatal shot is now in custody. Twenty-four-year-old Demartre Harris’

New details are underway after a Rothschild Middle School student was arrested for bringing a gun to school. 

Family members of a Phenix City woman are looking for help after their daughter was hit by a driver Tuesday night.

Traffic is underway in Smiths Station following an accident on U.S. 280. The accident is near the Buck Wild Saloon. 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year as Callaway Gardens’ Fantasy in Lights is now open to the public. 

A tradition in Columbus and Fort Benning supporting local military causes is coming to an end. The annual Soldier Marathon, which is held each November will make its final run this weekend. 

An Auburn University professor now has an asteroid named after him. Masatoshi Hirabayashi, an Aerospace Engineering professor, was honored with the asteroid naming at a conference in Uruguay earlier this year.

A Columbus church will give away free turkeys to the community Saturday, Nov. 18. Holsey Chapel CME Church will hand out more than 150 turkeys to families at the Allen Page III building located directly next to