Category Archives: Local News

The Newton High Tigers are having a great season on the field but, according to WTOK in Meridian, some people are upset after hearing the coach baptized one of his players.

Work is being performed between Center Street and Woodland Avenue and will continue through Monday, October 31. 

A man beat his mother in the head with a hockey stick over money for Taco Bell, according to Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Repairs are underway for a residential area with an eight-inch water main break at the intersection of Buckeye Way and Doerun Drive in Columbus. 

Enrichment Services Program, Inc. will be accepting appointment calls for Heating Assistance for residents who are 65 years or older and those who are homebound in Muscogee County on Nov. 3 at 7 a.m.

The Mississippi NAACP is urging federal authorities to investigate an alleged hate crime at Stone County High School.

The Wishing Well Foundation will host a barbecue on Saturday, Oct. 29 to help raise money for the bike giveaway in December. The organization is going on its fifth year for the bicycle giveaway. 

A long-running tradition is back in Columbus this weekend. 

Clyde “Bo" Raymond Pickler, the father of country music singer Kellie Pickler, was arrested in Carolina Beach Saturday on several drug-related charges.

The  Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office participated in the Drug Takeback program in partnership with the DEA and collected 203 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs on Oct. 22.