Category Archives: Local News

Georgia’s Governor has signed a bill requiring Georgia cities and counties provide fire fighter disability insurance. 

There’s an intense rivalry between Auburn and Alabama. Starting tonight a weekend series of games will kick off between these opponents as the baseball teams play on the Plains and the softball teams play over in Tuscaloosa. 

The Special Victims Unit arrested 16-year-old Jaquarius Ellison May 3 on rape and other charges. 

News Leader 9 has learned that a tornado did occur somewhere on Ft. Benning on May 1st. 

The Muscogee County Sheriff’s office is partnering with The Communication Workers of America to raise money for five homes across the state. 

An Opelika woman was a participant of the ‘Travel Trivia’ on the ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ show on Friday.

An Edgewood Middle School student was handed a 10-day suspension for “liking” a picture of a gun on Instagram with the caption “ready."

Forty-three people are facing a total of 743 indictments in Henrico resulting from a year-plus long investigation into illegal cigarette trafficking resulting in millions of dollars worth of cigarettes, according to Henrico police.

Defense attorneys are questioning the collection of DNA evidence in the trial of three Columbus men accused of murder.

Troup County Board of Commissions votes to lay off 73 employees and close Troup County Correctional Institute to give county employees a pay increase.