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After a nearly decade hiatus, a United Way drive returned to the Chattahoochee Valley this week, bringing the community and those in need together, while attracting hundreds of volunteers.

Now out of a job after landing behind bars herself earlier this week, a Columbus juvenile corrections officer has been fired following accusations of sexually assaulting an underage inmate while on duty.

The Phenix City Police Department says they’ve detained a man wanted on an attempted murder warrant. 

Earlier in the day she did call for the release of police video involving the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson.

The Georgia chapter of the NAACP is calling for a day of protest Friday in wake of the police involved shooting deaths of Keith Scott in Charlotte and Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma earlier this week.

A police source confirms to WBTV that a gun reportedly found near the body of Keith Lamont Scott has Scott’s fingerprints, DNA and blood on it. The source also told WBTV the case in the gun was loaded.

A Valley family was, well, a bit rattled when they heard some tapping on their door Wednesday night. The noise got Carrie Lightfoot’s attention. 

Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to

Willy’s Mexicana Grill, based out of Atlanta, GA, will be opening its 30th location in Columbus on Oct. 10. 

The video was recorded 43-year-old Scott’s wife, Rakeiya Scott. The 2 ½-minute video does not show the shooting, though gunshots can be heard.