Category Archives: Local News

The FDA has approved a new vision correction treatment for those who need reading glasses. The West Georgia Eye Care Center on Whittlesey Boulevard in Columbus will be the first providers in our region.

Officials are on the scene of a gas leak near Kinnett Stadium on South Stadium Drive in Columbus. We have a crew on the scene, who reports the area is blocked off. Columbus Fire Marshal Ricky Shores

A strange chain of events has taken place over the last few days at the Animal Ark Rescue Center. The Rescue Center caught someone on surveillance camera stealing a dog from them two nights ago.

Midtown Medical Center has been awarded the "Door-To-Needle Time" award, which measures how long it takes the hospital to tend to a patient once they enter the stroke room.  

A bond revocation hearing was postponed Thursday for Markale Hart. 

A Columbus man has been charged in a two-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of four people in August 2016  Markees Spires, 26, has been charged with four counts of manslaughter and is being held at the Muscogee

Columbus Water Works has announced that the Georgia Department of Environmental Protection Division has lifted the drought declaration affecting Muscogee County. 

A family from Waverly, AL has the chance to win big on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” The Frye family’s video submission "Dog Swipes Slice" was selected by the show’s producers, and the family is now one of three

The Opelika Police Department is searching for a suspect who came into a gas station with a firearm demanding money. 

The owner of the Columbus Cottonmouths has decided to transition away from hockey and will no longer be owning the team.