Category Archives: Local News

Students at East Columbus Magnet Academy are participating in Help a Vet Week. The school’s Junior Marshals Chapter along with other leader groups and classes at ECMA are collecting money all week to donate to the Wounded

Columbus police are investigating after a shooting sent one man to the hospital. Officials tell us the shooter is still on the loose and police are searching for the suspect.

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris has identified the man found deceased  on a major interstate Saturday as 54-year-old John Michael Maines of Tennessee. 

Muscogee County Coroner Freeman Worley confirms a 55-year-old black woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle on 24th Street and 2nd Avenue in Columbus at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. She was pronounced

We hit an entirely new milestone in space exploration on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The European space agency landed a 220-pound, box-shaped space probe on the speeding comet more than 300 million-miles from earth. 

If you’ve ever thought about becoming a model, you will have an opportunity to make that a dream a reality. The Exotica Modeling Agency will conduct a model search for perspective models on Nov. 15 at the

News Leader 9 has learned that 2nd Avenue in Columbus is closed from 23rd to 24th Street.We are following this story and will keep you posted on as we receive more information.

Feeding the Valley, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, and WTVM News Leader 9 is partnering with Winn Dixie’s local stores to help area students raise food for the local area.

The Eufaula-Barbour County Chamber of Commerce will host a public forum on Tuesday, Nov. 18 to address the proposed project to four-lane North Eufaula Avenue. The forum is in response to the Alabama Department of Transportation’s public

We hit an entirely new milestone in space exploration on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The European space agency landed a 220-pound, box-shaped space probe on the speeding comet more than 300 million-miles from earth.