Category Archives: Local News

The field for the Barbasol Championship is now set after Monday’s open qualifier at the Auburn University Club. 

Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson is responding after two well-known local activists were arrested this weekend at a protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Officials say NAACP Columbus chapter president Tonza Thomas and community activist

The Memphis Black Lives Matter rally shut down the I-40 bridge Sunday night with hundreds of protesters refusing to leave. Traffic could not go across, but paramedic Bobby Harrell with Crittenden EMS was determined to get to

An Opelika man is getting ready to compete in the Summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil this August.  Monzavious Edwards, 35, will be the oldest competitor in the 100-meter dash, representing Nigeria.  Edwards graduated from Opelika High

A video game from the late 1990s is resurfacing as a new game app for your cell phones. After Pokemon GO was released in the U.S. last week, millions of people are keeping a close eye on

The owner of the store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed last week is suing police officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department and the city of Baton Rouge for illegal seizure and detainment following the

Meriwether County officials are getting ready to launch a geocaching trail, centering on the real town of Woodbury, for fans of AMC’s hit zombie series, "The Walking Dead."

Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor, a nearly 30- year veteran who was shot in the line of duty in 2003, said it makes him sick to his stomach to see what’s happening across the country and to know

A Columbia woman, recovering from severe chemical burns, has filed a lawsuit accusing a Circle K store clerk of ambushing her and deliberately dousing her with caustic cleaning chemicals.

The spokesperson said after WBTV’s inquiry, an internal investigation was launched with the company’s management team and they are "working quickly to resolve this issue."