Category Archives: Local News

Muscogee County Superior Court Clerk Linda Pierce and Sheriff John Darr have amended their lawsuits against the City of Columbus.

The Tift County Schools officials handed down a suspension without pay for a teacher who left a “racially charged comment” on a Facebook post.

A hearing is set for Carlton Gary for 10 a.m. on Thursday.The judge will hear more testimony on the extraordinary motion for a new trial.In 1977 and 1978, the city of Columbus was brought to its knees

  It’s time to kick off our inaugural News Leader 9 Morning’s Battle of the Bands, and our first band is the country-rock band Faraday.

An organization is giving away prom dresses to local junior and senior high school girls.This is the fifth year the Junior League of Columbus will host Project prom. They will offer new and lightly used prom dresses

A Ranger Training Assessment Course took place on Jan 30 at the Army National Guard’s Warrior Training Center on Fort Benning. A total of 58 soldiers completed the RTAC including 5 women who will potentially be the

In 2012 more than 136,000 children all across the country were treated for burns.

Thomas Lee, the man accused of killing five people in a LaGrange, GA home will make his first appearance in front of a judge Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. EST.

News Leader 9’s Dave Platta and Kim Smith will be all over the River Valley on Wednesday to see where the best players in our areas will spend Saturdays making big plays. 

On Tuesday, a packed chamber watched as the Auburn City Council was unable to unanimously pass an ordinance that would impose a six month moratorium on multi-family housing.