Category Archives: Local News

Pollsters are saying Jones hopes to rally the African-American vote. 

Voters waited in their cars, protected from the cold, as the doors for several polling places across town opened.

This year’s final “Let’s Talk with the Mayor” forum is coming up on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. 

The Troup County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who escaped work release. 

The county prosecutor is also working to file charges against the baby’s teenage father and mother.

A celebration to spread Christmas cheer throughout the Chattahoochee Valley took place Monday evening. Fort Benning hosted its 27th annual tower lighting event at Eubanks Field.

Officers put the 11-year-old in cuffs, patted her down and put her in the back of a cop car as her mother pleaded with police not to take her daughter.

The trial for a Columbus man accused of a fatal hit-and-run that killed a Kendrick High student has been moved to 2018. 

A local children’s orchestra hosted a Christmas concert at the Open Door Community House. 

Several students competed in Richards Middle School’s spelling bee Monday. A total of 31 students strived to be the winner. News Leader 9’s Jason Dennis was the announcer of the words.