Category Archives: Local News

Cherokee Avenue will be limited to one lane beginning March 15 due to an ongoing maintenance project by the Columbus Water Works. 

Lamore Drive will be closed March 15 due to bridge construction on Forrest Rd.  The road will be closed for approximately two days, and a detour route will be provided along Forrest Road, Snelling Drive, and Lamore

Professor Robert Kelly was discussing the impeachment of South Korean president Park Geun-hye and relations with North Korea when in waltzed his daughter, followed in short order by his 8-month-old son and his frantic wife.

McDonald’s staffer Pedro Viloria was working the drive-thru when an off-duty Miami-Dade officer pulled through with her kids. She was having a medical emergency, and he didn’t hesitate to help.

District Attorney Greg Mashburn said the boy is 16 or 17 years old, and that is the age of consent in Oklahoma. The state senator is 35, married with children.

Three people were shot to death and another is in critical condition after a quadruple shooting in Metairie.

The woman wanted to use the $5,000 ring to pay for her husband’s medical expenses after he fell 15 feet onto a concrete floor at work.

Authorities cleared and called a hero a security guard who fatally shot a would-be bank robber. 

As the temperature drops, it can become more and more brutal for those without a place to call home. With some of the coldest air of the season headed our way, those at the Valley Rescue Mission

Several hit-and-run incidents happened in Columbus over the last two weeks, some turning deadly.