Category Archives: Local News

Meriwether County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two escaped criminals, one of which is an alleged child molester. Eugene Mitchell and Travion Hall escaped from the county jail around 7:30 Wednesday night. 

Here’s your chance to participate in a town hall meeting about issues important to the Chattahoochee Valley without leaving your couch. Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop is hosting an online townhall event on his Facebook page. 

Discussions turned heated at times during Tuesday’s Columbus City Council meeting, especially when it was time to talk about the Aquatic Center, the city’s public indoor swimming facility.

The City of Columbus is facing a critical need in replacing its worn out fleet of garbage trucks. Internal and Forensic auditors for the city presented their findings to city leaders during Tuesday’s city council meeting.

Eight bullet holes riddled the back door of an apartment at Ballard Way on Hunter Road in Columbus.  The homeowner believes she was targeted when she heard the gunshots late Friday night. This home is one of several

A Columbus woman turned 105 years young on Tuesday, and a very special birthday celebration was held for her at the Covenant Woods Retirement Community. Erris Groom is very active and enjoys exercising, shopping and attending Bible

Performers from the Thunder in the Valley Air Show are gearing up for one of the biggest events in the area. 

As the use of technology grows, so do the concerns, especially for parents. Columbus community leaders say the ages of the children being exposed to inappropriate content online is getting younger and younger.

Local renters might be digging deeper in their pockets after a new study from housing website ABODO finds Columbus in their top-ten list of cities with the highest rising rent rates.   There were some recent expectations that our

City Manager Isaiah Hugley has selected the current Columbus Consolidated Government (CCG) Assistant Finance Director, Angelica Alexander to fill the position of the finance director. The position was left vacant last year when Deputy City Manager Pam