Category Archives: Local News

Prosecutors in South Carolina say GPS evidence shows Dylann Roof drove toward a second black church the night he shot nine people to death during a Bible study.

Beale Street Music Festival released its 2017 concert lineup, which features the following mainstage headliners: Kings of Leon, Soundgarden, Widespread Panic, Snoop Dogg, Sturgill Simpson, Death Cab for Cutie, Wiz Khalifa, MGMT and Jill Scott.

The campaign reached its initial goal of $20,000 within three hours of launch Tuesday, according to the fundraising page. 

Newly released video shows a plane piloted by Harrison Ford mistakenly flying low over an airliner that was taxiing at a Southern California airport.

The local United Way announced a new record set in its fundraising. In their 2016 campaign, the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley beat their goal and raised a little more than $7.1 million, the most ever

Russell County Middle School honored African American heritage at the school’s fourth annual Black History Month program on Tuesday. This year’s theme was "The Crisis in Black Education."  

After long discussion and constant back and forth, the Muscogee County School Board decided to approve expansion to Columbus High School’s parking area.  In a 6-3 vote, the board approved an additional $200,000 budget for new parking

Georgia Power made a generous donation of $30,000 to Columbus State University on Tuesday. The money will go towards scholarships of the U-Teach and STEM programs at the Turner College of Business and College of Letters and Sciences