Category Archives: Local News

The Heart of West Georgia presented a check in the amount of $30,000 to The Thread to cover the cost of replacing exercise devices that are located within Granger Park.

A school security video from an Ohio school shows a teacher and teacher’s aide dragging a 7-year-old autistic boy, Corbin, through the hallway at school and into the school’s office.

The Columbus Police Dept is asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man with memory problems. 

The case of a man charged with murdering his stepson will go to a grand jury. Daniel Kennedy is charged with murder and possession of a firearm during a crime for the death of 25-year-old Shawn Gentile. 

New-Life Second Chance outreach hosted a "one stop shop" resource and job fair Friday morning.  

The largest weekend of whitewater rafting is making its way back to the Fountain City. 

Auburn police have arrested a man on burglary and theft charges. Police arrested Forty-six-year-old William A. Pilkington on Thursday on felony warrants charging him with two violations of the sex offender registration and community notification act. 

Auburn Police Division arrested 27-year-old Kwentavious Boyd of Opelika on felony warrants charging him with third-degree burglary and first-degree theft of property. 

Due to the Total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, Muscogee County School District elementary schools will be released early as a precaution. 

Columbus police arrested a man for thousands of dollars worth of drugs following a traffic stop Thursday morning.