Category Archives: Local News

Just hours after investigators he shot and killed five of his friends and set a house on fire to cover the evidence, Jeffrey Peacock posted on his Facebook page "Well I don’t think this year can get any worse."

Police are confident they’re building a strong case against Jeffery Willis for the attempted abduction, as well as possible connections to unsolved high-profile cases. 

Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths…

Local community activists gathered to voice their anger, two years after an officer-involved shooting on a local college campus left one young man dead. In March 2014, 20-year-old Zikarious Flint was shot and killed after Columbus State University

At a time when civil rights tensions were at their highest, Columbus native Mary Buckner decided she would defy the odds against her and pursue an unprecedented career in law. News leader 9’s Georgia Ellyse went one-on-one with

Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a $1,751,883 award for 20 safety projects in 14 counties in West Central Georgia. Counties receiving awards include Bibb, Henry, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and

Florence "Flo" Matheson is running for the 6th Congressional District seat that is currently occupied by U.S. Rep. Diane Black, R-TN.

The Miss Georgia Pageant will celebrate 72 years on June 14–18, in the Bill Heard Theatre of the RiverCenter of Performing Arts in historic Uptown Columbus. Ninety women from across the state will compete for academic scholarship and the titles of

A proposal to cut the number of children receiving free and reduced school lunches passes its first hurdle in the nation’s capitol. Thousands of children would be affected by this bill pushed through a House committee by

He was the top of his class at Amite High, but was stunned to learn at graduation last night, he wouldn’t be able to take the stage.