Category Archives: Local News

Leaders of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and Georgia Public Health officials stood shoulder to shoulder and said they are joining the battle against the Zika virus. 

The Urban League of Columbus is partnering with the Little Black Dress Initiative this week to bring awareness of poverty in the local area. This initiative encourages people to wear the same black dress every day for

It has taken years of research, breakthroughs and improvements to therapy, and as a result, about 80 percent of kids with cancer will survive the disease. Doctors say there is still so much to learn and so

A health organization in Columbus hosted its fourth of seven fundraisers on Tuesday night to help raise money for the American Cancer Society through Relay for Life. Gentiva Hospice has been participating in Relay for life for the

The month of April has been proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month by the Columbus City Council. The council adopted that proclamation at Tuesday night’s meeting as part of the national observance of the month.

A Columbus boy is showing signs of improvement while being treated at Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta after being hit by a truck on Saturday evening.  

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – The Muscogee County School District is gearing up to host an open house for certified teacher applicants on April 16. According to the Director of Communications with the school board, Valerie Fuller, the

A woman is asking for the public’s help after she says her dog was taken during a car theft in Columbus on Monday. 

The community continues to step up and support a Columbus family who recently lost three relatives in tragic car crash last weekend.  Denyla Biggers, 6, her mother 33-year-old Kayla Wilson, and Kayla’s sister 35-year-old Nikia Wilson died

Church leaders at one of the 10 Columbus churches that were vandalized in 2014 say justice was served Friday when one of the suspects received his sentence.