Category Archives: Local News

When Kristy Brooks recently sat down for an interview with WBTV, it was the first time she had been seen in public since she went into hiding in late December 2015.

It’s a gut-wrenching story of survival that captured the hearts of Mid-Southerners, and those across the nation. 

State Senator Josh McKoon from Columbus is in Atlanta now that the General Assembly is in session. However, he is no longer chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

He called it! Former Clemson coach Danny Ford thought the Tigers could pull out the CFP title win against the University of Alabama on Monday – and they did.

After a Dairy Queen customer had a complaint about her order, the franchise owner allegedly insulted her and her children with racial slurs.

Midtown Medical Center in Columbus and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Americus are on the list of 31 hospitals across Georgia being penalized for having a high amount of hospital-acquired infections.

Russian operatives may have compromising personal and financial information on President-elect Donald Trump, CNN reports.

The man injured during an arrest Monday by the Columbus Police Department has died. Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Charles Newton confirms that 30-year-old Hector Arreola passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. at Midtown Medical

A local organization has announced they will expand a loan which funds preservation work to owners of historic properties. Historic Columbus members say the Facade Loan will assist owners in renovating residential historic structures. 

The mother of a 5-year-old girl found dead in the North Canton/Jackson Township area Tuesday has been charged with murder.