Category Archives: Local News

A South Korean man flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3 has been ordered deported back to a country that is completely alien to him.

The public was given a chance to see how a local organization is helping teens recover from substance abuse.  New Horizons Behavioral Health invited the community for an open house to learn about "Project Change Club House." 

The United Negro College Fund kicked off its annual campaign to raise money for college students.  Organizers gathered at the St. Luke Ministry Center in Columbus to announce a goal of raising $200,000.  

A photo taken by one Instagram user in England is bending minds across the internet: are these shiny, oily legs or are they legs with white paint on them? 

Hammett Steel, LLC, a fabricator of structural and miscellaneous steel, has announced its new facility in Columbus. 

The suspect who shot a Columbus Police Department officer and fueled an hours-long standoff inside a Hilton Avenue home last week made his second court appearance on Wednesday.  

The man accused of shooting and killing a cab driver on Monday, Oct. 17 plead not guilty in court on Wednesday. 

Three people, including a two-year-old child, were killed and another person was sent to the hospital following a high speed car chase in Jefferson Davis and Covington Counties Tuesday.  

An accident on Highway 29 claimed the life of a 24-year-old on Monday, Oct. 25 around 10:30 a.m. 

The incident happened shortly after 9 a.m. at Dixie Food Mart at Dixie Highway at Mary Catherine Drive.