Columbus GA

A cooling trend will bring lower temperatures and potential scattered storms to Columbus, Georgia, throughout the weekend before conditions warm up again next week.

A Lee County judge denied bond for a Columbus teen charged in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Anthony Onochie.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman has applied to join the 287-G program, a federal initiative that allows local law enforcement to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. What the 287-G program does. According to the U.S. Immigration and Cu

‘School’s Open, Drive Carefully Tour’ stops in Columbus The "School's Open, Drive Carefully Tour" made a pit stop in Columbus Thursday morning July 30, 2026. For nearly eight decades, AAA has been working to promote school bus and crossing zone safety through their 'School's Open, Drive Carefully Tour' held

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - With school days away, families in Georgia and Alabama are being reminded to complete several requirements before the first day of class. In Georgia, health officials say pre-K, kindergarten and new students need vision, dental, hearing and nutrition screenings. Seventh graders must receive a Tda

PHENIX CITY Ala. (WRBL) — There is a program in the Russell County Jail that is designed to give inmates the tools and opportunity to stay out of trouble when they are released. WRBL talked to Sheriff Heath Taylor and two inmates about the IGNITE program. “This is the opportunity to do something better with […]

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — Several commercial truck drivers traveling through Lee County have recently been cited under a decades-old federal regulation requiring commercial drivers to be able to read and speak English, as federal officials have stepped up enforcement of the rule during roadside inspections. Court recor

Montgomery, AL – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Alabama’s participation in the 2026 National Healthcare Fraud Takedown, a nationwide enforcement effort led by the U.S. Department of Justice targeting fraud in government-funded healthcare programs. The annual initiative brings together federal and state law e

Controversial traffic signal activated at busy highway interchange A controversial traffic signal is now active at a busy highway interchange connecting East Alabama to Columbus, GA. Hundreds of commuters have vented over the new traffic pattern to the Alabama Department of Transportation's Southeast Region

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – An Alabama death row inmate is closer to his execution date next month. As Action 8 News has reported, Jeremy Williams was given four death sentences for killing a 5-year-old girl in 2021. Kamarie Holland was kidnapped, raped and brutalized before she was strangled to...