Columbus GA

Two brothers are in the Russell County Jail after a drug trafficking investigation. The duo were arrested following an eight-month narcotics investigation regarding a local trafficking organization in Muscogee County, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama. The investigation was conducted by the Muscogee County...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Muscogee County Superior Court judge denied bond to the Alabama man accused in an October shotgun slaying of a Columbus man inside his Brookstone home. An attorney for Antanavious Butler, 26, asked Judge Bobby Peters to set a bond for her client in the death of 65-year-old Norman Terry Lane....

Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan has released the identity of the pedestrian who died after being struck by a vehicle Sunday in Columbus on Veterans Parkway near Almond Road. Bryan identified the victim as 70-year-old Lawrence Allen Sutton. Bryan said Sutton’s cause of death was blunt-force trauma to the head and...

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor announced Monday that a major narcotics investigation led to multiple arrests and the seizure of drugs, cash, weapons and a vehicle. Taylor held a press conference at 11 a.m. ET at the sheriff’s office’s investigations building, detailing a joint...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - This week will likely be one of our coldest stretches of the year. It stays near to below average through at least early next week. Sun and some high clouds on this Monday. Highs mostly in the low 50s. Mostly clear to partly cloudy Monday night....

UPDATE: 11:03 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Power has been restored to Georgia Power customers in the North Columbus area. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Georgia Power officials are working to restore power for more than 3,000 customers in the North Columbus area. According to Georgia Power’s website, 3,825 users are currently...

Pitt Opens New 270,000-Square-Foot Wellness Center. The University of Pittsburgh officially opened its new 270,000-plus-square-foot Recreation and Wellness Center to students on Sunday. The much-anticipated facility, shaped by student feedback and grounded in sustainability and holistic well-being, will serve as a...

Three people were arrested in connection with the case, which remains under investigation

When Giovanni & Carmello Cerrone arrived at Ellis Island in the 1900s searching for a better life, they brought Italian culture that would pass through generations. Established in 2015, Cerrone’s Brick Oven Pizzeria represents fourth-generation Italian-Americans serving authentic New York brick oven pizza in...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers opened its first Columbus location Monday at Columbus Park Crossing, bringing the Louisiana-based chain’s signature chicken fingers to the Chattahoochee Valley. The new restaurant at 5720 Whittlesey Blvd. sits near the recently opened Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ and the...