Columbus GA

Columbus Fire and EMS crew named First Friday Heroes A team from Columbus Fire and EMS is credited with saving the life of a stroke victim. Piedmont Columbus Regional has named Declan McCahan, TyReese McNeese, John Freiberg, Zachary Kelley, and Dylon Watson First Friday Heroes® for the month of August. Afte

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Dream Center, located at 4114 Oates Ave., is opening their doors to local families in need on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. According to Columbus Dream Center, the non-profit organization opens every third Saturday of the month, providing families and residents within the

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Piedmont Columbus Regional has highlighted five members of Columbus Fire and EMS as this month’s First Friday Heroes. On the first Friday of each month, Piedmont Columbus Regional honors everyday residents and first responders who go out of their way to serve others through selfless and courageou

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -Some parents in the Muscogee County School District are raising concerns after learning the district will not provide transportation for children with special needs who attend private Applied Behavioral Analysis programs after school. Parents say they were told transportation would not be an issue

Each week, Clason Kyle sits in his sunroom and reads the Sunday edition of the New York Times at his home in Overlook, the Columbus neighborhood where he has lived all 97 years of his life. Beyond the sunroom’s mesh screen, he looks out on a historic Columbus home: Gordonido, formerly known as Old Dawson Place. The Gre

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — After nearly 11 months, Georgia’s historic drought has officially ended. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued its final Drought Information Statement on August 6, 2026, marking the conclusion of a drought episode that began on September 23, 2025. The drought intensified through t

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Fort Benning will look a little different starting Saturday, August 8, as their on-post stray animal facility will undergo an operations transition. According to Fort Benning officials, Animal Park Rescue will serve as the interim operators of the facility starting Saturday. While the facility wi

For John and Cecily Yearby, finding the right school for their children meant trying more than one path. After experiences with public school and virtual learning, the Phenix City couple says they found the environment they had been searching for at The Rock Academy, and that Alabama’s CHOOSE Act education savings acco

Walk the corridor at Peachtree Mall in Columbus, Georgia and you're walking through three different decades of construction. The mall opened in 1975 as one straight line: Gayfers at one end, Montgomery Ward at the other, shops in between. In 1985 the mall added Parisian and its first food court,...

Another Georgia water system was targeted by cybercriminals, as the water supply has faced repeated attacks nationwide.