Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Public visitations at the Muscogee County Jail will be temporarily suspended Monday through Wednesday. Sheriff Greg Countryman said the suspension is necessary to accommodate an upcoming employee appreciation event. The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office will hold the multi-day celebration in the jail parking lot to recognize the hard work and commitment of its staff members.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Georgia Democratic candidate for governor Jason Esteves was in Columbus campaigning on Friday. WRBL caught up with Esteves at the downtown restaurant he owns. In recent polling, Esteves, Michael Thurmond, and Geoff Duncan have been trailing front-runner Keisha Lance Bottoms by large margins. Despite lagging poll numbers, Esteves has been a […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Three repeat offenders from Columbus have been arrested on three separate investigations as part of the Operations Take Back America, according to the United States Department of Justice (DOT). The three defendants, all with criminal histories, and their charges are listed below: Travis Dwayne Broadnax (40) Johnny Foster, III (47) Clifford […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - There is currently a police presence on E Britt David Road in Columbus. According to Columbus officials, it is an “active” investigation near Warm Springs Road and E Britt David Road. News Leader 9 is working to gather more details on this scene.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Muscogee County Superior Court judge today re-sentenced three people convicted for a second time in a high-profile 2016 gang retaliation shooting at Peachtree Mall. Xzavaien Jones was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of Anthony Meredith. Tekoa Young and Terrell MacFarland were sentenced to […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting and a string of carjackings that occurred in late April. Authorities identified the suspect as 27-year-old Bobby Beaird. He was taken into custody in east Alabama before being extradited to Columbus to face several felony charges stemming from multiple violent incidents.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Tuscaloosa man tied to a string of armed retail thefts across Georgia has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia. 43-year-old Demetrice Q. Suttles (a.k.a. Demetris Suttles) was sentenced May 6...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — Fire department officials have determined that a lightning strike during Wednesday night’s storms caused a residential fire. According to the Southwest Fire Department, on the evening of Wednesday, May 6, firefighters were dispatched to the 500 block of Lee Road 53 for a reported residential structure fire. Upon their arrival, […]

Chris Grier, who teaches physical education at Clubview Elementary School , is the Muscogee County School District 2026 Teacher of the Year. The Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation , which conducts MCSD’s Teacher of the Year program, announced the winner Thursday night during its annual gala. A sellout crowd of more than 1,100 people attended the event at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center. Each year, the staff...

COLUMBUS. Ga. (WRBL) — One person was killed in a fatal shooting on Thursday evening in the area of Merrywood Drive and Dogwood Drive, according to Coroner Buddy Bryan. Police have not yet confirmed whether the two separate locations at Merrywood Drive and Dogwood Drive are connected. According to Bryan, the homicide victim has been […]