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Williams Viggins, 63, died Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle car accident near Hannan Elementary Magnet Academy, WRBL reported. His son, Tony Viggins, launched a GoFundMe later that day to help cover funeral costs and other memorial expenses. “Losing him has been deeply painful for me and my family,” Tony wrote on th

A Georgia man is fighting the proposed route of a pipeline after learning the original path was diverted from land belonging to a manager for a Southern Co. subsidiary.

COLUMBUS, Ga (WRBL) — The Muscogee County School District is looking to fill a variety of positions at its upcoming job fair. The district announced an upcoming Fall Job Fair event to fill openings in several departments, including positions in operations, bus drivers and monitors, school nutrition workers, custodial a

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A neighborhood feral cat colony dispute that went public at Columbus City Council earlier this month has been an issue with PAWS Humane since late April. The Georgetown neighborhood in East Columbus has had cats running loose for months. Some neighbors got fed up and complained to council. Tuesda

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus City Council is weighing whether to put another $1.7 million into the planned pickleball complex after city officials said the project remains over budget. During Tuesday’s work session, city staff said the current design is estimated to cost about $8.4 million, roughly $1 million more t

The new era of Mark’s City Grill began last week in Columbus. The restaurant, now relocated to 6801 River Road , opened for business Sept. 22. Mark Jones, owner of Mark’s City Grill , told the Ledger-Enquirer the move from Moon Road was a long time coming. “We had planned on moving from the old location well over a yea

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Dry weather continues to give us cool late nights and early mornings, but even that will start to become less common after Wednesday as the pattern starts to change. Nothing but sun Tuesday will send our early morning 50s into the mid and upper 80s by...

GEORGIA (WRBL) — The Georgia Department of Education released graduation rates for the 2025-2026 school year.  The results show that Muscogee County high schools have improved their four-year graduation rate to a record high of 96.3%. That represents a .02% increase over the previous year.  All nine Muscogee County Sch

The Glenwood Hall of Fame held its 2026 induction ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 1st, at the Green Island Country Club. It was the second year for the organization to honor former Glenwood School students, teachers, administrators, and athletes. The following are the biographies for the seven new members:. David Kay...

UPDATE- 11:31 A.M.: The Muscogee County School District provided WRBL News 3 with a summary of Tuesday morning’s incident at Hannan Elementary. That statement can be found below. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — One person was injured after a car crash outside Hannan Elementary Magnet Academy in Muscogee County. Columbus Police