Columbus GA

Chief Stoney Mathis and company bring jokes to farewell ceremony Chief Stoney Mathis and members of his command staff had jokes for the crowd gathered to bid the chief farewell after three memorable years of service and a dramatic decline of violent crime in Columbus. Chief Mathis said they were holding "a viewing" for those who wanted to stop by and say goodbye.…

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis will be retiring at the end of the year. A ceremony and thank you for his three and a half years of service was held this afternoon at the Public Safety Building. Mathis took over the Columbus Police Department in an interim role in May 2023. […]

The Georgia Trust for Local News announced Wednesday that Chuck Williams , a highly respected Columbus journalist with 43 years of experience in print, broadcast and digital media, will return to the Ledger-Enquirer to take on the newly created role of editor and publisher. As editor and publisher, Williams will lead the newsroom, build relationships with civic leaders and business owners, and cultivate the community support that guides and sustains the Ledger-Enquirer’s work. A multimedia journ

The Muscogee County School District will have a new principal, a new assistant principal and a new director of a special-education program if the MCSD board approves the following appointments recommended by superintendent David Lewis: Gloria Anna Nevarez Bernal-Askew to be principal of Arnold Middle School Cynthea Applegate to be assistant principal of Blanchard Elementary School Tiffany Collins to be director of the Woodall Program, which serves students with emotional and behavioral disorders

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Synovus signs are coming down and the Pinnacle signs are going up as the next step in the merger, but people may not be able to tell. The Synovus signs are coming down and the pinnacle signs are going up as the next step in the merger, but people not […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman said his office responded to a crash on Interstate 185 northbound near J.R. Allen Parkway that left a K-9 deputy and his police dog injured. Deputy, K-9 taken to hospital. The deputy and K-9 were sitting on the side of the...

The field and fieldhouse at Odis Spencer Stadium will be named in honor of Spencer High School graduate and former NFL player Ernie Green if the Muscogee County School District Board approves the recommendation from superintendent David Lewis and MCSD athletics director Kendall Mills. The board is scheduled to vote on the recommendation during its next monthly meeting, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m., according to the agenda . Green graduated from Spencer in 1958 and played as a running back for the Universit

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Council took another swing at funding for a new pickleball facility Tuesday morning. And it’s going to cost taxpayers more money. Columbus Council voted to spend an additional $1.7 million in public funds to build a new pickleball facility in the 1600 block of Third Avenue. That brings the […]

Former Alabama commit Jatori Williams decommitted from Miami on Tuesday, but it looks like his next destination is already a foregone conclusion.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting death in Phenix City, according to the Phenix City Police Department. Officers responded October 11 to the 500 block of 11th Avenue South in reference to a homicide. Upon arrival, officers found Rodney Jermane Clark suffering from a gunshot wound.