Columbus GA

Anyone driving on the 13th Street Bridge just after sunset Thursday night may have seen a group of people holding candles on the northern crosswalk. The group of 17 adults and a child gathered for a candlelight vigil organized by Indivisible Columbus and Indivisible Phenix City in partnership with the Under the...

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - A man is behind bars in Lee County on charges connected to an auto burglary. 51-year-old Christopher Michael McCullum of Sugar Hill, Georgia was charged with unlawful breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and theft of property third degree. His arrest stems from an auto...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has identified the man suspected of calling in bomb threats to a construction site near the city government center Thursday. On Thursday, Sept. 4, the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office received a bomb threat by an unknown male. The MCSO’s Uniform...

September 05, 2025 // Franchising.com // PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Slim Chickens announced today the opening of its newest location in Phenix City, Alabama. The opening is led Slims Southern Boys, marking the group’s first Slim Chickens opening. Slims Southern Boys is a family-owned group with deep roots...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — FBI Atlanta has announced a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two unknown suspects responsible for the 2021 homicide of Amit Patel. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Local businessman shot and killed on daughter’s third birthday, GoFundMe page raising money for...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department is seeking the public’s help in a search for a missing teen. CPD says officers are searching for 13-year-old Lamar Rogers, who is described as a Black male, standing 5 foot 7, weighs 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was reportedly last seen on Aug. […]

The Columbus Consolidated Government has sued Norfolk Southern and other railroad companies to recover land the city argues the companies agreed 175 years ago to return. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, the Columbus law firm representing CCG in the case, filed the complaint Aug. 28 in Superior Court of...

A mother accused of placing her newborn son into a dumpster has been arrested.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with Piedmont Columbus Regional are praising the work of two Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office investigators and a Columbus Police Department Corporal who helped save occupants who were victims of a rollover crash. Investigators Timothy Darden and Maximus Raniero with MCSO and Cpl....

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting Thursday evening, September 4, 2025, in the Salem community of Lee County. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones confirmed deputies responded to a call on Lee Road 126 regarding a subject who had been shot. The victim was located deceased at the scene....