Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A 223-Million-dollar investment coming to the fountain city is expected to create jobs for over 500 people. This announcement was made earlier today during A ‘Choose Columbus’ economic development event. Mayor Skip Henderson says these types of high paying jobs are needed in Columbus....

GEORGIA — The Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a runaway teenager last seen earlier this week. Police say 15-year-old Claudia Rhodes was last spotted around 5 a.m. on Sept. 2 near the 700 block of Double Churches Road. She was wearing a green bonnet, black shirt, and...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — Florida is moving to become the first state in the country to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates. State leaders say it’s about protecting parental rights, while local doctors warn it could open the door to preventable disease outbreaks. The announcement came Wednesday from Florida’s...

Epworth Methodist Church, located at 3763 US-280 in Phenix City, welcomed Christ Herbert to the pulpit as its new senior pastor, succeeding Grant Parker, who retired. Herbert spent his youth in Mobile before marrying his wife, Ashley, and moving to Guntersville to raise their two daughters. Herbert has not always...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. According to the CPD, officers are searching for 16-year-old Amir Powell, who is described as a Black male, standing 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last […]

An Opelika man and woman are the suspects following an August home invasion. One dead in shooting near Northside Industrial Blvd. in Columbus. One dead in shooting near Northside Industrial Blvd. in Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus Fire and EMS announced on Wednesday the passing of an active firefighter. The local first responders are saddened to have lost one of their own. Officials stated that they are currently working on providing grief counseling and support resources to their personnel as they grieve...

Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate in a Lee County jail cell, with initial signs suggesting a medical issue and no signs of foul play.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Monday was the final round of the Russell Henley Junior Championships at Green Island Country and WRBL News 3 Sports Anchor Tyler Redmond has the results.

The charter for an American Legion post in Columbus has been suspended — and its commander was locked inside the buliding. Damone Turner, commander of American Legion Post 35 at 3361 N. Lumpkin Road, told the Ledger-Enquirer he went to the post Saturday morning after receiving a call to turn off an alarm at the...