Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WALB) - Several South Georgia high school softball teams are competing in Columbus this weekend for the GIAA Semifinals. Check out the highlights WALB Sports got from their matchups!. Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? Let us know. Please include the article’s headline...

A theater teacher was fatally shot by her roommate after returning from a visit to her family in Indiana. According to WTVM and Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan, 31-year-old Erica Anderson was tragically shot about midnight on Monday after her roommate mistook her for an intruder. Bryan, who declared the...

LEE COUNTY, ALA — New details have emerged in the case of a retired Auburn professor who was killed while walking her dog at Kiesel Park last month. During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, a Lee county judge found probable cause to charge Harold Dabney III with capital murder in the death of Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle.

This Eastlake-influenced Queen Anne home was built for Joseph Simpson Garrett (1831-1923), a wholesale liquor and tobacco retailer in Columbus who was the patriarch of a family that has been referred to as the “Whiskey Garretts“. Garrett served the Confederacy, ultimately as the commanding colonel of the Seventh...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — A high-profile murder trial is set to begin Monday in the Russell County Judicial Center. 18-year-old Jadarius Snipes faces life in prison if convicted on charges of armed robbery and murder in the December 2023 shooting death of 23-year-old Ryan Boles. Boles, who was a recent Columbus...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Four suspects have been taken into custody, and a stolen vehicle was recovered by deputies, according to Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman. Initially, there was a heavy police presence spotted near 14th Avenue and 37th Street in Columbus Friday afternoon. WRBL News 3 crews were on the...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Sheriff’s deputies arrested a person with multiple felony warrants after a patrol stop near 14th Avenue and 37th Street led to a foot chase and standoff. Deputies were patrolling the area when they noticed several people standing next to a white Lexus. When deputies approached,...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — If you suddenly find yourself in a life-threatening situation, would you know what to do? That’s why Columbus Fire and EMS Lt. Courtney Brown and Jackie Miller, CAC Emergency Response Team chair, dropped by WRBL News 3 to invite the public to the upcoming Life Safety Skills event. The emergency...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- Happy Wednesday! It has been another dry, sunny day across the region. Those afternoon temperatures managed to warm up into the mid-80s today. Thursday & Friday: We can copy and paste the forecast tomorrow. Get ready for clear skies and readings in the mid-80s. More clouds will build on Friday...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Good Thursday morning! We’re off to another refreshing seasonal start, with morning temperatures dipping into the upper 50s and a few spots holding in the low 60s. The calm, uneventful pattern holds strong today, bringing plenty of sunshine and clear blue skies. Expect highs to climb into the...