Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - There is currently a police presence on E Britt David Road in Columbus. According to Columbus officials, it is an “active” investigation near Warm Springs Road and E Britt David Road. News Leader 9 is working to gather more details on this scene.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Muscogee County Superior Court judge today re-sentenced three people convicted for a second time in a high-profile 2016 gang retaliation shooting at Peachtree Mall. Xzavaien Jones was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of Anthony Meredith. Tekoa Young and Terrell MacFarland were sentenced to […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting and a string of carjackings that occurred in late April. Authorities identified the suspect as 27-year-old Bobby Beaird. He was taken into custody in east Alabama before being extradited to Columbus to face several felony charges stemming from multiple violent incidents.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Tuscaloosa man tied to a string of armed retail thefts across Georgia has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia. 43-year-old Demetrice Q. Suttles (a.k.a. Demetris Suttles) was sentenced May 6...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — Fire department officials have determined that a lightning strike during Wednesday night’s storms caused a residential fire. According to the Southwest Fire Department, on the evening of Wednesday, May 6, firefighters were dispatched to the 500 block of Lee Road 53 for a reported residential structure fire. Upon their arrival, […]

Chris Grier, who teaches physical education at Clubview Elementary School , is the Muscogee County School District 2026 Teacher of the Year. The Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation , which conducts MCSD’s Teacher of the Year program, announced the winner Thursday night during its annual gala. A sellout crowd of more than 1,100 people attended the event at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center. Each year, the staff...

COLUMBUS. Ga. (WRBL) — One person was killed in a fatal shooting on Thursday evening in the area of Merrywood Drive and Dogwood Drive, according to Coroner Buddy Bryan. Police have not yet confirmed whether the two separate locations at Merrywood Drive and Dogwood Drive are connected. According to Bryan, the homicide victim has been […]

After completing the schematic design process on a potential new Muscogee County Jail, officials said the latest estimate to construct the replacement facility would cost more than $480 million. Columbus Department of Inspections and Code director Ryan Pruett joined Douglas Kleppin, an architect with the SLAM Collaborative of Atlanta, Doug Shaw, an associate architect with Jericho Design Group of Cumming and Henry Painter, senior...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — One man has been sentenced to five consecutive life sentences in prison plus 40 years on ten felony counts, according to Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Don Kelly. Kelly announced the conviction of Eevon Battee on Thursday, May 7, 2026, on ten felony counts including the following: RELATED: Man sentenced to […]

PHENIX CITY, Ga. (WTVM) - Gas prices continue to climb as talks to end the war with Iran continue. Regular gas averages $4.91 a gallon in Alabama and $4.99 in Georgia, according to GasBuddy.com. Drivers say these gas prices are forcing them to rethink even basic trips. The U.S. and...