Columbus GA

The Columbus Council voted Tuesday to allow for a design consultant to start the schematic design process for a potential new Muscogee County Jail on 11th Avenue. This would provide more information on the logistics and pricing of using the city-owned property as the site for the facility. Columbus Director of Code...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – The Columbus Police Department has reported that a person has died following a shooting near Shirley B. Winston Park. Officers arrived at the park at the 5000 block of Stream Mill Road in reference to a shooting. CPD confirmed with WRBL News 3 that one person is dead at the scene. […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — It’s a new school year! And WRBL News 3 is looking to show support for instructors in the classroom with its Teacher Supply Drive. The station held its Teacher Supply Drive on Thursday and invited everyone throughout the Chattahoochee Valley to help instructors across the area by donating. The...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- We are tracking scattered showers moving across Missisippi and Alabama this evening. Those will continue to enter the region tonight. Scattered showers are possible for your Friday morning commute. Labor Day Weekend: Afternoon readings will dip into the lower 80s for Labor Day weekend, as we...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - More than two years after plans were unveiled for a new shopping center in Opelika, the site remains undeveloped—and many residents are still waiting for the city’s first Publix. The Perryman Hill development, announced in May 2023, is set to bring 65,000 square feet...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus city councilmember Byron Hickey has officially filed paperwork to run for mayor. Hickey currently represents District 1, being appointed to the seat to fill the unexpired term of longtime councilor Jerry ‘Pops’ Barnes who died in April of 2024. RELATED: Remembering longtime Columbus...

Editor’s Note: Russell County has a long and important history to the State of Alabama and its evolution from an area described in the book “Russell County in Retrospect” by Anne Kendrick Walker as a “barbaric land” to what it is today. Many of the people who set their roots in the county in its early days —...

Gas prices nationally are the lowest for Labor Day weekend since 2020. The lower gas prices are largely due to the fact that oil prices remain low. As of today, AAA Alabama reports that gas prices nationally are down to an average of $3.20 a gallon. In Alabama, they average $2.82 a gallon.

A new barbecue restaurant in Columbus has opened at an old spot for local flavor. Moonswiners BBQ is the third barbecue restaurant to set up its storefront at 547 Veterans Parkway . The first was Chester’s Barbecue, a legacy restaurant in the Columbus area. Chester’s on Veterans closed in 2023. Dexter’s Southern BBQ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - When you think of rum, you might think of unruly pirates or fruity tropical drinks. But down in rural Stewart County, folks there want you to start thinking “Richland”. If you travel to the city of Richland, you’ll find a historic railroad town -...