Columbus GA

A man accused of shooting a woman in Columbus entered a not guilty plea during his first court appearance Tuesday.

Fire crews are working a brush fire at this hour in south Russell County. The fire is taking place in the area of U.S. Highway 431 South near Mile Marker 92, which is located north of Pittsview Highway. The fire was reported around 3:23 p.m. central time on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Some restaurants earn their reputation quietly, one perfectly cooked steak at a time. Deep in Georgia, there’s a place that doesn’t advertise much, doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, and doesn’t take reservations. Yet people drive from miles around, wait in line before the...

The Columbus Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) voted Wednesday to recommend to the Columbus Council a technology overlay district ordinance for a proposed data center and to recommend the council create a board to oversee data centers. After a failed motion to deny the recommendation and having to vote twice for a...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - For nearly 19 years, Columbus police have searched for answers in the death of Ronald Worrell, who was shot outside his home at 2320 7th Street. Now, investigators are focusing on two pieces of evidence that remained at the scene: five shell casings recovered from the roadway and witness...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Hooters confirms it will permanently close its longtime Columbus restaurant this weekend. The chain, a staple of Adams Farm Drive within the Columbus Park Crossing shopping center, will cease all operations following its final shift on Sunday. For years, the location has been a go-to spot...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Good Tuesday morning! The cold air has returned after a strong cold front moved through the southeast yesterday. Temperatures have dropped to around freezing, and with the wind, it feels more like the upper 20s outside. Even though there will be plenty of sunshine today, it will not warm up...

MIDLAND, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with Columbus Fire and EMS welcomed the community to the new Fire Station 5 during an uncoupling ceremony Tuesday. Attendees met personnel, and got to see the new equipment firsthand. Pratt and Whitney, an aircraft manufacturing company, donated the property on which a new fire station...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Jury deliberation has begun in the trial of two co-defendants accused in the shooting death of a teen in 2023. The defendants, 18-year-old Akiareon Reed and 22-year-old Andrew Crowell, were teens at the time 16-year-old Dayton Willis was shot to death on Double Churches Road in 2023. Crowell’s...

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