Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Longtime Columbus journalist, author, and historian Billy Winn passed away on Tuesday. Winn was a Columbus native, who graduated from Columbus High School. He attended Emory and Georgia State in Atlanta, where he earned his college degree. Winn’s reporting career started in 1963 with the...

More than two decades after a fatal shooting claimed the life of a young father and U.S. Army veteran, authorities and family members are renewing their plea for information in hopes of finally bringing closure to a long-unsolved case. On Friday, September 26, 2003, at approximately 5:45 a.m. EST, police...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - A cyclist was killed Monday morning after being struck by a pickup truck, according to the Russell County coroner. Marcus Fuller, 68, was riding a bike when he was hit by a Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck at the intersection of Sandfort and Dawson roads at approximately 6 a.m.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — A four-year-old female has been shot, and three people have been arrested following an incident at Whispering Pines Apartments in Phenix City on Sunday. According to officials, the Phenix City Police Department responded to the apartment complex located at 1200 12th Street in reference to a...

Estate of Catherine Williams, deceased. Court of Probate, Lee County. Letters testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 24th day of February, 2026, by the Honorable Jere Colley, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against...

The Smiths Station Fire Department has launched a new online billing portal designed to make it easier for residents and property owners to manage their fire district accounts. Fire Chief Blake Green said the portal, which went live in February, allows customers to view account balances, access past bills and...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Residents voicing their opposition of the proposed data center in northeast Muscogee County are now organizing next steps. A group called ‘Stop Hyper-Scale Data Centers in Muscogee County’ hosted a meeting at the Columbus public library. Their goals were not just to talk about concerns, but to...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Atlanta, GA – A widespread hard freeze is set to grip nearly all of Georgia overnight, with temperatures plunging into the lower 20s and creating dangerous conditions for crops, plumbing, and early spring...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with the Columbus Police Department are searching for two missing juveniles who were last seen near 5th Avenue last Friday. Officers are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 13-year-old identified as Drayah Landers, described as a Black female with black hair and brown...

Columbus historian, professor, author and preservationist John Lupold has died. Lupold died Feb. 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to his obituary on the McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory website. He was 83. No cause of death was reported in the obituary, but fellow Columbus historian Ken Thomas Jr. told...