Columbus GA

UPDATE 1 (7:49 p.m. eastern on Sept. 2, 2026): A small rainstorm has moved through the Mount Olive community as firefighters continue battling the active fire on Fanny’s Loop. Additional manpower has been requested, and the Alabama Forestry Commission is now on scene assisting crews with establishing a fire...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - An operation led by Muscogee County deputies resulted in firearms and drugs being confiscated and multiple arrests. According to Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman, $2,675,802 in illegal drugs and 22 firearms were seized during “Operation Summer Heat.” The value of the drugs included:. $2,39

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus city officials announced on Wednesday that there will be a neighborhood meeting as part of the ‘All Hands on Deck’ campaign to clean up the neighborhoods and the city. Officials stated, “We must get a handle on the uncleanliness of our community, and it will take ‘all of our community le

Manhunt on for a suspect accused of killing a cop in Georgia

OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council adopted the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget and revoked the business license of Top Shelf Alternatives during its Sept. 1 meeting. The council held a public due process hearing on the revocation of Top Shelf Alternatives’ business license during the meeting.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - We will soon mark a quarter century since the Sept. 11 attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. Days after, Fort Benning played a major role in the long War in Afghanistan. Twenty-five years after the attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001, which led to decades...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus police are asking for help finding two missing teenagers. Police say 15-year-old Zariyah Holt was last seen near Estes Drive around 7:30 a.m. Monday. She was wearing a T-shirt matching the one in a police photo, navy polka dot pajama pants and red Crocs. Holt...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - A Lee County Deputy Sheriff was dismissed last week following an internal audit that revealed violations of agency policies and procedures regarding the use of information obtained from the Flock camera system, according to Sheriff Jay Jones. Jones said the Lee County Sheriff’s Office develope

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a 15-year-old girl reported missing Monday. Zariyah Holt was last seen in the 10th block of Estes Drive around 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 31, according to the Columbus Police Department. She was reported missing the same day.

LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission opened its Aug. 31 meeting by recognizing a group of employees and citizens credited with helping save the life of a woman who suffered a medical emergency inside the county’s driver’s license office on Monday, Aug. 24. Probate Judge Jere...