Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Jury selection is complete in a high-profile murder, kidnapping and rape case in Muscogee County Superior Court. A 12-person, four-alternate jury that will decide the fate of 55-year-old Stacey Gray was seated on Tuesday morning after more than a day of jury selection. Gary is accused of...

A sixth suspect has been arrested in a fatal shooting at Shirley B. Winston Recreation Center , the Columbus Police Department announced Tuesday morning. Dominick Gill, 20, was found and detained by U.S. Marshals in Philadelphia Monday, the Columbus Police Department said in a news release. He is awaiting extradition...

A man has been arrested and charged with murder and other criminal charges in connection with the death of a man in 2021 at a Columbus convenience store, the Columbus Police Department announced Monday. Jy’Keiveous Jiles, 21, was arrested Sunday in connection with the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Walter Christopher,...

A new bicycle park is coming to the city after the Columbus Council approved an agreement allowing MidTown Inc. to construct the project. Mayor Skip Henderson and the MidTown Inc. board and staff will gather for a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. to celebrate the start of creating the MidTown Children’s...

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga.--Keri Brion saddled two winners at the Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens on Saturday, Nov. 15, including Swore in the Novice Stakes.. Stone Farm's Swore, ridden by Stephen Mulqueen, won the $75,000, 2 3/8 mile Sport of Kings Novice Hurdle Stakes by 5 3/4 lengths in 4:12 over Two Past Eight (GB),...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Aflac is working to teach children about empathy with the release of their new book in collaboration with bestselling children’s author Sheri Fink. Today, the company hosted story time and activities based on the book “Beyond Words.”. Fink read “Beyond Words” to Mathews Elementary...

More than ten years after the murder of Renee Eldridge the trial for Stacey Gray is set to begin in Superior Court with Judge Carolyn “Tippi” Burch presiding. District Attorney Don Kelly will argue the state’s case against Gray. Public defender Angela Dillon is representing Gray. Eldridge...

Nearly four years after the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Walter Benjamin Christopher, Columbus Police have arrested a suspect in the case. On November 16, 2025, the department’s Special Operations Unit took 21-year-old Jy’Keiveous Jiles into custody in connection with the long-unsolved homicide. The shooting...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Georgia gubernatorial candidate and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms brought her “Standing Up for Georgia” tour to Columbus. Monday night, Bottoms marked her Columbus stop while meeting around 200 residents in Bibb City’s Comer Gymnasium. Bottoms hosted a meet-and-greet, taking...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A new $130,000 security system was activated today at the Columbus City Services Center off Macon Road. There were no long lines and it was taking most people 10 seconds or less to move through the security checkpoint around noon on Monday. The scanners are searching for guns and other weapons...