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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A man convicted for the 2015 murder of Renee Eldridge was sentenced Tuesday morning. Stacey Gray, who was found guilty on felony murder, aggravated assault and rape, has been sentenced to life without parole. In December 2025, a jury found Gray guilty on three out of...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Fast food restaurant chain, Del Taco, recently shuttered all of its Georgia franchise locations in what officials say “occurred without prior knowledge.” On Wednesday, WRBL News 3 viewers noticed the Del Taco location near Manchester Expressway was closed. A sign on the door stated the location...

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The trial for two men accused of shooting a local teen to death in 2023 reached day six Monday. Closing arguments began in Judge Bobby Peters’ courtroom, as co-defendants 18-year-old Akiareon Reed and 22-year-old Andrew Crowell face murder charges in the 2023 shooting death of 16-year-old...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — About two months ago, Phenix City native Craig Howard was tabbed as the new executive director of the Columbus Sports and Events Council. Howard replaces longtime director Merri Sherman, who left the post last year for a job with the Georgia High School Association. Howard comes to Columbus...

Forty years ago, Greg Davis stood at a crossroads he never expected to face. A former assistant principal in Flint, Michigan, Davis had built a steady career in education before a chance conversation with a school nurse nudged him in an entirely different direction. The nurse suggested he try his hand at sales —...

Lee County investigators arrested a Phenix City man who burglarized two storage units in Smiths Station, authorities say. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report of two storage units in the 9000 block of Lee Road 246 being burglarized on March 14, 2026. The storage units were rented by a...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Truck drivers who deliver food to Fort Benning held a protest Monday outside the SpartanNash distribution center in Columbus, saying a recent policy change bars them from using indoor restrooms and amounts to racial discrimination. The protest was organized by the Teamsters union on March 16....

CNAW2News.com is beginning to receive word from our viewers regarding trees down across the area and road closures. Lee Road 296 in Smiths Station for a tree down.(UPDATE: This scene has been cleared.) Lee Road 300 at Lee Road 399 in Smiths Station for a tree down. (UPDATE: This scene...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — After nearly nine years of litigation, the city of Columbus has settled a wrongful death suit with the family of a man killed in a 2017 police chase. The city council voted last week with no discussion to pay the family of Frank McLemore $530,000. McLemore was killed when Columbus police […]