Columbus GA

The facility will be called the Jack and JoRhee Pezold Center for Emergent Technology, named in recognition of Jack and JoRhee Pezold for their landmark donations. The center is expected to open in fall 2028.

Getting across Columbus, Georgia, can be frustrating when traffic backs up at busy intersections, construction disrupts familiar routes, or drivers encounter long lines during the morning and evening commutes. As residential and commercial development continues to reshape parts of the region, transp...

Early voting begins this week in Muscogee County Early voting begins in Muscogee County Tuesday October 13, 2026, for the upcoming general election in November. Advance voting locations in Columbus include the City Services Center off Macon Road, the Shirley Winston Recreation Center on Steam Mill Road and the Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center at Co…

Columbus State University’s 2026 fiscal year saw CSU set new fundraising records. The university received $23.6 million in 2026, a $5.3 million increase from 2025 and the third time it raised more than $20 million in a single year, according to a CSU news release . “It didn’t happen by chance,” Tim Money, a 1986 CSU graduate and member of the CSU Foundation board that manages the university’s philanthropic funds, told the Ledger-Enquirer. “It was a lot of intentional, very relationally-driven, d

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Republican candidate for Georgia governor Rick Jackson brought his campaign to Columbus Monday, joined by Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp, one day before early voting begins. Jackson said he is running on Kemp’s endorsement. “I’m proud to have the endorsement of Governor...

Emergency responders and transportation professionals from across Georgia gathered in Columbus October 4–7 for a statewide conference focused on making crash scenes safer, improving coordination among response teams, and reopening roads more quickly after traffic incidents. The 2026 Georgia Traffic...

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Drivers in Columbus should prepare for a monthlong traffic disruption on Cherokee Avenue as city crews begin repairs to a retaining wall near Weracoba Creek. The work is scheduled to begin Monday, October 12, and will affect the outside southbound lane near the intersection of Cherok...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — A Columbus man has been shot and killed in an overnight Phenix City homicide, according to Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry. According to Sumbry, 44-year-old Rodney Jermaine Clark of Columbus was found early Sunday morning with a single gunshot wound to his head just outside of a residence located at […]

A group of Georgia doctors on Friday sided with Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on health care, a day after he and Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Mike Collins clashed over insurance costs, Medicaid and hospital closures in their first debate. The doctors spoke on a virtual call organized by the Co...

Thousands of residents in West Alabama and East Georgia lost power due to damaging winds from Hurricane Isaias.