Columbus GA

MACON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — A 28-year-old and a 27-year-old have died just after midnight on Friday after a crash involving a semi-truck and a side-by-side. According to Coroner Eddie Hosely, 28-year-old Joshua Hutchens, of Ellaville, and 27-year-old Chase Turner, of Buena Vista, have died after the fatal accident in Ma

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A section of 24th St. and 15th Ave. between 16th Ave. and 14th Ct. will be closed immediately, according to the Phenix City Engineering Department. Phenix City officials say a contractor is closing this section of the street and work is expected to be completed by Monday, June 8. RELATED: Tempora

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus Police Department conducted enforcement efforts in Uptown Columbus between May 29-31, making contact with nearly 200 people and recovering illegal drugs. Officers encountered large groups of unsupervised minors and young adults gathering in parking garages, public spaces and around b

A proposed ordinance before Columbus Council could set a curfew for minors in the Uptown District of Columbus. Uptown Columbus Inc. , the nonprofit organization that promotes downtown businesses, proposed the ordinance after more than 400 incidents were reported in the district over the past year, based on numbers prov

Rhett Hobart set the record straight on the Ole Miss Rebels' supposed hotel mix-up on Auburn University's end for the Super Regional.

Contractors for the Buena Vista Road interchange at Interstate I-185 improvements project have scheduled a traffic shift to the interchange’s new diverging diamond pattern, starting Friday evening, June 5, from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am, through Saturday morning, June 6, weather permitting. Alert signage will be installed in

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Chick-fil-A restaurants across the Columbus area are hosting a cookie fundraiser, with the goal of taking a stand against cancer. Starting Thursday, June 4, participating locations are teaming up with the nonprofit Pelotonia, which is dedicated to funding cancer research. A portion of the proceed

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with the Muscogee County Board of Education announced on Thursday that district has tentatively adopted a 2026 millage rate that will require an increase in property taxes by 2.07%. According to officials, this tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 23.075 mills, an increas

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus Police Department is searching for a missing teen. 16-year-old Gabrielle Troy was last seen in the 2900 block of University Avenue on June 1. Police say she had on a gray shirt, blue jeans, and black heels. Troy has black hair and brown eyes....

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus council chambers were packed Tuesday night, as city council took up the first reading of a proposed technology overlay district. This reading was not explicitly about a data center in Columbus, rather new rules to set standards for large-scale data centers if a proposal is ever broug