Columbus GA

Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan requests the public’s help to find any relative of a man who was found dead and alone at home in Columbus. Eugenio Dones-Rivera, 80, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon after the coroner’s office responded to a call from a neighbor doing a welfare check at his home on Banks...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - The Phenix City School System has opened a new professional development center to support its educators and students. The center is housed in a renovated space that was previously an old cafeteria. Interim Superintendent Nathan Walters said the transformation reflects the district’s...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Simi Barnes, daughter of the late Pop Barnes, announced her campaign kickoff for the District One seat in Columbus. According to a release sent out Thursday, she intends to run for a city council seat covering District One, which includes parts of central Columbus from the north side of Milgen...

The Columbus Police Department will change its standard-issue firearms to a brand with local ties, CPD announced at Tuesday’s Columbus Council meeting. The department will switch their standard-issue firearms for officers from the Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0, a 9mm handgun to an unspecified Heckler & Koch (H&K) pistol,...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Piggly Wiggly grocery store on 13th Street in Phenix Plaza will close after several years of financial struggle. The store opened in the early 1970s and predates all other Piggly Wiggly locations in the area. It has operated for more than 40 years in the Phenix City community.

Dean of the Division of Business at Columbus Technical College Leatha Cyprian discusses programs and certificates offered at Columbus Tech and their focus on preparing students for the current workforce. To be included in our video interviews or if you need video services for your company, please contact us.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) — A Russell County judge is considering whether or not to hold a Columbus man in jail without bond for the Sunday night murder of a Phenix City woman. Willie James Davis Jr., 51, is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of 52-year-old Continaer Evans. She was identified as […]

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — An officer from the Columbus Police Department’s (CPD) Patrol Service is asking for the public’s help in identifying a theft suspect. According to CPD, a woman allegedly committed a theft in the area of Bunker Hill Road and St. Mary’s Road. The victim of the theft submitted photos of the...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A man who prosecutors described as “the shooter for the Crips” was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 150 years Thursday afternoon in Muscogee County Superior Court. Judge Tippi Burch sentenced Kendaryl Rogers, 33, to life in prison for the 2020 criminal street...