Columbus GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - After a record high Thursday and record warm lows Friday morning, spring-like temperatures stick around through the first half of the weekend, but we’ll also have showers around at times. Winter cold returns toward the end of the week, especially early next week. Clouds mixed...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — If you have lived in Columbus for any length of time, you’ve probably seen the name on a stadium and on the YMCA. That name is AJ McClung.  He was a leader, mentor, and civic pioneer, and he was Columbus’s first and only Black mayor.  Arthur Joseph “AJ” McClung sat on the […]

Taranovas Pizza, a restaurant chain based in India, opened its first U.S. franchise Friday in Columbus in the former Bluewater Grill location on Warm Springs Road. Sisters-in-law Palak Patel and Vishwa Patel co-own the restaurant that offers a fusion of American, Italian and Indian cuisine. Their family owns a couple...

All Georgia locations of Del Taco have recently closed, but it might not be a permanent goodbye.

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.