Columbus GA

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

The three people accused of killing Manchester High star athlete Daryus Bryant received the verdict in the case late in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 26 in Muscogee County Superior Court. Three Talbot County residents were convicted in the case and are expected to be sentenced on Tuesday, June 23.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Leroy Davis, with the Russell County Veterans Treatment Court, joined WRBL to discuss the 2026 Juneteenth celebration. This will be the first Juneteenth celebration event that the organization is hosting. Community members can enter the event for free and potentially win a free trip. Officials sa

The Columbus Council decided during its May 26 meeting to continue the first reading of a proposed ordinance that would implement a curfew on minors in the Uptown District. Uptown Columbus Inc., the nonprofit organization that promotes downtown businesses, proposed the ordinance after reporting over 400 incidents durin

The city council met for its work session on June 1 and its regular session on June 2. During the meeting, the council handed out a photocopy of a 1996 report published by the Phenix Citizen, our predecessor, titled “Forward: A comprehensive report on a city in crisis.” The city was using the report to lay the groundwo

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WRBL) — One person has been injured in a single-vehicle crash that happened on Mullins Road in Smiths Station around noon on Wednesday, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. According to Alabama State Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the person was driving on Mullin