Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:16 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:16:04 GMT
Columbus City Council members have approved the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is over $260 million and will not require any city departments to cut positions.More >>
Columbus City Council members have approved the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The budget is over $260 million and will not require any city departments to cut positions.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:12 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:12:01 GMT
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools. This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by More >>
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools.
This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by legislators.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:03 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:03:01 GMT
Columbus Police Department Captain Jack Long has been diagnosed with cancer that will affect his ability to work. There will be a Relief Fund Raiser for Captain Long on Friday, June 21 2013.More >>
Columbus Police Department Captain Jack Long has been diagnosed with cancer that will affect his ability to work. There will be a Relief Fund Raiser for Captain Long on Friday, June 21 2013.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 3:43 AM EDT2013-06-19 07:43:00 GMT
Children across the country and here at home are raising awareness about the danger of children drowning.More >>
Children across the country and here at home are raising awareness about the danger of children drowning.More >>
PHENIX CITY, AL (WTVM) -
A bizarre accident claimed the life of a local business owner Thursday morning.
Jeremy Swift, 34, was the owner of the 24-hour emergency home repair company Swift Home Solution who died after being run over by a company truck.
Phenix City police got the call shortly before 8 this morning.
Phenix City police confirmed the Swift died while trying to prevent a truck from colliding with his home on 16th Street in Phenix City.
Captain Jim Hart said Swift got out of the truck and it started rolling backwards. When he tried to jump back in the truck to stop it, the door knocked him to the ground and the truck rolled over him.
Swift was taken to the Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:18 am. Coroner Authur Sumbry Jr. said Swift died from blunt force trauma.
More details will be added to this story as they develop.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.More >>
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:35:49 GMT
A dog battling cancer managed to hang on long enough to see her owner return from a deployment overseas. According to Jennifer Ralston's YouTube channel, Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, wasMore >>
Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, was diagnosed with oral melanoma just a month after her owner, Eric, was deployed overseas.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:57 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:57:09 GMT
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:56 GMT
32 year old Demetria Porter was charged with murder and first degree cruelty to a child in just the last hour, after a baby she was keeping died. An autopsy performed on Ja'Kobian Davis today at theMore >>
32 year old Demetria Porter was charged with murder and first degree cruelty to a child in just the last hour, after a baby she was keeping died.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:06 GMT
At a 10:00 a.m. news conference this morning the Alabama Department of Education announced the list of failing schools in the state under the Alabama Accountability Act.Tommy Bice: Accountability Act hasMore >>
The Alabama Department of Education held a news conference Tuesday morning to release the long-awaited "failing schools" list under the state's new Alabama Accountability Act. A total of 78 schools in the state are listed as failing under the education accountability legislation.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:27 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:27:04 GMT
What do fast food, garbage, and a Muscogee County jail inmate have in common? They're all key factors in the prosecution of inmate Michael Crooks. News Leader 9 was the only crew inside the courtroom. CrooksMore >>
Crooks pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to asking his girlfriend Ashley Brummett to help him escape from jail.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 9:41 AM EDT2013-06-17 13:41:08 GMT
An 11-year-old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Sunday, she found out just how much that simple gestureMore >>
An 11-year-old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Sunday, she found out just how much that simple gestureMore >>
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