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Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:39 PM EDT
|By Katrice Nolan and Ashlee Williams
Columbus Police Chief Freddie Blackmon presented his strategic plan for the department. Blackmon had 30 days to develop, and present a plan to the council.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:41 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Hundreds of families in the Chattahoochee Valley have lost loved ones due to gun violence.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:15 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Following an uptick in shootings and gun-related deaths and injuries in Columbus in recent years, one group of men and women joined forces Tuesday to put boots on the ground to help combat crime.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:41 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
In the wake of the uptick in violent crimes across the Chattahoochee Valley, a group of men will unite to stand against gun violence.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Another violent weekend across the Fountain City with five people shot in less than 48 hours. One person is still in critical condition this evening.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A nonprofit, Take the City, brought different churches together to bring light and resources to five different communities this past weekend.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:42 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A group of people from Fountain City Church in Columbus are embarking overseas in a few months for a missions trip - and one couple is hosting a consignment prom dress sale to help raise money!
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:22 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The Muscogee County Republican Party elected its first female chairman Saturday - making history in the county.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:59 AM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
No suspect has been named in the days following the fatal shooting of two women outside a home in Columbus.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 9:04 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
In Columbus, just yesterday, two women were found shot to death in the front yard of a home on Clay Drive in South Columbus. It happened in broad daylight.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 12:49 AM EST
|By Jessie Gibson and Ashlee Williams
Two bodies have been found on Clay Street in Columbus.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:43 AM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
After nearly a decade, Kadie the Cow’s calf, BeBe has been located!
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:05 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
In Columbus, a family is grieving the loss of three of their own due to gun violence.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:55 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
It was a heated city council meeting Tuesday night when more than a dozen community members came before Columbus’s top leaders to express their concerns regarding Police Chief Freddie Blackmon and crime.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 7:22 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Columbus Police Chief Freddie Blackmon and his department have undergone two separate assessments in the past year alone: one funded by the public and the most recent one funded privately by Columbus business owners.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
As Former President Jimmy Carter of Plains, Georgia remains in hospice care, we’re learning more about his hometown church’s history, and how Carter’s fight for integration in the 1970′s is making an impact on today’s congregation.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:47 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Following the gun violence-ridden, deadly weekend we witnessed across Columbus, we’re digging deeper to try and find some solutions to the state of the Fountain City, especially when it comes to our younger generation.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 6:16 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
The City of Columbus is reeling from a weekend filled with gun violence.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 9:25 AM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Making national headlines this month - several foreign objects being spotted and shot down across our airwaves.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Some exciting news for the Kendrick High School Mighty Marching Cherokees! They are headed to Alabama this weekend to march in two different Mardi Gras parades, but the team needs your help in making the trip a success.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:09 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Homelessness is up 14% this year compared to last year throughout Muscogee and Russell Counties.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 1:29 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
One part of Columbus is seeing major changes when it comes to development and revitalization.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
In Phenix City, police responded to a shooting this weekend that left one man dead.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Just last week, strong storms and tornadoes ripped through parts of our area, heavily affecting Troup County.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 8:00 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
In Russell County, Thursday is the last day on the job for District Attorney Kenny Davis. He has been in the position for four decades, but said he is confident in the man who is taking over.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 9:45 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
Today marks one year since 5-year-old Kamarie Holland of Phenix City disappeared from her mother’s home in Columbus. She was found dead two days later in an abandoned home.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A building in Uptown Columbus that has sat vacant for many years is getting new life.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A double homicide in Columbus is leaving more questions than answers.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Three members of the same Columbus family lost their lives in a car wreck Friday night on the way back from watching their son’s football game in Thomasville, Georgia... leaving behind their 15-year-old son and several other family members.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
In the wake of recent shootings, city officials warning that you can never be too prepared for an active shooting.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
It’s here! More than 100 athletes representing over a dozen countries are in the Fountain City this week for the International Canoe Federation Competition.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:13 AM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Starting this week - you may start to see throws of visitors coming into the Fountain City for RushSouth - two qualifying World Cup kayak competitions.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Homicides in the Fountain City are down 45% right now compared to this time last year: - a number, the mayor says, is lower thanks in part to the city’s Crime Prevention Program.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:47 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Muscogee County School District’s new Odis Spencer Stadium - the city’s newest sports complex - is close to completion.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
City of Columbus business and community leaders took a two day trip to Asheville, North Carolina last week for the Chamber of Commerce’s 27th annual intercity trip. This, to explore and compare how Columbus currently stands... and also how it can grow.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home, a group home that helps young girls facing trauma needs your help. The home, which has deep roots in Columbus is hosting its annual fundraising event this Saturday.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 6:41 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A heated morning at Columbus City Council Tuesday.... the topic: the city employee pay study. Unlike the last meeting, a vote was passed.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A weekend shooting leaves one man dead in Phenix City. This marks the city’s 5th homicide of the year.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
An update now on The Ralston Towers in Columbus, the former subsidized housing building that was deemed unlivable due to multiple HUD violations back in 2019.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new tool in for investigating cases and solving crimes in water. It’s a first of its kind in the State of Georgia: an underwater criminal investigator.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 12:25 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A local Columbus High School standout is headed to Major League Baseball.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Many people in the Fountain City mourning the death of Robert Anderson who passed away just last night. He accomplished many things in his lifetime, all the while keeping the City of Columbus at the forefront of his endeavors.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The Columbus community is mourning the death and remembering the legacy of Tripp Wade, a man who leaves behind not just countless family and friends, but an enormous impact on the Fountain City.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A pay study for Columbus City employees has been underway for months, and after a controversial first discussion at last week’s city council meeting, a second one happened Tuesday at city council.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
A pay study for Columbus city employees is still in the works after starting early this year. It’s on the table again at City Council Tuesday morning.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The general election is right around the corner, coming up on November 8th.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 5:47 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
The general election is right around the corner, coming up on November 8th.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 1:22 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
This is an update on a story we first brought you back in July: The delay in autopsy results seems to be working itself out as crime in the Fountain City remains steady.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:31 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
With the film industry in Georgia being bigger than ever, its status as the “Hollywood of the South” could come into question... This, as California Governor Newsom said new incentives are coming to his state following the passing of the new strict abortion law in Georgia.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Columbus will soon be getting a new government Center plus new space for the Sheriff’s Office and a new Judicial Center. Tuesday at city council, plans for the new buildings were presented.
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