Recent reporting on the plummeting rates of coronavirus cases and deaths, along with rapidly rising vaccination rates combine to paint a brighter picture every day.

After more than a year of lockdowns, masks and social distancing, there is finally good news to report on recent COVID-19 trends, and we can all use a bit of good news.

The City of Columbus is embracing a promising program called Cure Violence to slow down the shocking rate of violent crime.

Because Dr. Seuss succeeded in accomplishing his life’s mission, to get kids to love reading, he should be celebrated.

Black History is American History and what happened in the mid-1960′s at Auburn is worth remembering.

The calculator can tell you, based on the anonymous information you put in, how high or low your risk of dying from the virus is.

Just last week, baseball legend Hank Aaron was laid to rest after a life of sensational achievements as an athlete and a businessman.

Free speech and the First Amendment are at center stage right now.

While much of the country shivers through snowstorms and battle icy roads, we smile knowing we largely escape that kind of weather.

It is an extraordinary accomplishment for government, business and the military who broke down barriers to find a trustworthy vaccine faster than experts thought possible.

If you’re a parent who needs help, simply dialing 211 will connect you with the experts at the United Way who can then direct you to the resources you and your family may need.

Setting the clocks back an hour may create extra daylight in the morning, but it greatly increasing the dangers of driving when twilight comes earlier.

When it comes to voter turnout, presidential election years always see the highest number of voters going to the polls.

An important man died last week in Phenix City at the age of 99.

A week ago Wednesday, the Muscogee County School District canceled athletic and after-school activities, but this time it had nothing to do with COVID-19.

From now until Election Day the big debate about mail-in voting versus voting in person will only get bigger, because of COVID-19.

Providence Baptist Church is home to an impressive three-tiered granite circle, surrounding a cross of remembrance.

Have you ever bought an item that was “one size fits all” and then quickly found out that wasn’t true?

It didn’t take long for you, our generous viewers, to step up and contribute to the Fire Relief fund.

No one has all the answers, we surely don’t, but getting kids back in the classroom full-time needs to be the overall goal.

Most of what we have learned about COVID-19 since March are the simple, common sense measures we can all take to lower our risks.

2020 is only half over and it’s already a year many of us would rather forget.

Several major corporations have moved to eliminate the familiar icons of some well-known brands like Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup, Uncle Ben’s rice and Aunt Jemima pancake mix.

Voting is our most important right as Americans. Everyone eligible should vote and every vote needs to count, but Georgia’s primary performance does not give voters much reassurance that happened.

Back in the early 1960s as NASA tested the first rockets to launch astronauts into space, many of those first-generation rockets blew up on the launch pad.

There are some interesting parallels between our current strategies against COVID-19 and the Yellow Fever Epidemic in the summer of 1793.

It’s been a little more than two weeks since Georgia Governor Brian Kemp bravely stepped up to the state capitol microphone to relax the state’s economic shutdown.

Instead of celebrating his birthday, Ahmaud’s family is grieving and angry after he was shot to death while jogging in a Savannah suburb.

With the ongoing debate about when and how to fully reopen businesses, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi floated the idea of a “guaranteed income” for all Americans during the pandemic.

This is the first week of the phased re-opening of the Georgia economy, which is on its knees thanks to the shutdown from COVID-19.

I’m really proud of my employees and want to acknowledge some of the ones you never see. I appreciate all of them – especially now.

To lighten the mood, we offer a few of the more uplifting stories we recently covered.

As the coronavirus story continues to evolve and as more and more people get tested, the more we will learn.

Let’s focus on something else the virus brings: positive energy, creativity and, yes, good news.

All of us at WTVM and WXTX hope our live, local information has been helpful to you as you continue to cope with the coronavirus at home or at work.

As the coronavirus spreads through the United States, we need to stay alert to the dangers, but also remember not to overreact.

It is truly amazing what can happen when people unite and all push in one direction to reach a goal.

The museum and Rosa Parks’ legacy are local treasures well worth exploring, to making sure younger generations learn about the big wins of the civil rights movement.

When it comes to television shows, the rules for children’s programming are pretty strict and that’s a good idea.

The economy on a national scale is performing at heights not seen in decades and that is good news for us here in Columbus, too.