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Columbus Council unanimously approved the appointment of Cynthia Maisano Griffin, Susan Henderson, Bob Wadkins Sr., Jennifer Cooley and Traci Green Courville for the Recorder’s Court of Columbus for a four-year term Tuesday. → Read More
Chaplains Roy Isasi, 58, and Donald Hall, 53, were ordered to leave their desk jobs at the Public Safety Center more than a week ago to shore up a police force with 81 open positions. Isasi decided to retire. → Read More
Erick Bronson, 58, of Columbus was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma at 11:07 p.m. , Coroner Buddy Bryan said. No autopsy is planned in the death because there were three witnesses to the crash. → Read More
Erica Elias, 36, was pronounced dead of multiple gunshots at 10:20 a.m. at the scene , said Coroner Arthur Sumbry Jr. → Read More
Over 4,000 riders use Metra public transportation daily in Columbus, Ga., and deal with maintenance issues like faulty transmissions, check engine lights, excessive smoking, oil leaks and burning smell. → Read More
Amy Katherine Hagler, 47, of Columbus, was pronounced dead of unknown causes at the scene by Lee County Coroner Bill Harris. → Read More
Bobby Jay Barbee, 56, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of dissemination or display of child pornography and six counts of possession of child pornography → Read More
Police seized more than $11,000 in ecstasy, meth and cash Tuesday during a search by the Special Operations Unit on Macon Road, Columbus police said. → Read More
John Allport was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound at 4 p.m. at 2950 Tip Top Drive, Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said. He said Allport’s body will go to the state crime lab in Decatur for an autopsy. → Read More
Concerns are growing over the Water Witch on Victory Drive, 11 years after supporters raised $1.5 million to place the Civil War replica in front of the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus. → Read More
Ronnie Brooks Jr., 24, was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. Friday in the intensive care unit at Piedmont Columbus Regional midtown campus, Coroner Buddy Bryan said. → Read More
A man believed to be Christopher James Wallace, 38, and an unidentified woman were removed from the rubble of an apartment and pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. Friday, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said. → Read More
The Miss Georgia Scholarship Competition will celebrate 75 years in Columbus when pageant contestants take the stage at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Mayor Berry “Skip” Henderson announced Saturday. → Read More
Lewis Triester, 72, is charged with one count each of failing to yield and misdemeanor homicide by vehicle second degree in the death of James Gibson of Fortson. → Read More
Kevin Smith, 54, was pronounced dead of massive head injuries at 9:30 p.m. at the scene of the crash, said Talbot County Coroner Clinton Cosby. → Read More
About 33 residents who gathered at the Salvation Army Community Center Tuesday on Warm Springs Road favor moving to a new site and also building a court building at the current location but moving the administration building to a new site. → Read More
Months after a contractor cut more trees than the permit allowed, a local business, the city of Columbus and the state have agreed on a $75,000 plan to replace trees on J.R. Allen Parkway and Columbus Park Crossing. → Read More
John Wells Jr. , 55, was pronounced dead at 2:25 a.m. of a gunshot wound at an apartment, according to Deputy Coroner Elizabeth Allison → Read More
Fletcher Lewayne Tolbert, 35, was found on the porch about 7:30 a.m. CST after residents reported hearing what sounded like several gunshot about 11 p.m. Tuesday but didn’t report them to authorities. → Read More
The city’s outdoor warning sirens went off about 9 a.m. Wednesday as part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week for the state of Georgia, the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services said. → Read More